NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage once again won the ratings competition, according to preliminary overnight ratings. Monday night’s airing scored 21.1 million for the network. Meanwhile, ABC’s The Bachelor: Women Tell All managed to hold strongly with 11.2 million, an increase of 300k viewers from last year’s airing.
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 8pm | 2010 Winter Olympics (NBC) The Bachelor: Women Tell All (ABC) House (Fox) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) One Tree Hill (The CW) |
21.1 11.2 6.1 (repeat) 6.1 (repeat) 2.3 |
| 8:30pm | Accidentally on Purpose (CBS) | 5.3 (repeat) |
| 9pm | Two and a Half Men (CBS) 24 (Fox) Life Unexpected (The CW) |
10.3 (repeat) 8.8 2.0 |
| 9:30pm | The Big Bang Theory (CBS) | 9.1 (CBS) |
| 10pm | CSI: Miami (CBS) Castle (ABC) |
8.0 (repeat) 5.2 (repeat) |
Source: Nielsen
NBC better enjoy the 20 million viewers while it lasts, becuase next week they’ll be back down to their usual last place.