TV ratings: More Olympic gold for NBC Sunday
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Fast National ratings for Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010Ratings for the Winter Olympics slipped somewhat Sunday, but NBC still ruled the night. "Undercover Boss," meanwhile, continued to put up solid numbers for CBS.
NBC drew 22.4 million viewers and a 12.8 rating/20 share in households for the night, more than double the audience of its closest competitor. CBS (10.7 million, 6.5/10) came in second. ABC (8.6 million, 5.2/8) finished third, and FOX trailed with 5.1 million viewers and a 3.0/5.
In the adults 18-49 demographic, NBC's 5.7 rating led by a wide margin. CBS was the best of the rest at 2.9, followed by ABC, 2.7, and FOX, 2.4.
Sunday hour by hour:
7 p.m.
NBC: Winter Olympics (18.6 million viewers, 10.6/17 households)
CBS: "60 Minutes" (11.3 million, 7.1/12)
ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" (7.6 million, 4.2/7)
FOX: NASCAR overrun/"'Til Death" (3.6 million, 2.1/3)
18-49 leader: Winter Olympics (4.7)
8 p.m.
NBC: Winter Olympics (25.35 million, 14.0/21)
CBS: "The Amazing Race" (9.1 million, 5.2/8)
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (8 million, 4.6/7)
FOX: "The Simpsons" (6.1 million, 3.5/5)/"The Cleveland Show" (5.6 million, 3.2/5)
18-49 leader: Winter Olympics (6.3)
9 p.m.
NBC: Winter Olympics (24.7 million, 14.0/20)
CBS: "Undercover Boss" (13.6 million, 7.9/12)
ABC: "Desperate Housewives" (10.85 million, 6.8/10)
FOX: "Family Guy" (6.3 million, 3.7/5)/"American Dad" (5.6 million, 3.2/5)
18-49 leader: Winter Olympics (6.1)
10 p.m.
NBC: Winter Olympics (21 million, 12.6/21)
CBS: "Cold Case" (8.8 million, 5.6/9)
ABC: "Brothers & Sisters" (7.9 million, 5.4/9)
18-49 leader: Winter Olympics (5.5)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Desperate Housewives got beat by Under Cover Boss that is pathetic!!!
Desperate Housewives is shedding a lot of viewers every week now. Maybe people are finally sick of the dull tired storylines and poor acting? It was always an overhyped series that lost its way after season 1
Who is still watching UNDERCOVER BOSS?
Really? Seriously?
CBS sucks. Americans are stupid, literally, and CBS offers just the right mix of dumbed down, mind-numbingly bad programming to satisfy any morons appetite. If you enjoy crap shows like NCIS, you probably didn't graduate high school.
I have some non-sports fans in my house, so we switched over from the Olympics to Desperate Housewives for a while. I know it's supposed to be escapism, but that storyline with the stripper on was so ridiculous. Bad writing, embarrassing to watch with family. I switched back to the Olympics, even though the ice dancing was pretty dumb. NBC should have shown the hockey game.
Go back to Alaska Taylor, no one cares about your stuck up conservative views!
NBC's coverage of the Olympics has been a train wreck. But the shows they innundate us with, why would we expect anything less. The Hockey game should've been shown. The Canadians are heavily favored to win gold and that was a huge upset.
Looks like Cold Case viewers are not too happy about their show on the bubble. That is some of the best numbers Cold case had all season. ABC needs to rethink its nights next season. Brothers & Sisters would do better at a 9pm timeslot because it really is a well written show. I would either flip that and DH or move Grey's back over to Sunday at 9pm. The show gained momentum when it was the only thing to watch on Sunday nights. DH needs to go.
Cant wait for next week when we get back to good shows on TV like CHUCK.....
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I have to laugh as I read the comments section everyday. It must be so great to be an amateur TV programmer and have all the answers and comment on it everyday!!! Its so predictable its like listening to the traffic reports in the morning, we know how its going to be, and with you "frequent" commenters
its the exact thing. "CBS SUCKS", "Does anyone watch CBS anymore" "NBC's reality shows are terrible" or choose from a huge handful of often repeated gems!! And what grade did they teach spelling? Take two seconds to read through your comments and fix the spelling. And finally I can now understand why the dislike for CBS on Sundays or most days. They actually have shows that require more than being a drone and actually think about what you are watching. Here is three examples. Lets see, 60 Minutes (in top 10 how many years?), The Amazing Race (how many Emmy's?), CSI (you pick the city) a continual top rating power house. So I guess I must be dumb or something for watching CBS as does a very big percentage of tv watchers. Well I guess huge groups of people can be wrong, look who they elected.
I have to laugh as I read the comments section everyday. It must be so great to be an amateur TV programmer and have all the answers and comment on it everyday!!! Its so predictable its like listening to the traffic reports in the morning, we know how its going to be, and with you "frequent" commenters
its the exact thing. "CBS SUCKS", "Does anyone watch CBS anymore" "NBC's reality shows are terrible" or choose from a huge handful of often repeated gems!! And what grade did they teach spelling? Take two seconds to read through your comments and fix the spelling. And finally I can now understand why the dislike for CBS on Sundays or most days. They actually have shows that require more than being a drone and actually think about what you are watching. Here is three examples. Lets see, 60 Minutes (in top 10 how many years?), The Amazing Race (how many Emmy's?), CSI (you pick the city) a continual top rating power house. So I guess I must be dumb or something for watching CBS as does a very big percentage of tv watchers. Well I guess huge groups of people can be wrong, look who they elected.