Preliminary Ratings: Monday 08/14/2017

The season premiere of BACHELOR IN PARADISE, leda ABC to a strong win ion the Monday night ratings. The dating reality series collected 5.0 million viewers and a 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49. That is up from last year's 4.6 million viewers and a 1.4 demo rating.  A new episode of THE GONG SHOW followed, losing just under half of its lead in audiences.

NBC was a close second on the night, drawing more total viewers than ABC and tying them in the A25-54 demographic. AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR is down, slightly from last week's ratings, losing 300,000 total viewers and a tenth of a point in both the A18-34 and A18-49 demos. MIDNIGHT TEXAS remained flat, week-to-week.

Fort FOX, a two hour SO YOU THIUNK YOU CAN DANCE is not better then an all-encore CBS, between 8 and 10 PM. The CBS Comedies equalled SYTYCD in the younger demos, and beat it in the older A25-54 demo and in total viewers. For CBS, the CBS NEWS: ON ASSIGNMENT drug down the average on the night.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.30 million	1.1	1.3	1.5
CBS	3.50 million	0.3	0.6	0.9
CW	1.00 million	0.2	0.2	0.3
FOX	2.80 million	0.4	0.7	0.9
NBC	5.00 million	0.6	1.2	1.5

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Bachelor In Paradise (SP)	5.00	1.4	1.5	1.8
10:00	ABC	The Gong Show	2.90	0.6	0.8	0.9
8:00	CBS	Kevin Can Wait [R]	4.20	0.4	0.7	1.1
8:30	CBS	Superior Donuts [R]	3.72	0.4	0.6	1.0
9:00	CBS	Mom [R]	3.96	0.3	0.7	1.1
9:30	CBS	Life in Pieces [R]	3.29	0.3	0.6	0.9
10:00	CBS	CBSN: On Assignment	2.84	0.2	0.4	0.7
8:00	CW	Supergirl [R]	1.10	0.2	0.2	0.3
9:00	CW	Hooten & The Lady	1.00	0.1	0.2	0.3
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	2.80	0.4	0.7	0.9
8:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	5.90	0.7	1.4	1.8
10:00	NBC	Midnight, Texas	3.20	0.4	0.8	1.0

* - viewers in millions