Preliminary Ratings: Monday 09/01/14

FOX and NBC finished neck & neck on Monday night, as each network averaged a 1.6 rating in Adults 18-49, but FOX currently has a one million total viewer deficit under NBC. CBS was the night's most watched network.

Both networks pushed a program to the top of the demo ratings, with a 1.6 rating. NBC's entry was AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, while MASTERCHEF led FOX.  But, neither program could top UNDER THE DOME in total viewers.

HOTEL HELL ranked third on the night, in the demo ratings, with three programs drawing the same 1.2 rating for 4th place. Both UNDER THE DOME and BACHELOR IN PARADISE dropped to equal THE BIG BANG THEORY in the demo.

The season finale of MISTRESSES did little in the ratings, lacing third in both viewers and in the A18-49 demographic.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 4.3 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.4 million viewers, 1.0 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.4 million viewers, 0.4 rating in A18-49

FOX - 4.2 million viewers, 1.6 rating in A18-49

NBC - 5.2 million viewers, 1.6 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Bachelor In Paradise	4.70	1.2
10:00	ABC	Mistresses	3.50	0.8	-26%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	6.00	1.2
8:30	CBS	CBS Fall Preview	4.70	0.8	-22%
9:00	CBS	Mike & Molly [R]	4.70	0.8	0%
9:30	CBS	Two and a Half Men [R]	4.30	0.7	-9%
10:00	CBS	Under The Dome	6.30	1.2	47%
8:00	CW	Whose Line is It Any Way? [R]	1.40	0.4
8:30	CW	Whose Line is It Any Way? [R]	1.50	0.4	7%
9:00	CW	ANTM	1.30	0.4	-13%
8:00	FOX	Masterchef	5.40	1.9
9:00	FOX	Hotel Hell	3.90	1.3	-28%
8:00	NBC	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	3.90	0.9
9:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	5.80	1.9	49%

* - in millions