Monday TV Ratings 9/7/20: American Ninja Warrior Returns Weak, Bachelor GOAT Ends Stable (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: After being off for nearly a solid year, NBC's 'American Ninja Warrior' (0.6) found its way back to the airwaves with a resounding thud. This went several tenths below its 1.0 season finale and two-tenths below its series low (0.8). The peacock network's disappointing night capped off with a 'Dateline' repeat (0.4).

Despite the unsatisfactory start for 'Ninja Warrior', it still did well enough to outperform all other programs. CBS's 'Love Island' (0.3) shed a tenth from its previous original while sandwiched between repeats of 'The Neighborhood' (0.4), 'Young Sheldon' (0.4), and 'Bull' (0.3). Fox went with the 2014 film 'Draft Day' (0.3) and got a pretty tepid result. ABC's 'Bachelor Presents' (0.2) ended steady with its pathetic series low. And the CW had a pair of 'Penn & Teller' repeats (0.1/0.1).

Finals Update: The 10 PM repeat on CBS (-0.1) adjusted down.

Monday TV Ratings 8/31/20: Love the Coopers Abysmal, Love Island Rises, American Ninja Warrior Special Weak (UPDATED)

It was a rough night across broadcast, as it has so often been this summer.

The night was won by an American Ninja Warrior All-Star special, which drew just a 0.5, not far off the ratings for its recent repeats. A Dateline NBC episode behind it was at 0.4, giving NBC a narrow win for the night.

CBS somehow took second with repeats of The Neighborhood and Young Sheldon at 0.4. At 9, Love Island rose from Sunday's 0.2 all the way to a 0.3, continuing the romance reality show's ratings woes. It dragged the repeat at 10 down to 0.2 behind it.

Fox had a showing of the Christmas movie Love the Coopers, a pretty bizarre choice for a late-August movie night. Viewers agreed, as the movie only delivered Fox a 0.2. At least it's not any worse than last week's showing of The King's Speech.

The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons Ever returned on ABC, but they probably wish it hadn't. It drew a new low of 0.2.

The CW had a steady Whose Line? at 0.2 with a repeat also at 0.2. Penn & Teller: Fool Us dropped to 0.1.

Finals Update: Love the Coopers (+0.1) and a CBS repeat (+0.1) adjusted up. The Whose Line? repeat (-0.1) adjusted down.

Monday TV Ratings 8/10/20: The Titan Games Ends Steady and On Top, The Neighborhood Repeat Leads in Viewers (UPDATED)

It was the last night for frequent Monday ratings winner The Titan Games, as the successful Dwayne Johnson series wrapped season two with a steady 0.7. This was enough to easily triumph for the night with little opposition from the other networks. The #2 show of the night was its lead-out, a repeat of American Ninja Warrior, at 0.5.

CBS had the top show of the night in viewers, with a repeat of The Neighbohood leading the Titan Games in that metric despite a 0.4 in the 18-49 demo. Other repeats drew 0.4/0.3/0.4 for the Tiffany Network.

ABC continued to air its Bachelor clip show with absolutely no success, steady at 0.3 and tying Fox's 9-1-1-Verse repeats.

The CW went fully into repeats but still saw its highest ratings of the week with 0.2s about. The Penn & Teller: Try This At Home repeat beat its rating for the original a few weeks back.

Finals Update: The repeat of Penn & Teller: Try This At Home (+0.1) adjusted up. The repeat of The Neighborhood (-0.1) adjusted down.

Monday TV Ratings 8/3/20: Bachelor Greatest Seasons and The Titan Games Hold Steady, Penn & Teller Fool Us Rises (UPDATED)

It was another low-rated summer night, with few originals to be found and few people watching broadcast TV.

The rare bright spot continued to be NBC's The Titan Games. Though far from a megahit, Dwayne Johnson's show remained head-and-shoulders above the other networks with a 0.7, steady with last week. After airing repeats of The Wall and Dateline from 9-11 for weeks, NBCsubbed in repeats of American Ninja Warrior. At 0.5, it performed about the same as those shows and helped NBC easily retain the #1 position for Monday nights.

ABC returned to "original" programming with their Bachelor clip show The Bachelor - The Greatest Seasons Ever! returning from a week off with little interest. At 0.3, the show helped ABC rank last for the night among the big four.

The CW also had one original program, with a Penn & Teller: Fool Us original rising from last week's special to a 0.2. It was preceded by 0.2s for Whose Line? Repeats.

Fox had 9-1-1-Verse repeats at 0.4/0.3, with the parent show rising from last week.

CBS had a steady repeat The Neighborhood, followed by a down Bobishola repeat and an even All Rise repeat. Their 10 PM repeat rose from last week.

Finals Update: All shows held their preliminary ratings.

Monday TV Ratings 7/20/20: Titan Games Rises and Stays in First Place, Dateline Also Rises (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: NBC's 'The Titan Games' (0.7) held even on a week-to-week basis and was once more Monday night's top telecast. A 10pm 'Dateline' original (0.5) was also steady and easily beat out everything in its timeslot. A repeat of 'The Wall' (0.5) was sandwiched in-between at 9. CBS had decently-rated comedy repeats (0.5/0.4) and slightly weaker drama ones (0.3/0.3). Fox got some respectable results out of the '9-1-1' duo (0.4/0.4). ABC's greatest seasons of 'The Bachelor' (0.3) remained feeble and went two-tenths below last week's 'CMA' broadcast. The CW had steady 'Whose Line' (0.2/0.2) and 'Penn & Teller' (0.2).

Finals Update: The Titan Games (+0.1) adjusted up.