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[12/17/13 - 11:11 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Another Week, Another NFL Victory
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, december 15, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 53 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NFL Football (4:26) - FOX
27.768 million viewers, #1; 11.124 million adults 18-49 (8.76 rating), #1

NFL Football Post-Game (7:47) - FOX
20.555 million viewers, #2; 8.670 million adults 18-49 (6.83 rating), #2

Sunday Night Football - NBC
16.433 million viewers, #3; 7.052 million adults 18-49 (5.55 rating), #3

The OT (7:52) - FOX
15.808 million viewers, #4; 6.909 million adults 18-49 (5.44 rating), #4

Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick - NBC
13.262 million viewers, #5; 5.461 million adults 18-49 (4.30 rating), #5

Football Night in America #3 - NBC
10.812 million viewers, #6; 4.494 million adults 18-49 (3.54 rating), #7

60 Minutes (7:00) - CBS
10.381 million viewers, #7; 1.952 million adults 18-49 (1.54 rating), #14

Survivor: Blood vs. Water (8:00, 120 Minutes) - CBS
10.186 million viewers, #8; 3.266 million adults 18-49 (2.57 rating), #9

The Simpsons (8:00) - FOX
8.476 million viewers, #9; 4.501 million adults 18-49 (3.55 rating), #6

Survivor: Blood vs. Water Reunion (8:00) - CBS
7.462 million viewers, #10; 2.424 million adults 18-49 (1.91 rating), #13

America's Funniest Home Videos (7:00) - ABC
6.621 million viewers, #11; 1.798 million adults 18-49 (1.42 rating), #17

Once Upon a Time (8:00) - ABC
6.439 million viewers, #12; 2.454 million adults 18-49 (1.93 rating), #12

Family Guy (9:00) - FOX
6.366 million viewers, #13; 3.864 million adults 18-49 (3.04 rating), #8

Revenge (9:00) - ABC
6.219 million viewers, #14; 1.936 million adults 18-49 (1.52 rating), #15

Bob's Burgers (8:30) - FOX
5.567 million viewers, #15; 3.009 million adults 18-49 (2.37 rating), #11

American Dad (9:30) - FOX
5.004 million viewers, #16; 3.020 million adults 18-49 (2.38 rating), #10

Betrayal (10:01) - ABC
3.605 million viewers, #17; 1.016 million adults 18-49 (0.80 rating), #23

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
3.471 million viewers, #18; 1.934 million adults 18-49 (1.52 rating), #16

Football Night in America #2 - NBC
3.273 million viewers, #19; 1.329 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #18

Finding Christmas - Hallmark
2.427 million viewers, #20; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #28

Homeland (9:00) - Showtime
2.384 million viewers, #21; 1.192 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #19

Alaska: The Last Frontier (9:00) - Discovery
2.341 million viewers, #22; 0.803 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #25

Psych: The Musical (9:00, 120 Minutes) - USA
2.228 million viewers, #23; 1.027 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #22

Thicker Than Water: The Tankards (9:00) - Bravo
2.050 million viewers, #24; 1.142 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #20

Ax Men (10:00) - History
1.980 million viewers, #25; 0.855 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #24

Long Island Medium (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
1.942 million viewers, #26; 0.677 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #30

All I Want for Christmas - ION
1.865 million viewers, #27; 0.484 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #34

Ax Men (9:00) - History
1.856 million viewers, #28; 0.788 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #26

Witches of East End (10:00) - Lifetime
1.743 million viewers, #29; 0.775 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #27

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.613 million viewers, #30; 1.030 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #21

Guy's Grocery Games (8:00) - Food
1.400 million viewers, #31; 0.606 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #31

Total Divas (10:00) - E!
1.295 million viewers, #32; 0.724 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #29

Treehouse Masters (8:00) - Discovery
1.236 million viewers, #33; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #37

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.214 million viewers, #34; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #33

Masters of Sex (10:00) - Showtime
1.207 million viewers, #35; 0.484 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #35

Dude, You're Screwed (10:00) - Discovery
1.202 million viewers, #36; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #32

Restaurant Express (9:00) - Food
1.196 million viewers, #37; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #36

White House Christmas 2013 (8:00)* - HGTV
1.151 million viewers, #38; 0.334 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #41

Hawaii Life (9:30)* - HGTV
1.151 million viewers, #39; 0.334 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #42

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.021 million viewers, #40; 0.394 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #39

Call of the Wildman (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.010 million viewers, #41; 0.348 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #40

Breaking the Faith (10:00) - TLC
0.984 million viewers, #42; 0.416 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #38

Lone Star Legend (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.831 million viewers, #43; 0.271 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #44

A Stranger in My Home (10:00)* - ID
0.702 million viewers, #44; 0.243 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #48

Top 20 Funniest (8:00)* - truTV
0.593 million viewers, #45; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #43

Ultimate Survival Alaska (9:00)* - NGC
0.560 million viewers, #46; 0.219 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #50

Kentucky Justice (10:00)* - NGC
0.560 million viewers, #47; 0.219 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #51

Treme (9:00)* - HBO
0.521 million viewers, #48; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #45

Getting On (10:00)* - HBO
0.521 million viewers, #49; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #46

Ja'mie: Private School Girl (10:30)* - HBO
0.521 million viewers, #50; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #47

Snapped (9:00)* - Oxygen
0.478 million viewers, #51; 0.228 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #49

America Declassified (10:00)* - Travel
0.315 million viewers, #52; 0.123 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #52

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (10:00)* - OWN
0.298 million viewers, #53; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #53

[EDITOR'S NOTE: * denotes individual program numbers were not available so the network's primetime average is listed]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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