Overall for the week in primetime, NBC averaged 21.2 million viewers. Runner-up CBS had 5.3 million, followed by Fox with 4.4 million and ABC with 3.7 million. Univision had 2.9 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and the CW had 860,000 viewers.
NETWORK RATINGS ROUNDUP: FEB. 10-16
Olympics Coverage Keeps NBC The Leader
NEW YORK (AP) — To no one’s surprise, the ongoing Olympics handed NBC last week’s most-watched seven telecasts, keeping the network in the Nielsen stratosphere and dwarfing its rivals.
Tuesday was NBC’s biggest night, seen by more than 23 million viewers. Its least-followed Olympics coverage, on Saturday, still placed seventh for the week, drawing 17 million viewers.
Right behind, ranking eighth: AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” with 13 million viewers.
Fox’s pair of “American Idol” editions placed 10th and 11th.
Overall for the week in primetime, NBC averaged 21.2 million viewers. Runner-up CBS had 5.3 million, followed by Fox with 4.4 million and ABC with 3.7 million. Univision had 2.9 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and the CW had 860,000 viewers.
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The week’s top-rated cable networks were TNT with 2.88 million, USA with 2.55 million and Disney Channel with 2.16 million.
Boosted by NBC’s coverage of the Olympics, the network’s Sochi-based “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 11.6 million viewers, its best showing in nine years. NBC says “Nightly” has won the evening-news race for 231 consecutive weeks. ABC’s “World News” was second with 8.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 8.0 million viewers.
The Top 20
Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 3-9. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. Winter Olympics (Tuesday), NBC, 23.72 million.
2. Winter Olympics (Thursday), NBC, 22.94 million.
3. Winter Olympics (Monday), NBC, 22.40 million.
4. Winter Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 21.27 million.
5. Winter Olympics (Wednesday), NBC, 20.81 million.
6. Winter Olympics (Friday), NBC, 19.11 million.
7. Winter Olympics (Saturday), NBC, 17.10 million.
8. “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 13.34 million.
9. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 11.78 million.
10. “American Idol” (Wednesday), Fox, 11.68 million.
11. “American Idol” (Thursday), Fox, 10.18 million.
12. “NCIS,” CBS, 9.74 million.
13. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 8.17 million.
14. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 7.95 million.
15. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 7.87 million.
16. NBA All-star Game, TNT, 7.51 million.
17. “The Millers,” CBS, 7.43 million.
18. “Intelligence,” CBS, 7.12 million.
19. “Elementary,” CBS, 6.22 million.
20. “Mike & Molly,” CBS, 6.03 million.
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