Monday TV Ratings: ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Premiere Takes Labor Day Lead

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The 12th season of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior will be shorter than usual (eight weeks instead of the 16 weeks in last summer’s Season 11 due to COVID-19) but viewers still showed up and made the Labor Day premiere of the competition series the leader in both 18-49 demo and total viewers Monday, September 7.
Behind ANW, a rerun of CBS’ The Neighborhoodcame in second in total viewers and tied for second place in the demo with time slot follower Young Sheldonand NBC’s Datelinein the 10 o’clock hour.

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Here’s the breakdown for Monday, September 7, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):
Time | Show | Adults 18-49 rating | Viewers (millions) |
8 p.m. | American Ninja Warrior: P (NBC) | 0.6 | 3.5 |
The Neighborhood – R (CBS) | 0.4 | 3.2 | |
Movie: Draft Day (Fox) | 0.3 | 1.4 | |
The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever! (ABC) | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
Penn & Teller: Try This At Home (CW) | 0.1 | 676,000 | |
8:30 p.m. | Young Sheldon – R (CBS) | 0.4 | 2.8 |
9:00 p.m. | Love Island (CBS) | 0.3 | 1.7 |
Penn & Teller: Try This At Home Too (CW) | 0.1 | 633,000 | |
10 p.m. | Dateline NBC – (NBC) | 0.4 | 2.6 |
Bull – R (CBS) | 0.3 | 2.4 |