“Undercover Boss” continued its streak as an adults 18-49 phenomenon Sunday, posting a strong 5.1 adults 18-49 rating against the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n
The show, which averaged 15.1 million viewers, actually topped the Olympics in the demo from 9:30-10PM with a whopping 5.6. On the whole, though, the Olympics still gave NBC a victory for the night, averaging a 5.4 demo rating with 20.5 million viewers.<\/p>\n
The strong Olympics performance also fueled a great premiere number for “The Marriage Ref.” Sunday’s opener pulled a 4.8 rating with 14.5 million viewers, enough to easily win the 10:30-11PM half hour.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, original programming on ABC and CBS was fairly lacklulster. CBS’ “60 Minutes” averaged 10.7 million viewers and a 1.7 rating, leading into “The Amazing Race” at a 3.2 with 10.2 million viewers. Following “Boss” was “Cold Case” (9.8 million, 2.4), which benefitted slightly from its strong lead-in.<\/p>\n
On ABC, “America’s Funniest Home Videos” was good for a 2.2 with 7.9 million viewers. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” averaged 6.7 million viewers and a 1.9 ahead of “Desperate Housewives” (10.7 million, 3.7). “Brothers & Sisters” closed the network down with a 2.6 and 8 million watchers.<\/p>\n
Nielsen ratings data courtesy Media Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n