Ratings: ABC's Claim To Fame Opens Low, Even As Bachelorette Dominates

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC's The Bachelorette kicked off Season 19 with 2.7 million total viewers and a 0.6 rating, down from both its October (3 mil/0.8) and June 2021 (3.8 mil/1.0) openers but still easily leading Monday in the demo. (Read our recap.)[pmc_inline_gallery]

Leading out of The Bachelorette, the secret celebrity kinfolk somethingoranother Claim to Fame debuted to just 1.8 mil and a 0.3.

Over on NBC, American Ninja Warrior (2.7 mil/0.3) dipped week-to-week.

The CW's terminal Monday twofer, Roswell NM (460K/0.1) and In the Dark (300K/0.0), both were steady.

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