Preliminary Ratings: Monday, 07/24/2017

ABC and NBC were neck-and-neck in the Monday night ratings, with ABC getting the edge in the younger, A18-34 demographic and NBC doing better in the older, A25-54 demographic. THE BACHELORETTE edges AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, in the 8 to 10 PM time slot. At 10 PM, both networks gave us series premiere, with NBC's MIDNIGHT, TEXAS winning the hour. The NBC series posted a 0.9 rating in Adults 18-49, losing 40% from its lead in. ABC's SOMEWHERE BETWEEN lost 63% of its demo, getting just  0.6 rating.

FOX barely tops an all-encore lineup by CBS, placing third in the 8 PM hour and fourth in the 9 PM hour.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.20 million	1.1	1.3	1.5
CBS	3.60 million	0.3	0.5	0.9
CW	1.10 million	0.1	0.3	0.3
FOX	2.30 million	0.5	0.6	0.8
NBC	5.20 million	0.8	1.3	1.7

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Bachelorette	6.30	1.5	1.6	1.9
10:00	ABC	Somewhere Between (SP)	3.10	0.3	0.6	0.8
8:00	CBS	Kevin Can Wait [R]	4.00	0.3	0.6	1.0
8:30	CBS	Man with a Plan [R]	3.60	0.3	0.6	0.9
9:00	CBS	Mom [R]	3.80	0.3	0.6	0.9
9:30	CBS	Life in Pieces [R]	3.30	0.3	0.6	0.9
10:00	CBS	Scorpion [R]	3.40	0.2	0.4	0.7
8:00	CW	Supergirl [R]	1.10	0.1	0.2	0.3
9:00	CW	Whose Line is it Anyway?	1.00	0.1	0.3	0.3
9:30	CW	Whose Line [R]	1.10	0.1	0.3	0.3
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	2.80	0.5	0.7	0.9
9:00	FOX	Superhuman	1.80	0.4	0.5	0.6
8:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	6.00	0.9	1.5	2.0
10:00	NBC	Midnight, Texas (SP)	3.60	0.5	0.9	1.2

* - viewers in millions