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[10/22/13 - 10:53 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NFL Coverage Slips Past "The Walking Dead"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, october 20, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Sunday Night Football - NBC
26.943 million viewers, #1; 12.678 million adults 18-49 (9.99 rating), #1

NFL Football (4:36) - CBS
25.319 million viewers, #2; 10.971 million adults 18-49 (8.64 rating), #2

NFL Post-Game (7:25) - CBS
22.371 million viewers, #3; 8.929 million adults 18-49 (7.03 rating), #5

Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick - NBC
20.876 million viewers, #4; 9.443 million adults 18-49 (7.44 rating), #3

Football Night in America #3 - NBC
15.292 million viewers, #5; 6.997 million adults 18-49 (5.51 rating), #6

60 Minutes (7:30) - CBS
14.953 million viewers, #6; 3.591 million adults 18-49 (2.83 rating), #8

The Walking Dead (9:00) - AMC
13.945 million viewers, #7; 9.070 million adults 18-49 (7.14 rating), #4

The Good Wife (9:30) - CBS
8.993 million viewers, #8; 1.806 million adults 18-49 (1.42 rating), #13

The Amazing Race 23 (8:30) - CBS
8.869 million viewers, #9; 2.371 million adults 18-49 (1.87 rating), #11

Football Night in America #2 - NBC
8.778 million viewers, #10; 3.895 million adults 18-49 (3.07 rating), #7

The Mentalist (10:30) - CBS
7.749 million viewers, #11; 1.584 million adults 18-49 (1.25 rating), #14

Once Upon a Time (8:00) - ABC
7.052 million viewers, #12; 2.611 million adults 18-49 (2.06 rating), #10

Revenge (9:00) - ABC
6.157 million viewers, #13; 1.941 million adults 18-49 (1.53 rating), #12

America's Funniest Home Videos (7:00) - ABC
5.582 million viewers, #14; 1.354 million adults 18-49 (1.07 rating), #15

Talking Dead (10:00) - AMC
4.854 million viewers, #15; 3.281 million adults 18-49 (2.58 rating), #9

Betrayal (10:01) - ABC
3.506 million viewers, #16; 1.148 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #16

Alaska: The Last Frontier (9:00) - Discovery
2.378 million viewers, #17; 0.782 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #23

Boardwalk Empire (9:00) - HBO
2.156 million viewers, #18; 1.001 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #17

Guy's Grocery Games (8:00) - Food
2.000 million viewers, #19; 0.882 million adults 18-49 (0.69 rating), #18

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
1.883 million viewers, #20; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #27

Halloween Wars (9:00) - Food
1.853 million viewers, #21; 0.818 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #21

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
1.851 million viewers, #22; 0.654 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #26

Yukon Men (10:00) - Discovery
1.830 million viewers, #23; 0.557 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #29

Homeland (9:00) - Showtime
1.772 million viewers, #24; 0.845 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #19

Drop Dead Diva (9:00) - Lifetime
1.769 million viewers, #25; 0.642 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #28

Witches of East End (10:00) - Lifetime
1.689 million viewers, #26; 0.814 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #22

Real Housewives of New Jersey: Tell All (8:00) - Bravo
1.509 million viewers, #27; 0.760 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #24

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.460 million viewers, #28; 0.700 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #25

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.374 million viewers, #29; 0.835 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #20

Alaskan Women Looking for Love (10:00) - TLC
1.356 million viewers, #30; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #30

Eastbound & Down (10:00) - HBO
0.686 million viewers, #31; 0.407 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #31

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Lone Star Legend (8:00), Call of the Wildman (9:00), Queer Eye Reunion: 10 Years Later (9:00), Hello Ladies (10:30), Cousins Undercover (8:00), House Hunters Renovation (10:00), See Dad Run (8:00), Instant Mom (8:30), Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00), Snapped (9:00), Masters of Sex (10:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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