‘American Ninja Warrior’ Leads Monday Ratings; ‘Love Island’ Ticks Down

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Season 12 premiere of American Ninja Warrior set the bar Monday night, delivering a 0.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.50 million viewers. The NBC athletic competition was down from its Season 11 average but ticked up a tenth from last week’s all-stars special.

Nothing is slipping through the cracks on the set of Love Island USA, according to its host Arielle Vandenberg.

European Week of Sport 2020 at the Sport Ireland Campus, the 2FM presenter shared his insight into whether his gig on the Aussie edition of the show would come to pass this year.‘They haven’t officially called it but I can’t for my money see it happen this year in any way, shape or form,’ he explained.‘I think Australia’s gone back into lockdown,’ he said, adding that he doesn’t think they could film in Fiji again right now.‘The American version filmed in Fiji as well and they’re filming in

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerReality TV ruled the Friday fare this week, as once again Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown took home the ratings demo crown, scoring an 0.6 to far outdistance the field on the last weekend of the dog days of August.The wrestling show’s drama this week centered on Roman Reigns revealing his alignment with Paul Heyman.Elsewhere, CBS had the premiere of Love Island USA, a spin-off of the popular British series.

Love Island USA arrives Monday at 8/7c with a two-hour premiere on CBS and CBS All Access. The new season, which will air seven nights a week, heads to Las Vegas where contestants will let loose at the Caesars Entertainment's boutique hotel, The Cromwell. Getting to know these budding new influencers through their tumultuous journeys on-camera is only part of the fun, which is why we've compiled a list of all the contestants' Instagram accounts for you to follow along at home.