WHAT MATTERS:
- At least in the prelims, it was a breakthrough night for Bachelor in Paradise (1.8), which exploded to a new series high that was three tenths above any previous point, and After Paradise (1.1) was also up massively. I'm kinda figuring there was some preemption I don't know about, but if they hold, we're talking about Paradise moving very close to legit Bachelorette territory.
- If those ABC numbers hold in finals, they probably benefited at least a bit from NBC's American Ninja Warrior going into clip show mode and averaging a 1.4. That led into a new season low for Running Wild (1.0), and those numbers still have to sweat out a Cincinnati preemption.
- The CW's Penn and Teller: Fool Us (0.6), Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.5) and Significant Mother (0.3) are pending an NYC preemption.
WHAT MATTERS:
- FINALS UPDATE: Back to earth came the CW, with Penn and Teller: Fool Us (0.5) and Significant Mother (0.2) on the low end of normal and Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.5) on the high end of normal. American Ninja Warrior (1.9) was up and After Paradise (0.7) down.
- If they hold after finals, the CW had new season highs across the board with Penn and Teller: Fool Us (0.7), Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.6) and even Significant Mother (0.4). Penn preliminarily tied the 0.7 series high hit once last summer. However, a New York preemption makes downward adjustments likely.
- On NBC, American Ninja Warrior (1.6/2.1) and Running Wild (1.3) gave back last week's gains, but ABC's Bachelor in Paradise (1.5) was able to hold onto last Monday's season/series high and could set a new one after finals. However, ABC dropped fast from there with After Paradise (0.8) and The Whispers (0.5), which amazingly had its third consecutive new low.
WHAT MATTERS:
- FINALS UPDATE: American Ninja Warrior (2.1) and 2 Broke Girls (1.0) adjusted up, while Running Wild (1.4) held onto its new season high. After Paradise (0.7) and Significant Mother (0.2) adjusted down.
- ABC's Bachelor in Paradise (1.5) had its strongest point yet, surging to tie last season's high point. It remains a much stronger option on Monday (even with one-hour editions) than on Sunday. However, After Paradise stayed at 0.8 in week two and The Whispers (0.6) fell to its second straight new low.
- NBC's American Ninja Warrior (2.0) and Running Wild (1.4) also grew from last week, though Wild as always has to hope to hold onto it after finals. Fox's So You Think You Can Dance and all the CBS repeats hit exactly 0.9, which meant full 8:30 retention again for The Odd Couple (0.9) and above-average showings from Scorpion (0.9) and NCIS: Los Angeles (0.9).
- And the CW joined in the fun as Penn and Teller: Fool Us (0.6) and Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.5) each preliminarily tied their season highs. Significant Mother matched last week's 0.3 premiere.
Significant Mother
Mondays, 9:30/8:30c, CW
WHAT MATTERS:
- FINALS UPDATE: A common theme in recent weeks: American Ninja Warrior (1.9) adjusted up and Running Wild (1.3) adjusted down. The 2 Broke Girls repeat was also down to 0.9.
- Back on the usual Bachelor night, Bachelor in Paradise (1.3) perked up by two tenths. Despite being only a one-hour episode, this was just a tenth behind last year's Monday premiere. But the network didn't get that much out of a one-hour aftershow After Paradise at 9/8c (0.8), and that helped usher The Whispers (0.7) to another new low at 10/9c.
- The CW unveiled its latest summer sitcom experiment Significant Mother (0.3) at 9:30. At a tick behind lead-in Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.4), this wasn't much of a splash, but it was still better than previous debacles like last year's Backpackers/Seed as well as this year's Dates on Thursday.
- NBC's American Ninja Warrior (1.8) was on the low end, but Running Wild (1.4) hit a season high at 10/9c. Fox's So You Think You Can Dance (0.9) inched up from the low set against last week's Bachelorette finale, and CBS' repeats fared pretty well as The Odd Couple (0.9) joined 2 Broke Girls (1.0) in the 8:00 hour.
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