‘The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever!’ Settles for Worst Ratings Ever With Season 1 Recaps

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They may have been great seasons that delivered great ratings at the time, but these “Greatest Seasons – Ever!” recaps of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” are not working in 2020.

On Monday, ABC settled for a tie with Telemundo as its “The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever!” series drew its lowest demo ratings and smallest audience yet.

NBC won its seventh straight Monday last night, making it a clean 7 of 7 since the May sweep.

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NBC was first in ratings with a 0.6 rating/4 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 3.5 million, according to preliminary numbers. “The Titan Games” at 8 p.m. posted a 0.7/5 and 3.8 million viewers. Following a rerun at 9, “Dateline NBC” at 10 received a 0.5/3 and 3.2 million viewers.

Univision was second in ratings with a 0.5/3, but fifth in viewers with 1.7 million.

CBS and Fox tied for third in ratings, both with a 0.4. CBS had a 3 share, Fox got a 2. CBS was second in total viewers with 3.4 million, Fox was third with 2.4 million.

Both CBS and Fox aired all repeats last night.

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ABC and Telemundo tied for fifth in ratings, both with a 0.3/2. ABC was fourth in total viewers with 2 million, Telemundo was seventh with 955,000.

“The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever!” was the only show on ABC’s schedule last night, with Season 1 recaps for “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” occupying all three hours of primetime.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and sixth in viewers with 960,000. Following reruns, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” at 9 got a 0.2/1 and 914,000 viewers.

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