Monday, July 29, 2024

The Breakdown: ABC Monday in 2023-24 (The Bachelor, American Idol)




It's time for a journey through the ABC Monday schedule in 2023-24...


fall

Year8:008:309:009:3010:0010:30Avg
2022-23Bachelor in ParadiseThe Good Doctor106
12112176
2023-24Monday Night Football (ABC)636 (+426%)
636 (+426%)636 (+739%)636 (+739%)
VsAvg+396%+310%+374%+357%
Rank1/251/251/251/25


ABC was able to get Monday Night Football telecasts (usually simulcasts of the ESPN game) for the entire season in this strike-hampered campaign. Next season, the ABC presence will continue in a diminished fashion and split almost evenly between simulcasts and separate games on ABC/ESPN.


winter

Year8:008:309:009:3010:0010:30Avg
2022-23The BachelorThe Good Doctor116
13813872
2023-24The Bachelor20/20 Special124 (+7%)
158 (+15%)158 (+15%)57 (-21%)
VsAvg+25%+23%-33%+10%
Rank6/256/2522/258/25

ABC went back to its unscripted staples in the winter with a strong comeback season from The Bachelor. The Bachelor and Idol lead-ins were used on a pair of 20/20 special edition series, Bad Romance and The Interrogation Tapes.

spring

Year8:008:309:009:3010:0010:30Avg
2022-23American IdolThe Good Doctor113
13213275
2023-24American Idol20/20 Special91 (-19%)
109 (-17%)109 (-17%)55 (-27%)
VsAvg-5%-6%-32%-13%
Rank15/2515/2523/2518/25

It was a pretty bad season for the staple singing competitions, including The Voice and The Masked Singer, and even American Idol (previously the hottest of the three) was no exception this time. However, the Monday trends were a few points worse than the Sunday episodes.

Rating the Ratings

NameLoAvgHiy2yPlusLabelPlusy2yResults
The Bachelor*0.50.630.8+9%165big hit+22%detail
American Idol Mon*0.40.410.5-26%109solid-17%detail
20/20 Special0.10.210.3-10%56flop+1%


The Bachelor: Wanted to be a little harsher because this growth is mostly just making up for big drops in the last two seasons, and it's still well behind the 2019-21 heyday which got into megahit territory. But +9% in raw numbers is just too much to justify knocking it down, especially since the trends got much better as the season went on. (Finale was +27% in raw!) Another promising turn on the Bachelor franchise roller coaster. Grade: A.

American Idol Mon: Saving grade for the Sunday post.

The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.

Previous Breakdowns for ABC Monday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23

Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for ABC Monday.


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