Monday TV Ratings 2/9/26: The Rookie Drops to Series Low Against Declining Winter Olympics, American Idol and Memory of a Killer Also Drop [+ Analysis]

The Winter Olympics (1.6) slipped on NBC, but its presence still appeared to affect the other broadcast networks, as American Idol (0.43, -0.13) and The Rookie (0.19, -0.06) both dealt with steep declines on ABC. Extracted (0.15, -0.04) and Memory of a Killer (0.14, -0.02) also dropped on Fox. CBS went with repeats of Survivor (0.2) and FBI (0.14/0.11). The CW aired encores of Wild Cards (0.03/0.02). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics	1.60	19	10.85	NBC
	American Idol	0.43	5	4.49	ABC
	Survivor (R)	0.20	2	1.99	CBS
	Extracted	0.15	2	1.38	Fox
	Wild Cards (R)	0.03	0	0.37	CW
9 PM	FBI (R)	0.14	2	2.01	CBS
	Memory of a Killer	0.14	2	1.58	Fox
	Wild Cards (R)	0.02	0	0.25	CW
10 PM	The Rookie	0.19	3	2.45	ABC
	FBI (R)	0.11	1	1.81	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics	USA	0.51	2.39
Men's College Basketball 9 PM	ESPN	0.41	1.82
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.21	3.64
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.20	3.21
Men's College Basketball 7 PM	ESPN	0.17	0.75
Hannity	Fox News	0.16	3.06
90 Day: Single Life	TLC	0.15	0.91
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNOW	0.12	2.23
Below Deck Down Under	Bravo	0.12	0.62
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.11	1.03
The Weeknight	MSNOW	0.10	1.19
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.09	0.96
NewsNight	CNN	0.09	0.86
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.08	1.67
Men's College Basketball 6:30 PM	FS1	0.08	0.33
Men's College Basketball 9 PM	FS1	0.07	0.26
Baking Championship: Next Gen	Food	0.07	0.56
Women's College Basketball 9 PM	ESPN2	0.05	0.17
Unrivaled: Rose v. Mist	TNT	0.03	0.11
Unrivaled: Vinyl v. Phantom	TNT	0.02 or below	N/A