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NBC was strongest among broadcasters Monday, putting up a 1.4 rating in viewers 18-49, per Nielsens overnights, and a 5 share. The Voice fell 11% to 1.7 and Taken did a flat 0.8.

ABC was next at 1.2/5, with Dancing With the Stars at 1.6, then Quantico at 0.6. Both were flat with last week.

CBS and Fox both weighed in at 1.0/4. CBS had Kevin Can Wait, with guest star Leah Remini, up 9% at 1.2, and Man With a Plan and Superior Donuts both down 10% to 0.9. The Great Indoors did a 0.8 (it had a 1.2 in its most recent new airing) and Scorpion slipped 9% to 1.0.

Foxs Gotham went up 11% to 1.0 and Lucifer too posted a 1.0 in its return. It had a 1.2 in its last episode in January.

BILL SHINE resigned from his post as co-president of Fox News Channel. Jack Abernathy continues as co-president of Fox News and CEO of Fox Television stations. SUZANNE SCOTT was promoted president of programming at Fox News. She had been executive VP of programming. JAY WALLACE was promoted to president of Fox News Channel. He had been executive VP. Shine's resignation comes in the midst of a slew of sexual and racial discrimination complaints and lawsuits at Fox News, along with the recent firing of the network's highest-rated host Bill O'Reilly. Shine was named in some of the complaints for failing to take aggressive action to complaints about Fox News personnel. Shine had been with Fox News since 1996.
JEREMIAH ROSEN was named chief revenue officer at Media Storm. He will also oversee the agency's social media unit 3Degrees. Rosen was previously president of Campfire, a unit of SapientRazorfish.
MIKE DEE was appointed president of Entercom Sports. He was most recently president and chief executive officer of the San Diego Padres. He has also served as president and CEO of the Miami Dolphins, and as chief operating officer of the Boston Red Sox. In his new role he will oversee national sales and marketing, new platform opportunities, partnerships, expanded sports distribution, direct-to-consumer offerings and other entrepreneurial initiatives at the national level. He will also oversee Entercom's local sports radio station relationships.

ALEXIS GINAS was appointed to the newly created postion of VP of cross-platform solutions at Fox Sports. Ginas is founder of Madison + Valley and also helped Match Group launch marketing solutions on Tinder. She has also held positions at MTV Networks, Viggle and SFX.

CHRIS YOUNG was named senior VP of the Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab. In that role, he will manage the new Burbank-based lab, which will spearhead long-range research and development efforts around new technologies for Nickelodeon and its audience. He was previously executive creative director of Nickelodeon Animation Lab.