Preliminary Ratings: Monday 03/14/2016

ABC defeats NBC in the Monday night ratings, as THE BACHELOR season finale and AFTER THE ROSE posted three hours of solid ratings. Both shows record similar ratings, with an A18-49 rating in the high twos, and a A25-54 rating in the low threes. Compared to last year's finale, THE BACHELOR is up one tenth of a point int he A18-49 demo..

THE VOICE was the night's #1 show, except in the A180-34 demographic, which it ranked behind both ABC programs. THE VOICE is down about 7% in the A18-49 demo and lost 1.3 million viewers, from last Monday's numbers. BLINDSPOT was mostly flat, week-to-week.

CBS edged FOX for the #3 spot, with all three series in original episodes.  Head to head, GOTHAM and SUPERGIRL tied in the A18-49 demographic, while GOTHAM took the younger A18-34 demo and SUPERGIRL took the A25-54 demo.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	9.40 million	2.6	2.8	3.2
CBS	8.00 million	0.7	1.4	2.0
CW	0.60 million	0.2	0.2	0.2
FOX	4.00 million	0.9	1.3	1.6
NBC	10.30 million	1.5	2.6	3.5

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Bachelor (SF)	9.50	2.7	2.9	3.3
10:00	ABC	fter The Rose	9.20	2.4	2.7	3.1
8:00	CBS	Supergirl	6.60	0.7	1.3	1.8
9:00	CBS	Scorpion	8.80	0.8	1.5	2.2
10:00	CBS	NCIS: LA	8.70	0.7	1.3	1.9
8:00	CW	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend [R]	0.70	0.2	0.2	0.3
9:30	CW	Jane the Virgin [R]	0.50	0.2	0.2	0.2
8:00	FOX	Gotham	4.00	1.0	1.3	1.6
9:00	FOX	Lucifer	3.90	0.8	1.2	1.5
8:00	NBC	The Voice	12.20	1.8	3.0	4.2
10:00	NBC	Blindspot	6.50	1.0	1.7	2.2

* - in millions