SYTYCD Ratings Tie Season Low as The Bachelorette Drops

TV Ratings Roundup: So You Think You Can Dance Hits Season Low; The Bachelorette Still Wins the Night

The latest Nielsen figures show a mixed night for summer television. So You Think You Can Dance remains at a fragile level, matching last week’s season-low ratings and raising questions about its chances for renewal. Meanwhile, The Bachelorette dipped slightly in the key adults 18-49 demographic but still finished first for the evening in that demo.

Source: The TVByTheNumbers report

Network totals for the night (adults 18-49 rating / share and total viewers where noted):

At 8:00 PM

  • NBC – American Ninja Warrior: 1.9 (7 share), approximately 6.70 million viewers.
  • ABC – The Bachelorette: 1.9 (7 share), approximately 6.63 million viewers.
  • FOX – So You Think You Can Dance: 0.9 (3 share), approximately 3.28 million viewers.
  • CBS – 2 Broke Girls (repeat): 0.9 (3 share), approximately 4.59 million viewers.
  • CW – The Originals (repeat): 0.2 (1 share), approximately 0.62 million viewers.

At 9:00 PM

  • NBC – American Ninja Warrior (continued): ratings strengthened slightly in the later half-hour, peaking around a 2.0/7 and drawing just under 7.0 million viewers.
  • ABC – The Bachelorette (continued): held a 1.9/7 with roughly 6.5 million viewers in its 9:00 hour.
  • FOX – So You Think You Can Dance (continued): remained around a 0.9/3 with about 3.3 million viewers.
  • CBS – Scorpion (repeat): roughly 0.9/3 and about 5.0 million viewers.
  • CW – Whose Line Is It Anyway? (repeat): about 0.2/1 and roughly 0.74 million viewers.

At 10:00 PM

  • NBC – The Island: roughly a 1.1/4 and about 3.7 million viewers.
  • CBS – NCIS: Los Angeles (repeat): about a 0.9/3 with roughly 6.2 million viewers.
  • ABC – The Whispers: around a 0.8/3 and roughly 3.4 million viewers.

Overall, ABC’s The Bachelorette and NBC’s American Ninja Warrior tied in adults 18-49 ratings at the 8:00 hour (1.9), with Ninja Warrior showing stronger viewer totals in later half-hours. FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance continued to underperform in the demo, matching last week’s season-low 0.9 rating among adults 18-49.

Half-hour breakdown highlights (compiled from TV Media Insights and Nielsen Media Research):

8:00–8:30 PM — The Bachelorette led the hour with about 7.06 million viewers and a 1.9/8 in adults 18-49. American Ninja Warrior followed closely with roughly 6.27 million viewers and a 1.7/7. FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance drew about 3.28 million viewers and a 0.9/3.

8:30–9:00 PM — American Ninja Warrior and The Bachelorette each registered roughly a 1.9/7 in the 18-49 demo; Ninja Warrior attracted about 6.60 million viewers in this half-hour, while The Bachelorette had around 6.48 million. So You Think You Can Dance averaged about 3.21 million viewers and a 0.9/3.

9:00–9:30 PM — NBC’s American Ninja Warrior peaked near a 2.0/7 with close to 6.99 million viewers, making it the highest-rated program of the night in adults 18-49 for that slot. ABC’s The Bachelorette remained steady at 1.9/7 with about 6.54 million viewers. FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance continued around 3.31 million viewers and a 0.9/3.

9:30–10:00 PM — American Ninja Warrior stayed strong (around a 2.0/6) and approximately 6.84 million viewers. The Bachelorette closed its hour at about 6.44 million viewers and a 1.9/6. So You Think You Can Dance registered a small uptick to roughly a 1.0/3 with about 3.32 million viewers.

10:00–10:30 PM — Late-night results put CBS’s repeat of NCIS: Los Angeles near the top in total viewers (around 6.21–6.24 million) despite a modest 0.9–1.0 in adults 18-49. NBC’s The Island drew roughly 3.71–3.14 million viewers and a 1.0–1.2 demo rating. ABC’s The Whispers landed near a 0.8/3 with about 3.19–3.66 million viewers over the half-hour window.

What this means: in the critical 18-49 demographic, The Bachelorette and American Ninja Warrior were the night’s leaders, each posting a 1.9 rating in key hours. So You Think You Can Dance remains at a concerning low for FOX, matching its season-low 0.9 demo rating and drawing roughly half the viewers of the night’s leaders. Repeats and summer programming—CBS’s reruns and CW repeats—performed predictably lower in the demo but still drew solid total viewers for familiar franchises like NCIS: Los Angeles.

Source for the compiled half-hour and overnight metrics: TV Media Insights and Nielsen Media Research.