RATINGS RECAP: 2/3/14

ABC 
8:00 The Bachelor
Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 Castle
Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1

CBS
8:00 How I Met Your Mother
Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.8
8:30 2 Broke Girls
Viewers: 9.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0
9:00 Mike & Molly
Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
9:30 Mom
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
10:00 Intelligence
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

NBC
8:00 Hollywood Game Night
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 

FOX 
8:00 Almost Human
Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:00 The Following
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

It was a second straight stellar Monday for CBS as everything had just as big a week. At first it looked like How I Met Your Mother had taken a big dip while the others held, but then Mother was adjusted up a stunning half a demo point in the finals (which never happens) and everything made much more sense. Mother was down eight tenths in viewers and even in the demo. At 8:30pm, 2 Broke Girls was down nine tenths in viewers and even in the demo. Mike & Molly was the only show up from last week. It was down half a million viewers but up a tenth in the demo for a season high. Mike & Molly has performed admirably in its first season as an anchor show. At 9:30pm, Mom was down half a million viewers and even in the demo. Finally at 10pm, Intelligence was up eight tenths in viewers and even in the demo. It might seem like Intelligence is giving itself a chance with better performances in the last two weeks, but CBS has so many dramas - I just don't see that happening.

On FOX, Almost Human started things off down half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo. This show has performed well given the way FOX has treated it with the scheduling. The bigger problem for FOX was at 9pm where The Following was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo for a series low. While the drop isn't bad, it had a much bigger lead-in this week and got Super Bowl promotions so this has to be considered troubling. Over on ABC, The Bachelor was down three tenths in viewers but up a tenth in the demo for its best demo since the season premiere. At 10pm, Castle was up a million viewers and a tenth in the demo for its best performance since November 25. It may have benefited from no The Blacklist in the hour. Finally on NBC, Hollywood Game Night was down half a million viewers and even in the demo while a Sports Illustrated swimsuit special did not do well.