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After its premiere last week, the tropical on-the-hunt-for-romance reality series Bachelor in Paradise topped Monday night despite dipping two-tenths with a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.3 million viewers. NBC’s American Ninja Warrior came in strong last night with a 0.9 rating and 4.71 million…

Repeats, reruns, encores or rebroadcasts – call them what you will, but they are the staples of summertime programming. So it was no surprise that a night filled with the “R” word saw a repeat showing come out on top in the demo wars. The two-hour American Ninja Warrior on NBC scored a solid 0.5/3 and 2.37 million…

ABC’s special The Bachelorette: The Men Tell All won Monday in primetime, pushing the network to the top spot in the ratings and viewers for the night. The special, on which contestants spill the beans about what happened on the show (behind the scenes and in front of the camera), hit its best numbers since 2015 with…

America loves its ninjas, and on a rerun heavy night, it’s fitting that a rerun of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior carried the flag for the demo wars, scoring an impressive 0.6/4 and 3.01 million viewers in its two-hour slot. That and newsmag Dateline (0.5/3 and 3.00 million), the latter albeit down a tick from last…

Many shows have returned to originals after the holiday week and for the most part, things are holding steady. NBC’s American Ninja Warrior (0.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 4.48 million viewers) was one that rose to the challenge Monday, with its ratings climbing a tenth to nearly match its high on any…

It looks like audiences are invested in Hannah finding true (or temporary) love in this season of ABC’s The Bachelorette, as the reality dating competition series held steady to take the top spot in Monday’s primetime ratings with a 1.5 rating and 5.66 million viewers in the adults 18-49 demographic. Meanwhile, The Cod…

ABC’s The Bachelorette (1.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 5.6 million viewers) scored a season high in eyeballs Monday, sweeping primetime’s top spots in viewers and the demo to give ABC the overall victory in Nielsen’s fast nationals. The two-hour Bachelorette was even in the demo compared with last week…

An executive producer behind the American Ninja Warrior franchise and Hell's Kitchen, Arthur Smith is always looking to break the mold and push limits within the reality competition space, doing so most recently with NBC's The Titan Games. Co-created by A. Smith and Dwayne Johnson, who also serves as host, and…

NBC’s regular-slot season premiere of American Ninja Warrior (1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demograpic, 4.80 million viewers) was Wednesday’s No. 1 program in primetime, taking 8-10 PM in both metrics, though it opened down two tenths in the demo and about 600,000 in total viewers from its last launch. After Ninja War…

NBC has set premiere dates for a pair of its veteran summer series. Season 14 of America’s Got Talent will get a two-hour premiere at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, and American Ninja Warrior will launch its eighth season at from 8-10 p.m. the next night before settling into its regular slot at 8 p.m. Monday, June 10. The AGT…

NBC has renewed three-time Emmy-nominated American Ninja Warrior for an eighth season. Production will begin this spring and a premiere date will be announced shortly, according to the network. Hosted again by Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila, the popular obstacle course competition series will shoot in six cities…

UPDATED with final numbers: NBC’s two-hour season finale of American Ninja Warrior (1.2 rating in adult 18-94, 5.69 million viewers) was broadcast TV’s most-watched show Monday, its best rating in three months but off three tenths from last year’s season-ender. Also wrapping its season last night was Fox’s two-hour So…