or


[02/19/14 - 03:48 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Olympic Winter Games Power NBC to Top Spot
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, february 17, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 41 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

2014 Olympic Winter Games (8:00) - NBC
23.546 million viewers, #1; 7.169 million adults 18-49 (5.65 rating), #1

Castle (10:00) - ABC
7.749 million viewers, #2; 2.176 million adults 18-49 (1.71 rating), #4

The Bachelor (8:00, 120 Minutes) - ABC
7.675 million viewers, #3; 2.811 million adults 18-49 (2.21 rating), #2

Intelligence (10:00) - CBS
5.852 million viewers, #4; 1.488 million adults 18-49 (1.17 rating), #9

Almost Human (8:00) - FOX
5.355 million viewers, #5; 2.123 million adults 18-49 (1.67 rating), #5

The Following (9:00) - FOX
5.191 million viewers, #6; 2.209 million adults 18-49 (1.74 rating), #3

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
4.662 million viewers, #7; 1.839 million adults 18-49 (1.45 rating), #6

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.296 million viewers, #8; 1.656 million adults 18-49 (1.30 rating), #7

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
4.134 million viewers, #9; 1.627 million adults 18-49 (1.28 rating), #8

Swamp People (9:00) - History
3.069 million viewers, #10; 1.204 million adults 18-49 (0.95 rating), #12

Teen Wolf (10:00) - MTV
2.122 million viewers, #11; 1.161 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #13

Basketball Wives: LA (8:00) - VH1
1.952 million viewers, #12; 1.242 million adults 18-49 (0.98 rating), #10

Single Ladies (9:00) - VH1
1.844 million viewers, #13; 1.225 million adults 18-49 (0.96 rating), #11

Vanderpump Rules Reunion (9:00) - Bravo
1.780 million viewers, #14; 1.056 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #14

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (8:00) - Bravo
1.711 million viewers, #15; 0.905 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #15

Switched at Birth (8:00) - ABC Family
1.704 million viewers, #16; 0.898 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #16

The Fosters (9:00) - ABC Family
1.679 million viewers, #17; 0.783 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #17

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.634 million viewers, #18; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #20

Love It or List It (9:00) - HGTV
1.615 million viewers, #19; 0.743 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #18

Worst Cooks in America (9:00) - Food
1.600 million viewers, #20; 0.705 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #19

The 4th Annual Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards (7:00) - Cartoon
1.449 million viewers, #21; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #33

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.298 million viewers, #22; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #28

Star-Crossed (8:00) - CW
1.284 million viewers, #23; 0.568 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #25

Mystery Diners (10:00) - Food
1.217 million viewers, #24; 0.548 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #27

Rod N' Wheels (9:00) - Discovery
1.214 million viewers, #25; 0.588 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #23

Lizard Lick Towing (9:30) - truTV
1.165 million viewers, #26; 0.637 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #21

Clarence (8:30, 15 Minutes)* - Cartoon
1.163 million viewers, #27; 0.295 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #34

Steven Universe (8:45, 15 Minutes)* - Cartoon
1.163 million viewers, #28; 0.295 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #35

Being Human (9:00) - Syfy
1.160 million viewers, #29; 0.562 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #26

Bad Ink (10:00) - A&E
1.078 million viewers, #30; 0.613 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #22

The Devils Ride (10:00) - Discovery
0.999 million viewers, #31; 0.583 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #24

Cake Boss (9:00) - TLC
0.834 million viewers, #32; 0.415 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #29

Bitten (8:00) - Syfy
0.829 million viewers, #33; 0.383 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #32

Murder Comes to Town (9:00)* - ID
0.805 million viewers, #34; 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #37

Stalked: Someone's Watching Me (10:00)* - ID
0.805 million viewers, #35; 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #38

Beauty and the Beast (9:00) - CW
0.775 million viewers, #36; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #31

Lost Girl (10:00) - Syfy
0.696 million viewers, #37; 0.282 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #36

