With the fall television season approaching, it was a mixed bag for the Labor Day holiday.
Both Fox and NBC notched the Monday victory with a 1.6 average among adults 18-49 on the strength of Masterchef (5.4 million, 1.9) and American Ninja Warrior (5.8 million, 1.9), respectively. Both programs were the top two-rated on the evening in primetime and were steady.
Fox's Hotel Hell (3.9 million, 1.3), however, slipped three-tenths following Masterchef. NBC's Running Wild With Bear Grylls (3.9 million, 0.9) was down a tad from its most recent original in mid-August.
ABC's Bachelor in Paradise (4.7 million, 1.2) dropped another tenth, while the finale of Mistresses (3.5 million, 0.8) drew its largest audience in three weeks though it was down a tenth from the penultimate episode.
CBS' fall preview drew a 4.7 million and a 0.8 rating following a The Big Bang Theory repeat and an original Under the Dome (6.3 million, 1.2) slipped another two-tenths.
The CW's America's Next Top Model (1.3 million, 0.4) was even.
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