It was a good Monday night for ABC, with a two-hour installment of "The Bachelorette" ringing in the top Nielsen ratings overall, reports TVbytheNumbers.com.
At 8 p.m. the first hour of "The Bachelorette" had a 2.9 rating and a 3.0 for the top and bottom half-hours in the 18-49 demographic. Fox’s "Lie to Me" averaged a 1.75 in the demo for the hour.
At 9 p.m. "The Bachelorette" did even better with a 3.1 rating and a 3.4 in the 18-49 demographic, besting NBC’s "Last Comic Standing," which had an overall 1.7 in the demo, as well as Fox’s "The Good Guys" with a 1.05 in the demo.
ABC’s "True Beauty" at 10 p.m. logged a 1.9 and a 1.6 in the 18-49 demographic, over NBC’s "Dateline" with an average of 1.25 in the demo.
Hmmmm…Bachelorette 2.9 and 3.1. The Closer 7.7. Who is delivering the ratings?