Preliminary Ratings: Monday 08/07/2017

ABC easily sweeps the Monday night ratings, with the three-hour finale of THE BACHELORETTE. The season ender drew 7.5 million viewers and a 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49. Compared to last year's finale, that is down one million viewers and the demo dropped 16% in the demo.

AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR didn't slow down because of the finale on ABC, growing 400,000 total viewers and 14% in the A18-49 demo, over last week's ratings. MIDNIGHT, TEXAS remained flat, with the increased competition.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE expanded to two hours and helped FOX secure third place on the night. SYTYCD did see numbers increase, slightly from last week's one hour edition.

CBS was mostly encores, ranking 4th for the evening.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	7.50 million	2.0	2.1	2.3
CBS	3.30 million	0.3	0.5	0.8
CW	1.20 million	0.1	0.2	0.3
FOX	2.70 million	0.5	0.8	0.9
NBC	5.20 million	0.7	1.3	1.7

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Bachelorette	7.50	2.0	2.1	2.3
8:00	CBS	Kevin Can Wait [R]	4.10	0.4	0.7	10.1
8:30	CBS	Superior Donuts [R]	3.50	0.4	0.6	0.9
9:00	CBS	Mom [R]	3.70	0.3	0.6	1.0
9:30	CBS	Life in Pieces [R]	3.20	0.3	0.5	0.8
10:00	CBS	CBSN: On Assignment	2.50	0.2	0.4	0.6
8:00	CW	Supergirl [R]	1.20	0.1	0.2	0.3
9:00	CW	Hooten & The Lady	1.10	0.1	0.2	0.3
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	2.70	0.5	0.8	0.9
8:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	6.30	0.8	1.6	2.0
10:00	NBC	Midnight, Texas	3.10	0.4	0.8	1.0

* - viewers in millions