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[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





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