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[09/20/13 - 03:11 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: NFL Dominates with Chiefs/Eagles on "Thursday Night Football"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, september 19, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Thursday Night Football - NFLN
9.374 million viewers, #1; 5.086 million adults 18-49 (4.01 rating), #1

The X Factor (8:00) - FOX
6.431 million viewers, #2; 2.537 million adults 18-49 (2.00 rating), #2

Million Second Quiz (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
4.953 million viewers, #3; 1.624 million adults 18-49 (1.28 rating), #4

Thursday Night Football Pre-Kick - NFLN
3.822 million viewers, #4; 1.866 million adults 18-49 (1.47 rating), #3

Valerie's Story: A Meredith Vieira Special (10:00) - NBC
3.812 million viewers, #5; 0.988 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #8

Wipeout (8:00) - ABC
3.507 million viewers, #6; 1.193 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #5

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.611 million viewers, #7; 1.155 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #6

College Football: Clemson at NC State - ESPN
2.599 million viewers, #8; 1.068 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #7

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.701 million viewers, #9; 0.678 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #10

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.598 million viewers, #10; 0.600 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #11

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
1.332 million viewers, #11; 0.487 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #14

Airplane Repo (10:00) - Discovery
1.318 million viewers, #12; 0.547 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #13

Ridiculousness (10:00) - MTV
1.305 million viewers, #13; 0.731 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #9

Tamar & Vince (9:00) - WE tv
0.975 million viewers, #14; 0.559 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #12

Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell (10:00) - Food
0.898 million viewers, #15; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #15

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
0.844 million viewers, #16; 0.436 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #17

Supermarket Superstar (10:30) - Lifetime
0.829 million viewers, #17; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #18

Forbidden (10:30) - ID
0.756 million viewers, #18; 0.290 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #20

Four Weddings (10:00) - TLC
0.750 million viewers, #19; 0.374 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #19

Tiny Tonight! ATL - Ladies Night Special - VH1
0.686 million viewers, #20; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #16

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Owner's Manual (10:00), Owner's Manual (10:30) and Inside the Actors Studio (8:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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