Monday TV Ratings 1/4/21: The Hustler Starts Low Behind Weaker The Bachelor, Game of Games Fails to Improve (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: Following a ten-month hiatus, The Bachelor' (1.2) was back in action on ABC. The reality juggernaut was the night's top broadcast by a sizable amount but trailed the 1.9 A18-49 rating it posted for its year-ago debut. At 10, the series premiere of 'The Hustler' (0.5) failed to make any significant noise. NBC's 'Ellen's Game of Games' (0.6/0.5) was on-par with where it left off three months ago but remained a shadow of its former self. The DeGeneres game show led into the premiere of 'The Wall' (0.5), the latter inched down from its March 2020 start (0.6). Over on CBS, 'The Neighborhood' (0.7), 'Bob Hearts Abishola' (0.6), 'All Rise' (0.5), and 'Bull' (0.5) all picked up a tenth when compared to their last showings. Fox aired the series finale of 'LA's Finest' (0.3) and a 'Masked Dancer' encore (0.2). The CW had repeats of 'Whose Line' (0.1/0.1) and 'Penn & Teller' (0.1).

Finals Update: 'The Bachelor' (+0.1), 'The Neighborhood' (+0.1), both episodes of 'Ellen's Game of Games' (+0.1, +0.1), and the repeat of 'The Masked Dancer' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Bachelor (P)	1.33/8	5.23	ABC
	The Neighborhood	0.79/5	6.20	CBS
	Ellen's Game of Games	0.67/4	3.37	NBC
	LA's Finest (F)	0.27/2	1.49	Fox
	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.14/1	0.79	The CW
8:30 PM	Bob Hearts Abishola	0.64/4	5.63	CBS
	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.13/1	0.72	The CW
9 PM	Ellen's Game of Games	0.56/3	2.87	NBC
	All Rise	0.54/3	4.73	CBS
	The Masked Dancer (R)	0.28/2	1.25	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.07/0	0.53	The CW
10 PM	Bull	0.54/4	5.62	CBS
	The Wall (P)	0.49/3	2.54	NBC
	The Hustler (Series Premiere)	0.49/3	2.08	ABC