Preliminary Ratings: Monday 07/07/14

It was a very competitive Monday night, between the Big 4 networks, but FOX edges it out to sweep the night in both viewers and young demographic ratings.

Starting off the night for FOX was MASTERCHEF, the night's top show in the A18-49 ratings, with a 1.9 score. That matches the previous week's numbers. The series is hitting it's stride and should be a consisten winner until the end of THE BACHELORETTE's season.

Speaking of THE BACHELORETTE, it must be getting close to the season finale as this is the second straight week the A18-49 ratings rose from the previous week. The series seems to lag in the ratings until it is "final rose" time. The show was the most watched program, between 8 and 10 p.m.

MISTRESSES was the only program, from the BIG four to not score a demo rating of at least a 1.0 and/or collect at least four million viewers.

UNDER THE DOME took a bit of a hit, in week two. viewership is down 1.7 million and the A18-49 ratings is off by 19%. If fans from the first season had the same reaction I did for the season premiere, last week, ratings will fall hard this summer, for the Stephen King adaptation.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 5.8 million viewers, 1.5 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.8 million viewers, 1.3 rating in A18-49

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

FOX - 5.9 million viewers, 1.7 rating in A18-49

NBC - 4.9 million viewers, 1.5 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Bachelorette	6.80	1.8
10:00	ABC	Mistresses	3.80	0.9	-44%
8:00	CBS	2 Broke Girls [R]	4.70	1.0
8:30	CBS	Mom [R]	4.50	1.1	-4%
9:00	CBS	Mike & Molly [R]	5.30	1.2	18%
9:30	CBS	Two and a Half Men [R]	4.70	1.0	-11%
10:00	CBS	Under The Dome	7.70	1.7	64%
8:00	CW	Whose Line is it Anyway? [R]	1.50	0.5
8:30	CW	Whose Line is it Anyway? [R]	1.50	0.5	0%
9:00	CW	Beauty & The Beast	0.90	0.3	80%
8:00	FOX	Masterchef	5.70	1.9
9:00	FOX	24: Live Another Day	6.00	1.5	5%
8:00	NBC	Last Comic Standing [R]	4.00	1.0
9:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	5.40	1.8	35%

* - in millions