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[03/05/14 - 03:31 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "The Voice," "About a Boy" Lead Demo Race
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, march 4, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 60 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NCIS (8:00) - CBS
17.854 million viewers, #1; 3.124 million adults 18-49 (2.46 rating), #3

The Voice (8:00) - NBC
14.533 million viewers, #2; 5.169 million adults 18-49 (4.07 rating), #1

NCIS: Los Angeles (9:00) - CBS
14.369 million viewers, #3; 2.633 million adults 18-49 (2.07 rating), #4

Person of Interest (10:00) - CBS
10.644 million viewers, #4; 2.130 million adults 18-49 (1.68 rating), #8

About a Boy (9:00) - NBC
8.355 million viewers, #5; 3.131 million adults 18-49 (2.47 rating), #2

Chicago Fire (10:00) - NBC
7.067 million viewers, #6; 2.386 million adults 18-49 (1.88 rating), #6

Growing Up Fisher (9:30) - NBC
6.912 million viewers, #7; 2.436 million adults 18-49 (1.92 rating), #5

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (8:00) - ABC
5.464 million viewers, #8; 2.348 million adults 18-49 (1.85 rating), #7

The Goldbergs (9:00) - ABC
4.157 million viewers, #9; 1.948 million adults 18-49 (1.53 rating), #10

The Little Couple (10:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
3.887 million viewers, #10; 1.359 million adults 18-49 (1.07 rating), #14

The Game (10:00, 60 Minutes) - BET
3.356 million viewers, #11; 2.075 million adults 18-49 (1.63 rating), #9

Rizzoli & Isles (9:00) - TNT
3.353 million viewers, #12; 0.851 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #24

The Haves and the Have Nots (9:00) - OWN
3.049 million viewers, #13; 1.122 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #19

New Girl (9:00) - FOX
2.925 million viewers, #14; 1.845 million adults 18-49 (1.45 rating), #11

Trophy Wife (9:30) - ABC
2.639 million viewers, #15; 1.015 million adults 18-49 (0.80 rating), #23

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (9:30) - FOX
2.609 million viewers, #16; 1.593 million adults 18-49 (1.26 rating), #13

Glee (8:00) - FOX
2.580 million viewers, #17; 1.245 million adults 18-49 (0.98 rating), #15

Mind Games (10:00) - ABC
2.391 million viewers, #18; 0.809 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #27

Counting Cars (9:30) - History
2.382 million viewers, #19; 1.119 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #20

Justified (10:00) - FX
2.323 million viewers, #20; 1.143 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #18

Teen Mom 2 (10:00) - MTV
2.114 million viewers, #21; 1.633 million adults 18-49 (1.29 rating), #12

Pretty Little Liars (8:00) - ABC Family
2.064 million viewers, #22; 1.032 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #22

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.031 million viewers, #23; 0.845 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #25

Supernatural (9:00) - CW
1.928 million viewers, #24; 1.185 million adults 18-49 (0.93 rating), #16

American Restoration (10:00) - History
1.861 million viewers, #25; 0.773 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #29

The Originals (8:00) - CW
1.804 million viewers, #26; 1.038 million adults 18-49 (0.82 rating), #21

Amish Mafia (9:00) - Discovery
1.730 million viewers, #27; 0.843 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #26

Perception (10:00) - TNT
1.712 million viewers, #28; 0.483 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #37

Tosh.0 (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.539 million viewers, #29; 1.154 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #17

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.527 million viewers, #30; 0.734 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #31

The Tyler Perry Show (10:00) - OWN
1.480 million viewers, #31; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #44

College Basketball (9:04) - ESPN
1.387 million viewers, #32; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #34

Cougar Town (10:00) - TBS
1.328 million viewers, #33; 0.703 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #32

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.278 million viewers, #34; 0.434 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #41

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.262 million viewers, #35; 0.435 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #40

Face Off (9:00) - Syfy
1.213 million viewers, #36; 0.756 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #30

Clash of the Ozarks (10:00) - Discovery
1.102 million viewers, #37; 0.474 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #38

Twisted (9:00) - ABC Family
1.101 million viewers, #38; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #36

Kim of Queens (10:00) - Lifetime
1.058 million viewers, #39; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #39

Ink Master (10:00) - Spike TV
1.008 million viewers, #40; 0.801 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #28

Uncle Grandpa (8:00)* - Cartoon
1.000 million viewers, #41; 0.179 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #53

College Basketball (7:00) - ESPN
0.990 million viewers, #42; 0.388 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #43

Bad Girls All Star Battle (8:00) - Oxygen
0.980 million viewers, #43; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #35

Obsession: Dark Desires (10:00) - ID
0.902 million viewers, #44; 0.379 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #45

Kroll Show (10:30) - Comedy Central
0.825 million viewers, #45; 0.639 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #33

Redrum (9:00)* - ID
0.784 million viewers, #46; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #46

Container Wars (10:30)* - truTV
0.782 million viewers, #47; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #47

Savage Alaska (10:00)* - Animal Planet
0.732 million viewers, #48; 0.206 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #52

Carvers (10:00) - Syfy
0.704 million viewers, #49; 0.403 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #42

Building Wild (9:00)* - NGC
0.522 million viewers, #50; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #49

Diggers (10:00)* - NGC
0.522 million viewers, #51; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #50

Diggers (10:30)* - NGC
0.522 million viewers, #52; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #51

The Profit (10:00)* - CNBC
0.517 million viewers, #53; 0.281 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #48

Rise of the Machines (10:00)* - H2
0.427 million viewers, #54; 0.134 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #56

Dangerous Grounds (9:00)* - Travel
0.338 million viewers, #55; 0.171 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #54

Minute to Win It (8:00) - GSN
0.333 million viewers, #56; 0.083 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #57

Degrassi: The Next Generation (9:00)* - TeenNick
0.301 million viewers, #57; 0.072 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #59

Close Encounters (10:00, 60 Minutes)* - Science
0.253 million viewers, #58; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #58

NHL Regular Season: Lightning at Blues* - NBCSN
0.202 million viewers, #59; 0.137 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #55

Friday Night Tykes (9:00)* - Esquire
0.089 million viewers, #60; 0.045 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #60

[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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