RATINGS RECAP: 2/18/13

ABC
8:00 The Bachelor
Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0
10:00 Castle
Viewers: 9.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3

CBS 
8:00 How I Met Your Mother
Viewers: 8.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
8:30 Rules of Engagement
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9
9:00 2 Broke Girls
Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5
9:30 Mike & Molly
Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2
10:00 Hawaii Five-0
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

NBC
8:00 The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
10:00 Deception
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

FOX
8:00 Bones
Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:00 The Following
Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 

Monday night was a strong one for ABC which saw great numbers for its Bachelor-Castle combo which is better than when Dancing with the Stars aired in the fall. At 8pm, The Bachelor was up an impressive eight tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo for its best rating since March 2011. This show has had a strong resurgence this year. Who would have thought it would be well above Dancing in the demo? At 10pm, Castle was up nine tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo for a season high. It was also the first time it beat Hawaii Five-0 in the demo since October 8. 

On CBS, How I Met Your Mother was down a tenth in viewers but up two tenths in the demo. At 8:30pm, Rules of Engagement was down two tenths in viewers and up a tenth in the demo. CBS keeps trying to get rid of this show but it remains incredibly reliable. At 9pm, 2 Broke Girls was down six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo for its lowest demo performance since December. At 9:30pm, Mike & Molly was down two tenths in viewers but up two tenths in the demo, showing better retention out of Broke than usual and equaling it in total viewers. Despite Girls not being all that impressive as a 9pm anchor, Mike & Molly has been very strong this year. At 10pm, Hawaii Five-0 was down half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo for its lowest demo since November 5.

On FOX, Bones was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo but there was great news at 9pm where The Following rebounded in a big way as it was up six tenths in viewers and half a demo point. This is a huge rebound and FOX must be breathing a huge sigh of relief with these numbers. Finally on NBC, The Biggest Loser was up a tenth in viewers and the demo for what will certainly be NBC's top demo of the week. At 10pm, Deception was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo from last week.