RATINGS RECAP: 2/25/14

ABC
8:00 The Bachelor
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
10:00 Mind Games
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

CBS
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 17.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 13.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
10:00 Person of Interest
Viewers: 11.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 13.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.7
9:00 About a Boy (Repeat)
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
9:30 Growing Up Fisher (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
10:00 Chicago Fire
Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 

FOX 
8:00 Glee
Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 New Girl
Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 

On Tuesday night, ABC used a special episode of The Bachelor to launch the new Mind Games. The news was good for The Bachelor, which pretty much did the exact same numbers as it did on Monday. This continues to be a valuable franchise for ABC. However, it did not help the doomed Mind Games, which premiered to dismal numbers, slightly above the Killer Women premiere in January but below the Lucky 7 premiere in September. So it was 0 for 3 in this timeslot with new dramas for ABC, a mix of bad shows and a terrible timeslot. It's time for ABC to move something established here - maybe Castle? It was also another strike for creator Kyle Killen after Lone Star and Awake and star Christian Slater after My Own Worst Enemy, The Forgotten, and Breaking In.

NBC had the The Voice leading things off at 8pm after airing at 9pm on Tuesdays in the fall. It was down a full demo point from the fall, but that was a two hour episode. It was down four tenths in the demo from last spring's Tuesday premiere. NBC made a surprising last minute decision to re-air the pilots of About a Boy and Growing Up Fisher, but they did well as they were both very close to the numbers they got with their Olympics previews. Next week will be a big test for these two shows but it's a positive start and maybe the repeats got the newbies additional exposure. At 10pm, Chicago Fire was dead even with its last airing way back on January 21.

It was a low night for CBS with everything hitting season lows. NCIS was down 2.5 million viewers and half a demo point as it was clearly impacted by The Voice. NCIS: Los Angeles was down 3.1 million viewers and half a demo point for an even rougher performance considering the competition wasn't quite as bad at 9pm. At 10pm, Person of Interest was down 1.4 million viewers and three tenths in the demo. FOX is falling apart before our very eyes. Glee returned to Tuesday night and it looks like a dead show. Yet, FOX gave it a two season renewal last year so they are stuck with it for another year. They should really bury it on Fridays and get it done with in the fall. At 9pm, New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine were both down two tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo. What a mess this lineup is.