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[10/28/13 - 02:34 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Shark Tank" Tops Demos for Sixth Straight Week
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, october 25, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 24 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Blue Bloods (10:00) - CBS
11.270 million viewers, #1; 1.642 million adults 18-49 (1.29 rating), #8

Hawaii Five-0 (9:00) - CBS
9.462 million viewers, #2; 1.782 million adults 18-49 (1.40 rating), #7

Undercover Boss (8:00) - CBS
8.555 million viewers, #3; 1.982 million adults 18-49 (1.56 rating), #4

Shark Tank (9:00) - ABC
7.386 million viewers, #4; 2.563 million adults 18-49 (2.02 rating), #1

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
6.601 million viewers, #5; 1.885 million adults 18-49 (1.48 rating), #5

Grimm (9:00) - NBC
6.150 million viewers, #6; 2.241 million adults 18-49 (1.77 rating), #3

Dateline NBC (8:00) - NBC
6.079 million viewers, #7; 1.642 million adults 18-49 (1.29 rating), #9

Dracula (10:00) - NBC
5.261 million viewers, #8; 2.269 million adults 18-49 (1.79 rating), #2

MasterChef Junior (8:00) - FOX
3.870 million viewers, #9; 1.808 million adults 18-49 (1.42 rating), #6

Gold Rush (9:00, 120 Minutes) - Discovery
2.859 million viewers, #10; 1.467 million adults 18-49 (1.16 rating), #10

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.681 million viewers, #11; 0.988 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #11

College Football: Boise State at BYU - ESPN
1.968 million viewers, #12; 0.703 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #12

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.614 million viewers, #13; 0.572 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #14

Gold Rush: The Dirt (8:00) - Discovery
1.467 million viewers, #14; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #13

Haven - Syfy
1.455 million viewers, #15; 0.551 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #15

Real Time with Bill Maher - HBO
1.260 million viewers, #16; 0.419 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #19

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) - TLC
1.185 million viewers, #17; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #18

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) - TLC
1.093 million viewers, #18; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #21

Deadly Women (10:00) - ID
0.968 million viewers, #19; 0.431 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #17

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.943 million viewers, #20; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #16

Secret Princes (10:00) - TLC
0.930 million viewers, #21; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #20

The Carrie Diaries (8:00) - CW
0.781 million viewers, #22; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #22

The iHeartRadio Album Release Party with Katy Perry (9:00) - CW
0.663 million viewers, #23; 0.286 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #24

Kendra on Top (10:00) - WE tv
0.393 million viewers, #24; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #23

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Styled to Rock (8:00), Strike Back: Origins (10:00), Fashion Police (9:00), Hello Ross (10:00), The Hunters, Springsteen & I, Bellator MMA Live, Best Week Ever, Kendra on Top (10:30) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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