TV Ratings: Claim To Fame Tops Monday, As Bachelorette Returns Low

By Matt Webb Mitovich
Claim to Fame Season 2 Courtesy of ABC

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC's Claim to Fame led Monday in the demo, while CBS' NCIS rerun copped the night's largest audience.

ABC | Claim to Fame opened Season 2 with 2.4 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating, hitting and matching series highs. The Bachelorette (1.9 mil/0.3), however, was down sharply from last summer's premiere (3 mil/0.7) and season averages (3.3 mil/0.8).

FOX | Stars on Mars (840K/0.2) hit another audience low, while Crime Scene Kitchen (1.1 mil/0.2) added eyeballs.

NBC | American Ninja Warrior (3 mil/0.3) and The Wall (2.4 mil/0.3) both dipped.

THE CW | The Rising (423K/0.1) somewhat randomly surged to what might be a Stateside audience high. A Nancy Drew rerun (263K/0.1) fared much better than the yanked Barons' final airing (157K/0.0).

CBS | That NCIS repeat drew 3.3 million viewers,

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