Top Gear (8:30) - BBCA
0.669 million viewers, #38; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #30

Hotel Impossible (10:00)* - Travel
0.377 million viewers, #39; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #39

Duck Quacks Don't Echo (10:00)* - NGC
0.310 million viewers, #40; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #40

Duck Quacks Don't Echo (10:30)* - NGC
0.310 million viewers, #41; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #41

[EDITOR'S NOTE: * denotes individual program numbers were not available so the network's primetime average is listed]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [february 2014]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
      


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[04/30/25 - 11:03 AM]
"American Idol" Rocks the House with More Back-to-Back Wins
"American Idol" rocked the house on Sunday night with its first live coast-to-coast telecast, earning 5.31 million Total Viewers in Live+Same Day ratings.

[04/29/25 - 03:05 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" improved on the previous week in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, drawing its largest overall audience since February and strongest performance in both key Adult demos since January.

[04/29/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of April 21: Goodbye, "You": Final Season Lands at No. 1
In English TV, "Ransom Canyon" lassoed another 9.4 million viewers, keeping it firmly planted in the No. 2 spot.

[04/29/25 - 10:31 AM]
ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" Averaged 1.68 Million Viewers for Philadelphia Phillies Extra-Innings Win Over Chicago Cubs
Said telecast was up 31% versus last year's comparable game (Cubs-Red Sox).

[04/29/25 - 10:00 AM]
"9-1-1" Shocker Scores Five-Month Multiplatform High in Adults 18-49
After seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, the April 17 episode scored 8.45 million Total Viewers and 1.74 rating among Adults 18-49.

[04/29/25 - 08:50 AM]
ESPN Platforms Averaging Largest NBA Playoffs Audience Ever Through 11 Games
The second weekend of the NBA Playoffs, Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27, averaged 5,462,000 viewers on ESPN platforms, up four percent from last season.

[04/29/25 - 08:45 AM]
CBS to Hit a Record 17th Consecutive Season as the Most-Watched Network; With the Top Seven Primetime Shows
This breaks broadcast television's longest winning streak on record, also previously held by CBS, from 1955-1970.

[04/25/25 - 11:45 AM]
Food Network's "Tournament of Champions" Season Six Scores with Viewers
The season reached nearly 12 million P2+ cross-platform viewers and is on track to be Food Network's highest-rated series among P25-54 for the fifth year in a row, with ratings up +91% vs. prior six-week timeslot benchmarks.

[04/24/25 - 12:00 PM]
"Yellowjackets" Sets Record with Most Watched Season in Series History on Paramount+ with Showtime
The series is now the number two most-streamed global Showtime original ever, only behind "Dexter: Original Sin."

[04/22/25 - 02:33 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" saw increases on the previous week in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54, delivering its strongest news demo performance in 5 weeks.

[04/22/25 - 12:28 PM]
2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship Final Reaches 1 Million Viewers
The semifinals and final finished as the most-watched gymnastics postseason ever on ESPN platforms.

[04/22/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of April 14: "Black Mirror" Assumes the No. 1 Spot on the English TV List
Joining the chart with a bang is "Ransom Canyon" - the sweeping, slow-burn Western romance debuted with 7.2 million views to lasso the No. 2 spot.

[04/22/25 - 09:08 AM]
ESPN's Viewership Rises Significantly for Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
ESPN's live telecast on Sunday drew an average of 1.5 million viewers, the second-largest U.S. television audience ever for the event.

[04/22/25 - 08:50 AM]
Most-Watched NBA Playoffs Opening Weekend Ever on ESPN Platforms
The six-game slate across Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, averaged 4,487,000 viewers, up 15 percent from last year.

[04/22/25 - 07:37 AM]
"Rock the Block" Delivers HGTV's Highest-Rated Season Premiere Since 2023
Attracting three million viewers across linear and streaming, the episode also delivered a .89 L3 rating among Women 25-54, a 207 percent lift versus the previous six weeks.