The Bachelorette soared with its season finale on Monday (July 27) and led ABC to a win in the key 18-49 demographic, according to Nielsen figures.
ABC's finale of the dating series earned 2.5 (8.13m) at 8pm, a massive increase over last year's finale score of 2.0.
At 10pm on ABC, The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose also interested 2.3 (7.94m).
Meanwhile on NBC, American Ninja Warrior slid two-tenths of a point to 1.9 (6.18m) at 8pm and Running Wild with Bear Grylls took 1.2 (3.63m) at 10pm.
Fox's So You Think You Can Dance fell to a new low of 0.8 (2.85m) at 8pm.
The CW's Monday lineup included Penn & Teller: Fool Us averaging 0.6 (2.24m) at 8pm and Cedric's Barber Battle garnering 0.2 (0.79m) at 9.30pm.
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