Final Broadcast Ratings: September 8, 2014

It was a competitive night, among the Big 4 networks, in Monday's ratings. Less than one million viewers separated the four networks. But, it was FOX and CBS that came out winners of the night.

FOX gave us a two hour MASTERCHEF, which helped the network win the night, in the demo ratings. The 5.4 million viewers and 1.8 demo rating, are down, slightly, from last week's one hour episode.

ABC's BACHELOR IN PARADISE ended its first season run, pulling in 5.4 million viewers and a 1.4 demo rating. That is up, slightly, from the previous week's ratings. The series will be back in 2015, but will anyone really care?.

NBC's AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR dropped 5% in the demo ratings, over last week's performance, as it crowned its 2014 champion. Next week is a US vs the World competition.

CBS only had one hour of original programming, UNDER THE DOME, which did score an increase of 300,000 viewers and 20% in the A18-49 numbers. DOME looks to be on the bubble for renewal, so it may be up to the season finale to determine the fate of the second year drama.

Final Network Averages:

ABC - 4.7 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.5 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.2 million viewers, 0.4 rating in A18-49

FOX - 5.4 million viewers, 1.8 rating in A18-49

NBC - 4.8 million viewers, 1.5 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Bachelor In Paradise	5.40	1.4
10:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	3.16	0.8	-41%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	5.72	1.2
8:30	CBS	Mom [R]	5.11	1.2	-11%
9:00	CBS	Two and a Half Men [R]	4.69	0.9	-8%
9:30	CBS	Two and a Half Men [R]	4.46	0.9	-5%
10:00	CBS	Under The Dome	6.62	1.4	48%
8:00	CW	Whose Line is It Any Way? [R]	1.36	0.5
8:30	CW	Whose Line is It Any Way? [R]	1.34	0.4	-1%
9:00	CW	ANTM	0.99	0.4	-26%
8:00	FOX	Masterchef	5.39	1.8
8:00	NBC	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	3.71	1.0
9:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	5.29	1.8	43%

* - in millions