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[02/04/14 - 12:23 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Blue Bloods," "Shark Tank" Continue Their Reigns
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, january 31, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 39 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Blue Bloods (10:00) - CBS
12.934 million viewers, #1; 1.975 million adults 18-49 (1.56 rating), #7

Hawaii Five-0 (9:00) - CBS
11.242 million viewers, #2; 2.224 million adults 18-49 (1.75 rating), #2

Undercover Boss (8:00) - CBS
9.213 million viewers, #3; 2.116 million adults 18-49 (1.67 rating), #4

Shark Tank (9:00) - ABC
7.488 million viewers, #4; 2.697 million adults 18-49 (2.12 rating), #1

Last Man Standing (8:00) - ABC
6.925 million viewers, #5; 1.939 million adults 18-49 (1.53 rating), #8

Bones (8:00) - FOX
6.783 million viewers, #6; 2.065 million adults 18-49 (1.63 rating), #5

Dateline NBC (9:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
6.014 million viewers, #7; 1.502 million adults 18-49 (1.18 rating), #9

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
5.374 million viewers, #8; 2.135 million adults 18-49 (1.68 rating), #3

Gold Rush (9:00) - Discovery
4.494 million viewers, #9; 2.057 million adults 18-49 (1.62 rating), #6

The Neighbors (8:30) - ABC
4.279 million viewers, #10; 1.405 million adults 18-49 (1.11 rating), #10

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
3.027 million viewers, #11; 1.030 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #13

Enlisted (9:00) - FOX
2.788 million viewers, #12; 1.039 million adults 18-49 (0.82 rating), #12

Bering Sea Gold (10:00) - Discovery
2.694 million viewers, #13; 1.292 million adults 18-49 (1.02 rating), #11

Raising Hope (9:30) - FOX
1.849 million viewers, #14; 0.756 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #16

NBA Regular Season: Thunder at Nets - ESPN
1.710 million viewers, #15; 0.880 million adults 18-49 (0.69 rating), #14

Cold Justice (8:00) - TNT
1.578 million viewers, #16; 0.597 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #17

NBA Regular Season: Warriors at Jazz - ESPN
1.414 million viewers, #17; 0.844 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #15

Treehouse Masters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.362 million viewers, #18; 0.536 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #18

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:30) - TLC
1.247 million viewers, #19; 0.498 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #21

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.227 million viewers, #20; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #26

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:00) - TLC
1.170 million viewers, #21; 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #25

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.142 million viewers, #22; 0.398 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #27

Helix (10:00) - Syfy
1.132 million viewers, #23; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #20

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.016 million viewers, #24; 0.320 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #32

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.978 million viewers, #25; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #22

APB with Troy Dunn (9:00) - TNT
0.952 million viewers, #26; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #30

Ancient Aliens (10:00) - H2
0.912 million viewers, #27; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #29

The Dead Files (10:00) - Travel
0.904 million viewers, #28; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #23

10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty (10:00) - Spike TV
0.890 million viewers, #29; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #28

The Carrie Diaries (8:00) - CW
0.864 million viewers, #30; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #24

House Hunters (10:00)* - HGTV
0.863 million viewers, #31; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #31

NBA Pre-Game - ESPN
0.829 million viewers, #32; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #19

Nightmare Next Door (9:00)* - ID
0.781 million viewers, #33; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #33

Imposters (10:00)* - ID
0.781 million viewers, #34; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #34

Banshee (10:00)* - Cinemax
0.416 million viewers, #35; 0.182 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #35

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (9:00)* - OWN
0.253 million viewers, #36; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #36

The Diamond Collar (10:00)* - OWN
0.253 million viewers, #37; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #37

The Diamond Collar (10:30)* - OWN
0.253 million viewers, #38; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #38

Billy Joel: A matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia* - Showtime
0.116 million viewers, #39; 0.048 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #39

[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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