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[11/11/13 - 02:37 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Viewers, Demos Belong to "Blue Bloods," "Shark Tank"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, november 8, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Blue Bloods (10:00) - CBS
10.973 million viewers, #1; 1.650 million adults 18-49 (1.30 rating), #8

Hawaii Five-0 (9:00) - CBS
9.506 million viewers, #2; 1.822 million adults 18-49 (1.43 rating), #4

Undercover Boss (8:00) - CBS
9.221 million viewers, #3; 2.300 million adults 18-49 (1.81 rating), #2

Shark Tank (9:00) - ABC
7.323 million viewers, #4; 2.544 million adults 18-49 (2.00 rating), #1

Last Man Standing (8:00) - ABC
6.217 million viewers, #5; 1.755 million adults 18-49 (1.38 rating), #5

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
5.954 million viewers, #6; 1.738 million adults 18-49 (1.37 rating), #6

Dateline NBC (8:00) - NBC
5.527 million viewers, #7; 1.329 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #11

Grimm (9:00) - NBC
4.875 million viewers, #8; 1.673 million adults 18-49 (1.32 rating), #7

The Neighbors (8:30) - ABC
4.523 million viewers, #9; 1.333 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #10

MasterChef Junior (8:00) - FOX
4.141 million viewers, #10; 1.917 million adults 18-49 (1.51 rating), #3

Gold Rush (9:00) - Discovery
3.139 million viewers, #11; 1.466 million adults 18-49 (1.15 rating), #9

Dracula (10:00) - NBC
2.963 million viewers, #12; 1.196 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #13

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.946 million viewers, #13; 1.203 million adults 18-49 (0.95 rating), #12

The Legend of Korra (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.224 million viewers, #14; 0.716 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #16

Bering Sea Gold (10:00) - Discovery
1.948 million viewers, #15; 0.963 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #14

Haven - Syfy
1.722 million viewers, #16; 0.657 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #17

Gold Rush: The Dirt (8:00) - Discovery
1.524 million viewers, #17; 0.742 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #15

Pete's Christmas - Hallmark
1.472 million viewers, #18; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #32

Storage Wars: New York (9:00) - A&E
1.381 million viewers, #19; 0.441 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #21

Storage Wars: New York (9:30) - A&E
1.293 million viewers, #20; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #23

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.244 million viewers, #21; 0.359 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #29

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.231 million viewers, #22; 0.407 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #24

Storage Wars: New York (10:30) - A&E
1.206 million viewers, #23; 0.571 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #18

Real Time with Bill Maher - HBO
1.147 million viewers, #24; 0.349 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #30

Storage Wars: New York (10:00) - A&E
1.124 million viewers, #25; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #25

America's Next Top Model (9:00) - CW
1.076 million viewers, #26; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #19

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.051 million viewers, #27; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #35

College Football: Louisville at Connecticut - ESPN2
1.041 million viewers, #28; 0.466 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #20

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
0.998 million viewers, #29; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #31

Tanked (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.833 million viewers, #30; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #22

The Carrie Diaries (8:00) - CW
0.773 million viewers, #31; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #28

Fashion Police (9:00) - E!
0.701 million viewers, #32; 0.385 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #26

Bellator MMA Live - Spike TV
0.683 million viewers, #33; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #33

College Basketball (8:00) - ESPN
0.679 million viewers, #34; 0.379 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #27

The Dead Files (10:00) - Travel
0.671 million viewers, #35; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #34

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Styled to Rock (8:00), Strike Back: Origins (10:00), Hello Ross (10:00), Wait 'Til Next Year (8:00), Wait 'Til Next Year (9:00), Time of Death (9:00), Secret Princes (10:00), Best Week Ever were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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