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[11/26/13 - 11:32 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NFL Coverage Puts FOX, NBC on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, november 24, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 41 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NFL Football (4:59) - FOX
27.941 million viewers, #1; 11.408 million adults 18-49 (8.99 rating), #2

Sunday Night Football - NBC
26.483 million viewers, #2; 12.494 million adults 18-49 (9.84 rating), #1

NFL Post-Game (7:40) - FOX
22.635 million viewers, #3; 10.066 million adults 18-49 (7.93 rating), #3

Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick - NBC
19.614 million viewers, #4; 8.166 million adults 18-49 (6.43 rating), #4

The OT (7:44) - FOX
16.017 million viewers, #5; 7.241 million adults 18-49 (5.70 rating), #5

Football Night in America #3 - NBC
13.713 million viewers, #6; 5.538 million adults 18-49 (4.36 rating), #8

The American Music Awards 2013 - ABC
13.142 million viewers, #7; 5.749 million adults 18-49 (4.53 rating), #7

60 Minutes (7:00) - CBS
11.306 million viewers, #8; 2.035 million adults 18-49 (1.60 rating), #15

The Walking Dead (9:00) - AMC
11.293 million viewers, #9; 7.179 million adults 18-49 (5.65 rating), #6

The Mentalist (10:00) - CBS
10.941 million viewers, #10; 1.981 million adults 18-49 (1.56 rating), #17

The Good Wife (9:00) - CBS
9.700 million viewers, #11; 1.667 million adults 18-49 (1.31 rating), #20

The Amazing Race 23 (8:00) - CBS
7.973 million viewers, #12; 1.993 million adults 18-49 (1.57 rating), #16

The Simpsons (8:00) - FOX
6.778 million viewers, #13; 3.751 million adults 18-49 (2.95 rating), #9

America's Funniest Home Videos (7:00) - ABC
6.471 million viewers, #14; 1.805 million adults 18-49 (1.42 rating), #19

Football Night in America #2 - NBC
5.318 million viewers, #15; 2.329 million adults 18-49 (1.83 rating), #13

Sofia the First: The Floating Palace (7:00) - Disney
4.722 million viewers, #16; 1.398 million adults 18-49 (1.10 rating), #21

Family Guy (9:00) - FOX
4.585 million viewers, #17; 2.831 million adults 18-49 (2.23 rating), #10

Bob's Burgers (8:30) - FOX
4.076 million viewers, #18; 2.371 million adults 18-49 (1.87 rating), #11

American Dad (9:30) - FOX
3.861 million viewers, #19; 2.352 million adults 18-49 (1.85 rating), #12

Fir Crazy - Hallmark
3.812 million viewers, #20; 0.690 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #30

Talking Dead (10:00) - AMC
3.434 million viewers, #21; 2.251 million adults 18-49 (1.77 rating), #14

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
3.295 million viewers, #22; 1.905 million adults 18-49 (1.50 rating), #18

Liv and Maddie (8:00) - Disney
3.268 million viewers, #23; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #29

Austin & Ally (8:30) - Disney
3.094 million viewers, #24; 0.642 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #31

Boardwalk Empire (9:00) - HBO
2.177 million viewers, #25; 0.937 million adults 18-49 (0.74 rating), #22

Alaska: The Last Frontier (9:00) - Discovery
2.118 million viewers, #26; 0.785 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #25

Long Island Medium (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.114 million viewers, #27; 0.762 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #27

Homeland (9:00) - Showtime
1.941 million viewers, #28; 0.896 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #23

Yukon Men (10:00) - Discovery
1.778 million viewers, #29; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #32

Ax Men (9:00) - History
1.701 million viewers, #30; 0.771 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #26

Thicker Than Water: The Tankards (9:00) - Bravo
1.623 million viewers, #31; 0.839 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #24

Witches of East End (10:00) - Lifetime
1.507 million viewers, #32; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #28

Breaking the Faith (10:00) - TLC
1.318 million viewers, #33; 0.559 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #35

Guy's Grocery Games (8:00) - Food
1.182 million viewers, #34; 0.572 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #34

Masters of Sex (10:00) - Showtime
1.128 million viewers, #35; 0.516 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #36

Restaurant Express (9:00) - Food
1.043 million viewers, #36; 0.470 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #38

Live From the Red Carpet: The 2013 American Music Awards - E!
0.985 million viewers, #37; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #37

Top 20 Funniest (8:00) - truTV
0.922 million viewers, #38; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #40

Total Divas (10:00) - E!
0.920 million viewers, #39; 0.572 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #33

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.913 million viewers, #40; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #41

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
0.842 million viewers, #41; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #39

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Call of the Wildman (9:00), Getting On (10:00), Ja'mie: Private School Girl (10:30), Defending Santa, See Dad Run (8:00), Instant Mom (8:30), Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00), Oprah: Where Are They Now? (10:00), Snapped: Killer Couples (9:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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