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

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2022-23	Bachelor in Paradise				Bachelor in Paradise	Bachelor in Paradise	Bachelor in Paradise	The Good Doctor		The Good Doctor	106
	2022-23	121		121	121		121	76		76		106
2023-24	Monday Night Football (ABC)						Monday Night Football (ABC)	Monday Night Football (ABC)	Monday Night Football (ABC)	Monday Night Football (ABC)	Monday Night Football (ABC)	636 (+426%)
	2023-24	636 (+426%)		636 (+739%)	636 (+739%)		636 (+739%)	636 (+739%)		636 (+739%)	636 (+739%)
VsAvg	+396%		3.95701725605744	+310%		3.10483993834041	+374%		3.73849342794415	+357%
Rank	1/25		1/25	1/25		1/25	1/25		1/25	1/25

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

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2022-23	The Bachelor				The Bachelor	The Bachelor	The Bachelor	The Good Doctor		The Good Doctor	116
	2022-23	138		138	138		138	72		72		116
2023-24	The Bachelor				The Bachelor	The Bachelor	The Bachelor	20/20 Special		20/20 Special	124 (+7%)
	2023-24	158 (+15%)		158 (+15%)	158 (+15%)		158 (+15%)	57 (-21%)		57 (-21%)		124.123518514728
VsAvg	+25%		0.247018948814669	+23%		0.233199308517831	-33%		-0.331471979062861	+10%
Rank	6/25		6/25	6/25		6/25	22/25		22/25	8/25

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

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2022-23	American Idol				American Idol	American Idol	American Idol	The Good Doctor		The Good Doctor	113
	2022-23	132		132	132		132	75		75		113
2023-24	American Idol				American Idol	American Idol	American Idol	20/20 Special		20/20 Special	91 (-19%)
	2023-24	109 (-17%)		109 (-17%)	109 (-17%)		109 (-17%)	55 (-27%)		55 (-27%)		91.1912523284138
VsAvg	-5%		-0.0483430959843056	-6%		-0.0639258095448247	-32%		-0.321631849456659	-13%
Rank	15/25		15/25	15/25		15/25	23/25		23/25	18/25

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

Name	Lo	Avg	Hi	y2y	Plus	Label	Plusy2y	Results
The Bachelor*	0.5	0.63	0.8	+9%	165	big hit	+22%	detail
American Idol Mon*	0.4	0.41	0.5	-26%	109	solid	-17%	detail
20/20 Special	0.1	0.21	0.3	-10%	56	flop	+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.