or


[01/07/14 - 10:53 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NFL Wild Card Doubleheader Dominates for NBC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, january 4, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NFC Wild Card Game: New Orleans at Philadelphia - NBC
34.363 million viewers, #1; 14.458 million adults 18-49 (11.39 rating), #1

NFL Wild Card Pre-Kick - NBC
32.703 million viewers, #2; 13.535 million adults 18-49 (10.66 rating), #2

AFC Wild Card Game: Kansas City at Indianapolis - NBC
27.576 million viewers, #3; 10.805 million adults 18-49 (8.51 rating), #3

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
4.670 million viewers, #4; 0.859 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #5

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
3.150 million viewers, #5; 0.698 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #8

Blindsided - Lifetime
2.519 million viewers, #6; 0.781 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #7

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
2.408 million viewers, #7; 0.501 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #9

The Thundermans (9:00) - Nickelodeon
2.216 million viewers, #8; 0.453 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #11

Sex Sent Me to the ER (10:00) - TLC
1.984 million viewers, #9; 0.823 million adults 18-49 (0.65 rating), #6

MythBusters (8:00, 75 Minutes) - Discovery
1.673 million viewers, #10; 0.862 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #4

Scorned: Love Kills (10:00) - ID
1.104 million viewers, #11; 0.474 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #10

I'd Kill for You (9:00) - ID
1.091 million viewers, #12; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #12

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.987 million viewers, #13; 0.378 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #13

24/7: Red Wings/Maple Leafs (10:00)* - HBO
0.689 million viewers, #14; 0.368 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #14

Raising Whitley (9:00)* - OWN
0.411 million viewers, #15; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #15

Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious (10:00)* - OWN
0.411 million viewers, #16; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #16

Swamp Pawn (9:00)* - CMT
0.372 million viewers, #17; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #17

Orange County Choppers (10:00)* - CMT
0.372 million viewers, #18; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #18

Atlantis (9:00)* - BBCA
0.261 million viewers, #19; 0.094 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #19

The Graham Norton Show (10:00)* - BBCA
0.261 million viewers, #20; 0.094 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #20

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

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [january 2014]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
   


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[04/24/25 - 12:00 PM]
"Yellowjackets" Sets Record with Most Watched Season in Series History on Paramount+ with Showtime
The series is now the number two most-streamed global Showtime original ever, only behind "Dexter: Original Sin."

[04/22/25 - 02:33 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" saw increases on the previous week in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54, delivering its strongest news demo performance in 5 weeks.

[04/22/25 - 12:28 PM]
2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship Final Reaches 1 Million Viewers
The semifinals and final finished as the most-watched gymnastics postseason ever on ESPN platforms.

[04/22/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of April 14: "Black Mirror" Assumes the No. 1 Spot on the English TV List
Joining the chart with a bang is "Ransom Canyon" - the sweeping, slow-burn Western romance debuted with 7.2 million views to lasso the No. 2 spot.

[04/22/25 - 09:08 AM]
ESPN's Viewership Rises Significantly for Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
ESPN's live telecast on Sunday drew an average of 1.5 million viewers, the second-largest U.S. television audience ever for the event.

[04/22/25 - 08:50 AM]
Most-Watched NBA Playoffs Opening Weekend Ever on ESPN Platforms
The six-game slate across Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, averaged 4,487,000 viewers, up 15 percent from last year.

[04/22/25 - 07:37 AM]
"Rock the Block" Delivers HGTV's Highest-Rated Season Premiere Since 2023
Attracting three million viewers across linear and streaming, the episode also delivered a .89 L3 rating among Women 25-54, a 207 percent lift versus the previous six weeks.

[04/18/25 - 03:22 PM]
2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Semifinals Become Most-Watched Semis Ever on ESPN Platforms
Sessions I & II averaged 182,000 viewers on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

[04/18/25 - 11:12 AM]
Kathy Bates-Led "Matlock" Finishes Season as Television's #1 New Series
Throughout the season, an average of 17 million viewers watch "Matlock" across broadcast and streaming on Paramount+.

[04/16/25 - 09:00 AM]
Paramount+'s Much-Anticipated "1923" Finale Explodes with 14 Million Global Viewers
The finale episode has become the most watched episode ever for the series - up +41% compared to last season's finale of 10 million viewers, with the full season average up +46% in comparison to season one.

[04/15/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of April 7: "Adolescence" Continues Ascent, Now at No. 3 on Most Popular TV List
Documentary series were popular this week with "Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing" (9.8 million views) debuting at No. 1 on the English TV list and "Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer" (3.8 million views) at No. 6.

[04/15/25 - 11:29 AM]
"American Idol" Packs a Punch With Sunday and Monday Wins
On linear, Sunday's "Hollywood Week: Showstopper" was the top entertainment program of the night in Total Viewers (5.92 million) and the top program of the night among Adults 18-49 (0.57 rating) on broadcast and cable.

[04/15/25 - 08:34 AM]
Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" Is Most-Watched MLB Game of Season Across All Platforms
The broadcast peaked at 9:30 p.m. ET with 2,445,000 viewers.

[04/15/25 - 08:24 AM]
ESPN Earns Its Best Nielsen Q1 Viewership Since 2017, Further Cementing a Stellar Start to 2025
In addition, ESPN's average-minute-audience was up 22% overall and 15% in the Persons 18-49 demo from Nielsen Q1 in 2024.

[04/12/25 - 01:47 PM]
ESPN's Masters Tournament Second Round Coverage Averages 3.1 Million Viewers; Peaks at 3.4M
The audience was up considerably from Thursday's first round, which averaged 2.3 million viewers.