Ratings: Broadcast Finals for January 27, 2014

CBS finally swept a Monday night as the four comedies score their highest ratings of the season, lead by the 200th episode of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. The veteran sitcom, which finally told the story of how Ted met the mother, drew just over 10.8 million viewers, and scored at A18-49 rating of 3.8, both the best of all programs on the night. HIMYM collected 1.3 million unique users on twitter to place 5th on Monday's ratings social chart.

MIKE & MOLLY was the night's 2nd most watched program, with just under 10.8 million viewers.

Also doing well in the ratings was THE BACHELOR, with 8.6 million viewers and a 2.5 demo rating. it was the best numbers for the series since the season premiere, earlier this month. THE BACHELOR was Monday's second most social program, bringing in over 3.1 million unique users on Twitter.

THE FOLLOWING posted 6.0 million viewers and a 2.0 rating in Adults 18-49, in it's time slot premiere, at 9 p.m. With the season premiere encore episode as it's lead in, THE FOLLOWING nearly doubled the demo numbers and rose over two million viewers. The numbers should increase once ALMOST HUMAN returns to the 8 p.m. slot.

NBC's THE BLACK LIST is still a disappointment at 10 p.m., without THE VOICE as it's lead in. with a repeat of CASTLE and the DOA new drama INTELLIGENCE, on CBS, THE BLACKLIST could only muster an increase of 9% in the demo ratings, but it did increase total viewership by 1.2 million viewers, over the previous week
 

Monday Night Network Averages:

ABC - 8.0 million viewers, 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 9.1 million viewers, 2.5 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 1.0 million viewers, 0.4 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 5.0 million viewers, 1.6 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 6.7 million viewers, 1.8 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Bachelor	8.61	2.5
10:00	ABC	Castle [R]	6.82	1.4	-21%
8:00	CBS	How I Met Your Mother	10.81	3.8
8:30	CBS	2 Broke Girls	10.05	3.0	-7%
9:00	CBS	Mike & Molly	10.76	2.6	7%
9:30	CBS	Mom	9.58	2.4	-11%
10:00	CBS	Intelligence	6.84	1.5	-29%
8:00	CW	Hart of Dixie	1.16	0.4
9:00	CW	Beauty & The Beast	0.82	0.3	-29%
8:00	FOX	The Following [R]	3.95	1.1
9:00	FOX	The Following	6.02	2.0	52%
8:00	NBC	Hollywood Game Night	5.49	1.5
9:00	NBC	Hollywood Game Night	4.56	1.3	-17%
10:00	NBC	The Blacklist	10.17	2.5	123%

* - in millions