TV Ratings: ‘Running Wild’ and ‘Ninja Warrior’ Jump

September 01, 2015 10:41am PT by Michael O'Connell

The NBC series rebound, leading Monday's broadcast race.

NBC topped the broadcast networks on Monday night with rebounding episodes of American Ninja Warrior and Running Wild With Bear Grylls.

The stunt competition was up a whopping 62 percent from last week's clip show, averaging a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49. Running Wild was similarly up, on the day it was announced President Obama was set to appear on an Alaska-focused episode, improving four-tenths of a point in the key demo to a 1.3 rating.

ABC saw Bachelor in Paradise (1.5 adults) shed three-tenths of a point at 8 p.m. Talker After Paradise (1.0 adults) and The Whispers (0.7 adults) were steady — the latter airing its season (likely series) finale.

So You Think You Can Dance pulled a steady 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 on Fox. And, on the CW, Whose Line (0.7 adults) jumped three-tenths of a point in between steady episodes of Penn & Teller (0.6 adults) and Significant Mother (0.3 adults).