Preliminary Ratings: February 16, 2014

Not much has changed since Friday night, as the three remaining networks do nothing to attract any real viewership levels to compete with the Winter Olympics. The combined Sunday night averages for CBS, FOX and ABC don't even reach 50% of the ratings of NBC.

The Sochi Games did bounce back, a bit, after recording consecutive event lows on Friday night and Saturday night, respectively. Sunday's numbers for NBC were over 21 million viewers and a 4.8 rating in Adults 18-49.

I expect to see a nice rise on the Monday night ratings, for the games, as Bob Costas will return after his eye infection, plus the USA gos for the gold in four events, including Ice Dancing.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 3.6 million viewers, 0.9 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 4.2 million viewers, 0.6 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 2.0 million viewers, 1.0 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 21.1 million viewers, 4.8 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
7:00	ABC	AFV [R]	5.00	1.2
8:00	ABC	Movie: UP	3.30	0.9	-34%
10:00	ABC	Castle [R]	3.20	0.7	-3%
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes	8.00	1.0
8:00	CBS	Elementary [R]	3.40	0.5	-58%
9:00	CBS	The Mentalist [R]	2.70	0.4	-21%
10:00	CBS	The Good Wife [R]	2.70	0.4	0%
7:00	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	1.40	0.6
7:30	FOX	American Dad [R]	1.60	0.8	14%
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.20	1.1	38%
8:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	2.20	1.1	0%
9:00	FOX	Family Guy [R]	2.50	1.2	14%
9:30	FOX	American Dad [R]	2.10	1.0	-16%
7:00	NBC	Winter Olympics: Day 11	21.10	4.8

* - in millions