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[01/21/14 - 02:34 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Blue Bloods" Tops Viewers, "Shark Tank" Leads Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, january 17, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 40 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Blue Bloods (10:00) - CBS
12.620 million viewers, #1; 1.783 million adults 18-49 (1.40 rating), #10

Hawaii Five-0 (9:00) - CBS
10.634 million viewers, #2; 1.909 million adults 18-49 (1.50 rating), #5

Undercover Boss (8:00) - CBS
8.976 million viewers, #3; 2.079 million adults 18-49 (1.64 rating), #3

Shark Tank (9:00) - ABC
7.435 million viewers, #4; 2.647 million adults 18-49 (2.08 rating), #1

Dateline NBC (8:00) - NBC
6.974 million viewers, #5; 1.883 million adults 18-49 (1.48 rating), #7

Bones (8:00) - FOX
6.783 million viewers, #6; 1.903 million adults 18-49 (1.50 rating), #6

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
6.558 million viewers, #7; 2.126 million adults 18-49 (1.67 rating), #2

Last Man Standing (8:00) - ABC
6.222 million viewers, #8; 1.830 million adults 18-49 (1.44 rating), #9

Grimm (9:00) - NBC
5.707 million viewers, #9; 1.942 million adults 18-49 (1.53 rating), #4

Cloud 9 (8:00) - Disney
4.962 million viewers, #10; 1.188 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #11

Gold Rush (9:00) - Discovery
4.015 million viewers, #11; 1.844 million adults 18-49 (1.45 rating), #8

I Didn't Do It (9:40) - Disney
3.889 million viewers, #12; 0.874 million adults 18-49 (0.69 rating), #18

The Neighbors (8:30) - ABC
3.711 million viewers, #13; 1.169 million adults 18-49 (0.92 rating), #13

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
2.916 million viewers, #14; 1.105 million adults 18-49 (0.87 rating), #14

Win, Lose or Draw (10:10) - Disney
2.797 million viewers, #15; 0.528 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #25

Dracula (10:00) - NBC
2.784 million viewers, #16; 1.183 million adults 18-49 (0.93 rating), #12

Raising Hope (9:00) - FOX
2.496 million viewers, #17; 0.918 million adults 18-49 (0.72 rating), #17

Bering Sea Gold (10:00) - Discovery
2.384 million viewers, #18; 1.079 million adults 18-49 (0.85 rating), #15

Enlisted (9:30) - FOX
2.014 million viewers, #19; 0.789 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #19

NBA Regular Season: Warriors at Thunder - ESPN
1.721 million viewers, #20; 0.920 million adults 18-49 (0.72 rating), #16

Treehouse Masters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.421 million viewers, #21; 0.619 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #21

Cold Justice (8:00) - TNT
1.408 million viewers, #22; 0.611 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #22

Helix (10:00) - Syfy
1.337 million viewers, #23; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #24

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.335 million viewers, #24; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #27

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.257 million viewers, #25; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #32

After the First 48 (10:00) - A&E
1.213 million viewers, #26; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #23

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:00) - TLC
1.180 million viewers, #27; 0.399 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #31

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:30) - TLC
1.142 million viewers, #28; 0.444 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #28

NBA Regular Season: Clippers at Knicks - ESPN
1.103 million viewers, #29; 0.623 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #20

Wives with Knives (10:00) - ID
0.971 million viewers, #30; 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #30

APB with Troy Dunn (9:00)* - TNT
0.921 million viewers, #31; 0.365 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #33

The Carrie Diaries (8:00) - CW
0.865 million viewers, #32; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #26

The Dead Files (10:00) - Travel
0.794 million viewers, #33; 0.443 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #29

Facing Evil with Candice DeLong (8:00)* - ID
0.792 million viewers, #34; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #34

10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty (10:00) - Spike TV
0.729 million viewers, #35; 0.314 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #35

Best Week Ever (10:00)* - VH1
0.318 million viewers, #36; 0.177 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #36

Banshee (10:00)* - Cinemax
0.316 million viewers, #37; 0.165 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #37

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (9:00)* - OWN
0.250 million viewers, #38; 0.084 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #38

The Diamond Collar (10:00)* - OWN
0.250 million viewers, #39; 0.084 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #39

The Diamond Collar (10:30)* - OWN
0.250 million viewers, #40; 0.084 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #40

[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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