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[12/18/13 - 02:38 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NBC, "The Voice" Tops Demos with Two-Hour Finale
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, december 17, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 47 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NCIS (8:00) - CBS
19.651 million viewers, #1; 3.646 million adults 18-49 (2.87 rating), #2

NCIS: Los Angeles (9:00) - CBS
15.581 million viewers, #2; 3.081 million adults 18-49 (2.43 rating), #3

The Voice (9:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
14.010 million viewers, #3; 5.051 million adults 18-49 (3.98 rating), #1

Person of Interest (10:00) - CBS
12.397 million viewers, #4; 2.494 million adults 18-49 (1.96 rating), #5

The Biggest Loser (8:00) - NBC
6.988 million viewers, #5; 2.597 million adults 18-49 (2.05 rating), #4

Primetime: What Would You Do? (10:00) - ABC
2.472 million viewers, #6; 0.854 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #10

Moonshiners (9:00) - Discovery
2.227 million viewers, #7; 1.149 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #6

Little People, Big World (9:00) - TLC
1.794 million viewers, #8; 0.738 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #14

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
1.641 million viewers, #9; 0.603 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #18

The Bad Girls Club Reunion (8:00) - Oxygen
1.519 million viewers, #10; 0.871 million adults 18-49 (0.69 rating), #9

Storage Wars: Texas (9:00) - A&E
1.496 million viewers, #11; 0.548 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #21

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
1.476 million viewers, #12; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #20

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.437 million viewers, #13; 0.716 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #16

Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda (9:00) - ID
1.424 million viewers, #14; 0.409 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #25

Real Husbands of Hollywood (10:00) - BET
1.409 million viewers, #15; 0.900 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #7

Real Husbands of Hollywood (10:30) - BET
1.388 million viewers, #16; 0.874 million adults 18-49 (0.69 rating), #8

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.375 million viewers, #17; 0.399 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #26

Shipping Wars (10:00) - A&E
1.363 million viewers, #18; 0.760 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #12

Awkward (10:30, 60 Minutes) - MTV
1.307 million viewers, #19; 0.739 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #13

Shahs of Sunset (10:00) - Bravo
1.274 million viewers, #20; 0.818 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #11

Shipping Wars (10:30) - A&E
1.231 million viewers, #21; 0.736 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #15

Backyard Oil: After the Gush (10:00) - Discovery
1.217 million viewers, #22; 0.562 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #19

A Crime to Remember (10:00) - ID
1.191 million viewers, #23; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #28

Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host (10:00) - TBS
1.076 million viewers, #24; 0.629 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #17

Storage Hunters (10:00)* - truTV
1.071 million viewers, #25; 0.378 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #27

College Basketball (9:37) - ESPN
1.007 million viewers, #26; 0.514 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #22

Boston's Finest (9:00)* - TNT
0.952 million viewers, #27; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #31

Marshal Law: Texas (10:00)* - TNT
0.952 million viewers, #28; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #32

Storage Hunters (9:30) - truTV
0.918 million viewers, #29; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #29

College Basketball (7:00) - ESPN
0.845 million viewers, #30; 0.409 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #24

Snooki & JWOWW (10:00) - MTV
0.804 million viewers, #31; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #23

Haunted Highway (9:00)* - Syfy
0.570 million viewers, #32; 0.265 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #33

Killer Contact (10:00)* - Syfy
0.570 million viewers, #33; 0.265 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #34

Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host (10:30) - TBS
0.569 million viewers, #34; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #30

Doomsday Preppers (9:00)* - NGC
0.448 million viewers, #35; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #35

How to Survive the End of the World (10:00)* - NGC
0.448 million viewers, #36; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #36

Baggage Battles (9:00)* - Travel
0.353 million viewers, #37; 0.145 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #37

Gem Hunt (10:00)* - Travel
0.353 million viewers, #38; 0.145 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #38

The Chase (8:00)* - GSN
0.318 million viewers, #39; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #43

Futurescape (10:00)* - Science
0.282 million viewers, #40; 0.098 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #42

The Drama Queen (9:00)* - E!
0.271 million viewers, #41; 0.124 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #40

The Drama Queen (10:00)* - E!
0.271 million viewers, #42; 0.124 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #41

A Football Life (9:00)* - NFLN
0.248 million viewers, #43; 0.126 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #39

Big Break (9:00)* - Golf
0.127 million viewers, #44; 0.044 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #45

Tequila Sisters (8:00)* - TVGN
0.116 million viewers, #45; 0.068 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #44

Risky Listing (9:00)* - Esquire
0.042 million viewers, #46; 0.016 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #46

White Collar Brawlers (10:00)* - Esquire
0.042 million viewers, #47; 0.016 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #47

[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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