Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Monday, August 13, 2018
The numbers for Monday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 rating/share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) (8-10 p.m.) | 1.3/6 | 4.53 |
| American Ninja Warrior (NBC) (8-10 p.m.) | 1.0/5 | 5.22 | |
| Mom (CBS) – R | 0.6/3 | 4.20 | |
| So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) (8-10 p.m.) | 0.6/3 | 2.55 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us (The CW) | 0.5/2 | 1.74 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Life in Pieces (CBS) – R | 0.5/2 | 3.28 |
| 9 p.m. | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (The CW) | 0.4/2 | 1.33 |
| Salvation (CBS) | 0.3/1 | 2.64 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (The CW) – R | 0.4/2 | 1.19 |
| 10 p.m. | Dateline (NBC) | 0.8/4 | 4.36 |
| The Proposal (ABC) | 0.6/3 | 2.52 | |
| Elementary (CBS) | 0.4/2 | 3.53 |
ABC’s “Bachelor in Paradise” was up two-tenths from its Tuesday night debut last week, with its Monday primetime premiere scoring a 1.3 rating in adults 18-49 and 4.53 million viewers. After taking a week off, “The Proposal” returned with a 0.6, even with its last episode.
NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” maintained a 1.0 for the second week in a row, coming in second in the 8 p.m. time slot behind “Bachelor in Paradise.” “Dateline,” meanwhile, was up a tenth from a 0.7 to a 0.8.
On CBS, “Salvation” held steady with another 0.3, and “Elementary” ticked up one-tenth to a 0.4, after dropping to a 0.3 in the Monday finals last week. “Elementary” was also even with its most recent episode, which had aired this past Sunday night. FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance?” continued its 0.6 streak yet again.
Elsewhere, it was a noticeably high night in the primetime ratings for The CW. Pending updates, not only did “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” hit a season high 0.5, but “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” also tied its 0.4 season high, and had its most-watched episode of its season to date with 1.33 million viewers.
NBC and ABC tied for the top overall spot of the night among the Big 4 networks in the 18-49 demographic with a pair of 1.0s, though, NBC did place higher in total viewers (4.93 million). FOX came in third with a 0.6, while CBS (0.5) and CW (0.4) placed fourth and fifth.
Network averages:
| NBC | ABC | FOX | CBS | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.0/5 | 1.0/5 | 0.6/3 | 0.5/2 | 0.4/2 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 4.93 | 3.86 | 2.55 | 3.41 | 1.42 |
Late-night metered market ratings (adults 18-49, households):
Note: The Phoenix market is currently excluded.
11:35 p.m.
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: 0.5/3, 2.4/7
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”: 0.5/3, 1.7/5
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”: 0.4/2, 1.5/4
12:35 a.m.
“Nightline”: 0.2/2, 1.0/4
“Late Night with Seth Meyers”: 0.3/3, 1.0/4
“The Late Late Show with James Corden”: 0.2/2, 1.0/4
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
