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[12/03/13 - 02:47 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NFL Coverage Puts CBS, NBC on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, november 28, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NFL Football (4:32) - CBS
31.663 million viewers, #1; 12.709 million adults 18-49 (10.01 rating), #1

Sunday Night Football - NBC
21.073 million viewers, #2; 8.774 million adults 18-49 (6.91 rating), #2

NFL Football Post-Game (8:06) - CBS
17.470 million viewers, #3; 7.052 million adults 18-49 (5.55 rating), #3

Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick - NBC
12.668 million viewers, #4; 5.011 million adults 18-49 (3.95 rating), #4

NFL Football Pre-Game - NBC
8.468 million viewers, #5; 3.233 million adults 18-49 (2.55 rating), #5

The X Factor (8:00) - FOX
3.754 million viewers, #6; 1.225 million adults 18-49 (0.97 rating), #7

Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular (9:30) - ABC
3.635 million viewers, #7; 1.228 million adults 18-49 (0.97 rating), #6

Glee (9:00) - FOX
2.842 million viewers, #8; 1.112 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #8

College Football: Ole Miss at Mississippi State - ESPN
1.641 million viewers, #9; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #9

Punkin Chunkin 2013 - Discovery
1.295 million viewers, #10; 0.558 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #10

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.048 million viewers, #11; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #14

College Football (7:30) - FS1
1.025 million viewers, #12; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #11

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
0.985 million viewers, #13; 0.352 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #13

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
0.825 million viewers, #14; 0.321 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #15

Braxton Family Values (9:00) - WE tv
0.804 million viewers, #15; 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #12

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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