Ratings: Broadcast Finals for February 20, 2014
It was day #15 of Olympic coverage on NBC and the length of the games are beginning to take its toll. Week-to-week, the games lost close to three million viewers and almost a full ratings point in Adults 18-49. But, the near 20.3 million viewers is still a dominating performance over the rest of American TV.The season finale of the low viewed cooking series THE TASTE did not attract much above it's average in recent weeks. Just 3.2 million viewers bothered to watch the competition. ABC was easily the #4 network of the night.
AMERICAN IDOL posted a season low with a little over 9.4 million viewers and a 2.4 demo rating. This caped off a three night event week for the series that finished with a dud, instead of a bang.
CBS was again an all repeat lineup, but it nearly overtook FOX in both viewers and demo ratings. CBS gave MOM a bit of a push with a special airing after BIG BANG. The freshman comedy performed about the same as repeats of THE MILLERS has done in the slot. Moving TWO AND A HALF MEN, to 9 p.m. helped out the top of the 9 p.m. hour, but the last half of the night took a sharp turn downward at 9:30 p.m. We could see a season low for ELELMENTARY when it has THE CRAZY ONES as a lead in, next week.
Final Network Averages:
ABC - 3.0 million viewers, 0.8 rating in Adults 18-49
CBS - 6.4 million viewers, 1.6 rating in Adults 18-49
CW - 0.8 million viewers, 0.2 rating in Adults 18-49
FOX - 6.7 million viewers, 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49
NBC - 20.3 million viewers, 5.0 rating in Adults 18-49
| Time | Net | Program | Viewers* | A18-49 | +/- |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Taste | 3.20 | 0.9 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Scandal [R] | 2.55 | 0.7 | -20% |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory [R] | 10.16 | 2.6 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Mom [R] | 7.12 | 1.8 | -30% |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men [R] | 6.24 | 1.5 | -12% |
| 9:30 | CBS | The Millers [R] | 4.99 | 1.2 | -20% |
| 10:00 | CBS | Elementary [R] | 4.95 | 1.1 | -1% |
| 8:00 | CW | The Originals [R] | 0.92 | 0.3 | |
| 9:00 | CW | Reign [R] | 0.73 | 0.2 | -21% |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 9.36 | 2.4 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | Rake | 3.97 | 1.0 | -58% |
| 8:00 | NBC | Winter Olympics: Day 15 | 20.29 | 5.0 |
* - in millions
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