RATINGS RECAP: 2/15/15

ABC

7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos

Viewers: 6.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

8:00 The Bachelor: Chris Tells All

Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

9:00 The Bachelor

Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

CBS

7:00 60 Minutes

Viewers: 10.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

8:00 Undercover Boss

Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

9:00 CSI

Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

10:00 CSI

Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

NBC

7:00 SNL 40th Red Carpet Special

Viewers: 11.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0

8:00 SNL 40th Anniversary Special

Viewers: 23.1 million, 18-49 demo: 7.8

FOX
7:00 Mulaney

Viewers: 1.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4

7:30 The Simpsons (Repeat)

Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6

8:00 The Simpsons

Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

9:00 Family Guy

Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

9:30 Bob's Burgers

Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

It might have been a Sunday, but Saturday Night Live ruled the ratings. The iconic show celebrated its 40th anniversary with a much talked-about event and the results were astonishing. The special pulled an incredible number that was on par with Sunday Night Football numbers. SNL has become such a part of our culture through its good times and bad (as well as ours) so we probably should have seen this coming. It was one of those major events like The Sound of Music Live last year where everyone seemed to be talking about it. There aren't too many of those shared experiences on TV anymore so it's fun to see. There was actually another anniversary special on the night. America's Funniest Home Videos celebrated its 25th anniversary but the special just got regular results. Still, 25 years is quite an accomplishment especially for this show in the era of digital videos ready at any time. A special episode of The Bachelor and the "tells all" edition was well below typical Monday numbers. In fact, it was a series low for the show but the special night and competition surely played a factor.

CBS and FOX were off the map. On CBS, Undercover Boss saw a series low at 8pm and then it was a possible series ending for CSI hitting a series low in the 9pm and 10pm hours. CBS seemed in a hurry to finish this show's season and they have several new hits for the first time in a couple years so it doesn't look good. It's a little sad that it went out with such a whimper. I'm no CSI fan, but I think the show deserves a short final season next year. It is getting really ugly for FOX on Sundays against these big events like the Grammys and now the SNL special. The Simpsons, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Family Guy all hit series lows while Mulaney went out with a whimper and Bob's Burgers didn't do anything. It is like night and day with FOX in the fall and spring with this lineup. Maybe it'll perk up a bit when all these specials are over as competition.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: SNL's 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: CSI (CBS)