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[02/10/14 - 02:43 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Opening Ceremony for Winter Games Dominates for NBC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, february 7, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

2014 Olympic Winter Games (8:00) - NBC
31.690 million viewers, #1; 10.924 million adults 18-49 (8.60 rating), #1

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
4.923 million viewers, #2; 1.541 million adults 18-49 (1.21 rating), #2

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
3.201 million viewers, #3; 1.130 million adults 18-49 (0.89 rating), #3

Bering Sea Gold (10:00) - Discovery
2.145 million viewers, #4; 0.959 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #4

Enlisted (9:00) - FOX
1.832 million viewers, #5; 0.905 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #5

Raising Hope (9:30) - FOX
1.683 million viewers, #6; 0.775 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #6

Cold Justice (8:00) - TNT
1.417 million viewers, #7; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #13

Helix (10:00) - Syfy
1.331 million viewers, #8; 0.584 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #9

NBA Regular Season: Timberwolves at Pelicans - ESPN
1.295 million viewers, #9; 0.678 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #8

NBA Regular Season: Trail Blazers at Pacers - ESPN
1.280 million viewers, #10; 0.717 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #7

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.073 million viewers, #11; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #12

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.025 million viewers, #12; 0.334 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #14

Treehouse Masters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.014 million viewers, #13; 0.502 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #10

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (10:00, 60 Minutes) - Food
0.979 million viewers, #14; 0.401 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #11

APB with Troy Dunn (9:00) - TNT
0.771 million viewers, #15; 0.217 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #19

House Hunters International (10:30)* - HGTV
0.738 million viewers, #16; 0.242 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #18

Nightmare Next Door (9:00)* - ID
0.642 million viewers, #17; 0.201 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #20

Imposters (10:00)* - ID
0.642 million viewers, #18; 0.201 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #21

Banshee (10:00) - Cinemax
0.591 million viewers, #19; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #15

Fashion Police (9:00) - E!
0.583 million viewers, #20; 0.296 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #16

10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty (10:00) - Spike TV
0.567 million viewers, #21; 0.259 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #17

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (9:00)* - OWN
0.267 million viewers, #22; 0.106 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #23

Best Week Ever (10:00)* - VH1
0.214 million viewers, #23; 0.118 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #22

[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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