Agreed that the Monday show was much better. Still a little too much emphasis on the contenders' life stories, but from my viewpoint, the editing seemed to be a few degrees simpler than we saw in the Sunday episode.
Of note: my kid (age 5) LOVES it and my wife has found the contender she's gonna stick with throughout the season (Siene).
If my memory is correct, it's going to be on against PRISON BREAK starting next week, so it'll be interesting to see whether AG can get up to that #2 position in the time slot again.