Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 02/19/2014

CBS finally decided to challenge the Olympics with original episodes and came out fairly good. Both CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI did decently well, drawing an average of 2.8 million viewers and a 2.2 rating in Adults 18-49, over the last two hours of primetime.

CRIMINAL MINDS was down, from season averages, but not too far off. It was down three million viewers and 14% from the February 5th episode, but not far off from when it returned from the holidays, in Jaunary. CSI posted one of it's better ratings in the A18-49 demographics.

AMERICAN IDOL has a sizable drop from last week, losing 1.3 million viewers and 24% in the demo ratings.  Not a good sign that AI fell as the competition increased. A true gage will be next week when the networks are back to normal.

Say Bye-Bye to SUPER FUN NIGHT. The series ended with a near series low 2.7 million viewers, as it was surrounded by ABC repeats. Next week, the new comedy MIXOLOGY premieres in the time slot, with ABC hoping for better retention from MODERN FAMILY.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 2.9 million viewers, 0.8 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 8.4 million viewers, 1.8 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 0.9 million viewers, 0.3 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 9.9 million viewers, 2.6 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 20.1 million viewers, 5.0 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Middle [R]	4.20	1.0
8:30	ABC	Suburgatory [R]	3.00	0.7	-30%
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	4.20	1.2	42%
9:30	ABC	Super Fun Night	2.70	0.9	-35%
10:00	ABC	Nashville [R]	1.80	0.5	-36%
8:00	CBS	Hawaii Five-O [R]	5.60	0.9
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds	9.90	2.4	76%
10:00	CBS	CSI	9.60	2.0
8:00	CW	Arrow [R]	1.00	0.3
9:00	CW	The Tomorrow People [R]	0.80	0.2	-24%
8:00	FOX	American Idol	9.90	2.6
8:00	NBC	Winter Olympics: Day 14	20.10	5.0

* - in millions