US Report: February 18, 2014

US Report: February 18, 2014
Scoreboard NBC ABC FOX UNI CBS CW
Adults 18-49: rating/Share 5.6/15 2.0/5 1.7/4 1.3/4 1.2/3 0.4/1
Adults 18-34: Rating/Share 4.0/12 1.7/5 1.1/4 1.1/3 0.7/2 0.3/1
Total Viewers (million) 23.462 7.663 5.207 3.290 5.306 1.005

NBC was number one among adults 18-49 and with total viewers.

On NBC, night twelve of coverage of the Winter Olympics earned a 5.6 adults 18-49 rating, up 4 percent from a 5.4 for night 12 of the 2010 winter Olympics but down 14 percent from last Monday’s 6.5

Broadcast primetime ratings for Monday, February 17, 2014:

Time Net Show 18-49 Rtg/Shr Viewers (millions)
8:00 NBC The Olympics (8-11PM) 5.6/15 23.46
ABC The Bachelor (8-10PM) 2.2/6 7.61
FOX Almost Human 1.6/5 5.28
CBS How I Met Your Mother - R 1.4/4 4.99
CW Star Crossed - Series Premiere 0.4/1 1.24
8:30 CBS 2 Broke Girls - R 1.2/3 4.82
9:00 FOX The Following 1.7/4 5.14
CBS Mike & Molly - R 1.3/3 5.54
CW Beauty And The Beast 0.3/1 0.766
9:30 CBS Mom - R 1.1/3 5.04
10:00 ABC Castle 1.7/5 7.78
CBS Intelligence 1.2/3 5.72

RATINGS REPORT

  • Night 12 of the Olympics on NBC was up to a 5.6 from Sunday’s 4.8. This was down from last Monday (6.5) but up 4% from the same night in 2010 in Vancouver (5.4).
  • The Bachelor on ABC tied its series low with a 2.2 - down a tenth from last week’s 2.3. Castle also matched a series low with 1.7, down from the 2.1 its last original episode managed.
  • On Fox Almost Human was even with last week’s 1.6 and The Following also tied last week, with a series low-matching 1.7.
  • For CBS Intelligence was down a tenth to 1.2 from last week’s 1.3.

OTHER NEWS

  • Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show debut for NBC  drew a massive 7.1 - a VERY strong start. Instead of telling you all of the special guests who appeared on the show, just watch the 4 minute clip HERE.
  • Bob Costas is was back as anchor for last night’s Olympic coverage.
  • Fascinating article HERE about the wealth of options available to cord-cutters, and about how a la carte viewing is the future, with or without the TW-Comcast merger.

Author Bio

Sam Heard