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[12/02/13 - 02:24 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Viewers, Demos Belong to "Criminal Minds"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, november 27, 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:

Criminal Minds (9:00) - CBS
11.099 million viewers, #1; 3.002 million adults 18-49 (2.36 rating), #1

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (10:00) - CBS
10.944 million viewers, #2; 2.587 million adults 18-49 (2.04 rating), #3

Survivor: Blood vs. Water (8:00) - CBS
8.812 million viewers, #3; 2.814 million adults 18-49 (2.22 rating), #2

The Making of the Sound of Music Live! (8:00) - NBC
4.957 million viewers, #4; 1.258 million adults 18-49 (0.99 rating), #6

The X Factor (8:00, 120 Minutes) - FOX
4.850 million viewers, #5; 1.566 million adults 18-49 (1.23 rating), #5

Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving (9:00) - NBC
4.830 million viewers, #6; 2.066 million adults 18-49 (1.63 rating), #4

American Pickers (9:00) - History
3.128 million viewers, #7; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #8

NBA Regular Season: Heat at Cavaliers - ESPN
1.856 million viewers, #8; 0.925 million adults 18-49 (0.73 rating), #7

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.468 million viewers, #9; 0.537 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #9

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.340 million viewers, #10; 0.320 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #24

Bible Secrets Revealed (10:00) - History
1.333 million viewers, #11; 0.429 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #16

WWE Main Event (8:00) - ION
1.331 million viewers, #12; 0.389 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #19

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.137 million viewers, #13; 0.331 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #22

Paranormal Witness (9:00) - Syfy
1.086 million viewers, #14; 0.522 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #10

South Beach Tow (10:00) - truTV
1.076 million viewers, #15; 0.487 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #12

Restaurant Stakeout (9:00) - Food
1.022 million viewers, #16; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #17

Extreme Cheapskates (9:00) - TLC
0.983 million viewers, #17; 0.489 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #11

College Basketball (10:12) - ESPN
0.969 million viewers, #18; 0.474 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #14

Haunted Highway (10:00) - Syfy
0.956 million viewers, #19; 0.484 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #13

Preachers of LA (10:00) - Oxygen
0.924 million viewers, #20; 0.466 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #15

College Basketball (9:35) - ESPN2
0.907 million viewers, #21; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #21

Hoarding: Buried Alive (10:00) - TLC
0.888 million viewers, #22; 0.361 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #20

The Ultimate Fighter (10:00) - FS1
0.635 million viewers, #23; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #18

Bear Grylls: Escape from Hell (10:00) - Discovery
0.625 million viewers, #24; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #23

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles - Attack of the Jedi (8:00), The Soup (10:00), Burning Love (10:30), Girl Code (10:00), Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life (10:30), For Better or Worse (9:00), For Better or Worse (9:30), Inside the NFL were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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