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[01/30/14 - 02:48 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "American Idol," "Duck Dynasty" Top Demo Chart
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, january 29, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 49 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

American Idol (8:00, 120 Minutes) - FOX
12.731 million viewers, #1; 4.865 million adults 18-49 (3.83 rating), #1

Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials 2014 (8:00) - CBS
9.636 million viewers, #2; 2.475 million adults 18-49 (1.95 rating), #5

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9:00) - NBC
7.592 million viewers, #3; 2.484 million adults 18-49 (1.96 rating), #4

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
7.487 million viewers, #4; 3.750 million adults 18-49 (2.95 rating), #2

Chicago PD (10:00) - NBC
6.886 million viewers, #5; 2.110 million adults 18-49 (1.66 rating), #8

Nashville (10:00) - ABC
5.282 million viewers, #6; 1.847 million adults 18-49 (1.46 rating), #10

Suburgatory (8:30) - ABC
5.102 million viewers, #7; 1.961 million adults 18-49 (1.54 rating), #9

Revolution (8:00) - NBC
5.038 million viewers, #8; 1.607 million adults 18-49 (1.27 rating), #13

American Horror Story: Coven (10:00) - FX
4.242 million viewers, #9; 2.835 million adults 18-49 (2.23 rating), #3

Wahlburgers (10:30) - A&E
4.023 million viewers, #10; 2.132 million adults 18-49 (1.68 rating), #7

NBA Regular Season: Thunder at Heat - ESPN
3.864 million viewers, #11; 2.367 million adults 18-49 (1.86 rating), #6

Super Fun Night (9:30) - ABC
3.818 million viewers, #12; 1.671 million adults 18-49 (1.32 rating), #12

Men at Work (10:00) - TBS
3.666 million viewers, #13; 1.835 million adults 18-49 (1.45 rating), #11

American Pickers (9:00) - History
3.583 million viewers, #14; 1.067 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #17

Arrow (8:00) - CW
2.953 million viewers, #15; 1.391 million adults 18-49 (1.10 rating), #14

NBA Regular Season: Bulls at Spurs - ESPN
2.043 million viewers, #16; 1.214 million adults 18-49 (0.96 rating), #15

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.881 million viewers, #17; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #27

Dreamworks Dragons (8:00) - Cartoon
1.824 million viewers, #18; 0.441 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #32

Psych (9:00) - USA
1.730 million viewers, #19; 0.900 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #18

The Tomorrow People (9:00) - CW
1.717 million viewers, #20; 0.857 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #19

Buying and Selling (9:00) - HGTV
1.620 million viewers, #21; 0.440 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #33

Top Chef (10:00) - Bravo
1.494 million viewers, #22; 0.812 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #21

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.452 million viewers, #23; 0.372 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #38

WWE Main Event (8:00)* - ION
1.452 million viewers, #24; 0.518 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #28

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.360 million viewers, #25; 0.843 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #20

Ghost Hunters (9:00) - Syfy
1.329 million viewers, #26; 0.630 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #25

Workaholics (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.296 million viewers, #27; 1.119 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #16

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.295 million viewers, #28; 0.795 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #22

Web of Lies (10:00) - ID
1.247 million viewers, #29; 0.434 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #34

My Dirty Little Secret (9:00) - ID
1.105 million viewers, #30; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #36

My Strange Addiction (10:00) - TLC
1.054 million viewers, #31; 0.627 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #26

The Real World (10:00) - MTV
1.028 million viewers, #32; 0.667 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #24

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.021 million viewers, #33; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #31

Survivorman (9:00) - Discovery
0.990 million viewers, #34; 0.503 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #30

The Exes (10:00)* - TV Land
0.894 million viewers, #35; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #41

Kirstie (10:30)* - TV Land
0.894 million viewers, #36; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #42

Love Thy Neighbor (9:00) - OWN
0.892 million viewers, #37; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #37

Broad City (10:30) - Comedy Central
0.867 million viewers, #38; 0.718 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #23

Opposite Worlds (10:00)* - Syfy
0.843 million viewers, #39; 0.395 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #35

Miley Cyrus: MTV Unplugged (9:00) - MTV
0.726 million viewers, #40; 0.506 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #29

Operation Repo (10:00)* - truTV
0.724 million viewers, #41; 0.283 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #40

The Soup (10:00)* - E!
0.543 million viewers, #42; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #39

Mind of a Man (8:00, 60 Minutes)* - GSN
0.464 million viewers, #43; 0.116 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #45

Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (10:00)* - BBCA
0.288 million viewers, #44; 0.079 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #48

Toy Hunter (9:00)* - Travel
0.276 million viewers, #45; 0.161 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #43

Best Ink (10:00)* - Oxygen
0.274 million viewers, #46; 0.122 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #44

Unsung (10:00)* - TV One
0.226 million viewers, #47; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #46

Strip the City (10:00)* - Science
0.213 million viewers, #48; 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #47

Inside the NFL* - Showtime
0.072 million viewers, #49; 0.029 million adults 18-49 (0.02 rating), #49

[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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