Preliminary Ratings: Monday September 8, 2014

It was a tight race, among the Big 4 networks, in Monday's ratings. Less than one million viewers separated the four networks, and just three tenths of a ratings point separated FOX, ABC and NBC, in the A18-49 ratings. But, it was FOX and ABC 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 came to life for it's season finale. The program was the night's most watched shows and tied MASTERCHEF for the top A18-49 rating. ABC announced yesterday that BACHELOR IN PARADISE will be back for a second season.

NBC took a stwep back as AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR dropped 10% in the demo ratings, over last week's performance. Some of that was made up by RUNNING WILD, which was up two tenths of a ratings point.

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.

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 5.7 million viewers, 1.5 rating in A18-49

CBS - 5.6 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.3 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	6.70	1.8
10:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	3.60	0.9	-46%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	5.80	1.2
8:30	CBS	Mom [R]	5.20	1.2	-10%
9:00	CBS	Two and a Half Men [R]	4.80	1.0	-8%
9:30	CBS	Two and a Half Men [R]	4.40	0.9	-8%
10:00	CBS	Under The Dome	6.60	1.4	50%
8:00	CW	Whose Line is It Any Way? [R]	1.40	0.5
8:30	CW	Whose Line is It Any Way? [R]	1.40	0.4	0%
9:00	CW	ANTM	1.10	0.4	-21%
8:00	FOX	Masterchef	5.40	1.8
8:00	NBC	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	3.80	1.1
9:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	5.20	1.7	37%

* - in millions