RATINGS RECAP: 1/19/14

ABC 
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:00 The Bachelor: Love Stories
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 Revenge
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
10:00 Betrayal
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
8:00 The Good Wife (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:00 The Mentalist (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
10:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

NBC
7:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:00 Movie: Bridesmaids
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

FOX 
7:00 NFC Championship Game
Viewers: 55.9 million, 18-49 demo: 19.0
10:19 The Following
Viewers: 11.2 million, 18-49 demo: 4.4 

Sunday night had the NFC Championship Game leading into the season premiere of The Following. The Seahawks-49ers game was significantly up from last year's Patriots-Ravens AFC game on ABC which pulled 47.7 million viewers and a 16.8 demo. The season premiere of The Following delivered easy series highs thanks to the huge lead-in and it was well ahead of the 3.5 demo Hawaii Five-0 got last year following the AFC Championship. It seems off to a good start for season two but we'll see how The Following does when it settles in on Monday nights. Only ABC was brave enough to air originals against the game. Revenge fell three tenths in viewers and the demo to tie a series low. It will return on March 9 at its new time, 10pm, airing after the new Resurrection. At 10pm, the season, and most definitely series, finale of Betrayal was up six tenths in viewers but down a tenth in the demo, tying a series low. I'm sure we'll never see this show again though it hasn't officially been cancelled.