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[03/24/14 - 02:36 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: ABC's "Shark Tank," "20/20" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, march 21, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 46 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
8.508 million viewers, #1; 2.250 million adults 18-49 (1.77 rating), #2

Shark Tank (9:00) - ABC
8.291 million viewers, #2; 2.687 million adults 18-49 (2.12 rating), #1

Dateline NBC (8:00) - NBC
7.619 million viewers, #3; 1.759 million adults 18-49 (1.39 rating), #5

Grimm (9:00) - NBC
5.711 million viewers, #4; 1.966 million adults 18-49 (1.55 rating), #3

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round - Kansas St. #9 vs. Kentucky #8 - CBS
4.651 million viewers, #5; 1.916 million adults 18-49 (1.51 rating), #4

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Update - CBS
4.278 million viewers, #6; 1.692 million adults 18-49 (1.33 rating), #6

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Update - TNT
3.735 million viewers, #7; 1.565 million adults 18-49 (1.23 rating), #7

The Neighbors (8:30) - ABC
3.669 million viewers, #8; 1.146 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #11

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round - Cal Poly #16 vs. Wichita St. #1 - CBS
3.324 million viewers, #9; 1.254 million adults 18-49 (0.99 rating), #8

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Third Round - Harvard #12 vs. Michigan St. #4 - TNT
2.696 million viewers, #10; 1.194 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #9

Hannibal (10:00) - NBC
2.688 million viewers, #11; 1.093 million adults 18-49 (0.86 rating), #12

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
2.597 million viewers, #12; 0.969 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #14

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Third Round - Connecticut #7 vs. Villanova #2 - TBS
2.467 million viewers, #13; 1.173 million adults 18-49 (0.92 rating), #10

Dog with a Blog (8:30) - Disney
2.379 million viewers, #14; 0.479 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #26

Rake (8:00) - FOX
1.904 million viewers, #15; 0.627 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #21

A.N.T. Farm (8:00) - Disney
1.873 million viewers, #16; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #35

Fish Hooks (9:00, 15 Minutes) - Disney
1.783 million viewers, #17; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #37

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:00) - CW
1.743 million viewers, #18; 0.738 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #17

Sons of Guns (9:00) - Discovery
1.741 million viewers, #19; 0.989 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #13

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:30) - CW
1.738 million viewers, #20; 0.746 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #16

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Update - truTV
1.610 million viewers, #21; 0.734 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #18

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Third Round - Dayton #11 vs. Syracuse #3 - TBS
1.540 million viewers, #22; 0.791 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #15

Raising Hope (9:30) - FOX
1.375 million viewers, #23; 0.552 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #23

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) - TLC
1.366 million viewers, #24; 0.401 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #29

Sons of Guns: Loaded Up (8:00) - Discovery
1.310 million viewers, #25; 0.670 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #19

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Update - TBS
1.297 million viewers, #26; 0.548 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #24

Helix (10:00) - Syfy
1.237 million viewers, #27; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #25

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round - (11) Minnesota vs (6) UCLA - truTV
1.220 million viewers, #28; 0.631 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #20

Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows Best (9:30) - TLC
1.201 million viewers, #29; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #36

Game of Stones (10:00) - Discovery
1.127 million viewers, #30; 0.570 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #22

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (10:00, 60 Minutes) - Food
1.121 million viewers, #31; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #27

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:00) - TLC
1.104 million viewers, #32; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #31

Hart of Dixie (9:00) - CW
1.032 million viewers, #33; 0.419 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #28

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.000 million viewers, #34; 0.331 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #34

Betty White's Off Their Rockers (10:00)* - Lifetime
0.734 million viewers, #35; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #32

Betty White's Off Their Rockers (10:30)* - Lifetime
0.734 million viewers, #36; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #33

Tanked (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.697 million viewers, #37; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #30

Nightmare Next Door (10:00)* - ID
0.667 million viewers, #38; 0.200 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #39

Bellator MMA Live (9:00) - Spike TV
0.507 million viewers, #39; 0.262 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #38

Fashion Police (9:00)* - E!
0.457 million viewers, #40; 0.196 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #40

Hello Ross (10:00)* - E!
0.457 million viewers, #41; 0.196 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #41

Hangar 1: The UFO Files (10:00)* - H2
0.399 million viewers, #42; 0.167 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #42

CMT Crossroads (10:00)* - CMT
0.293 million viewers, #43; 0.136 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #43

Marriage Boot Camp (9:00)* - WE tv
0.250 million viewers, #44; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #44

Cesar 911 (9:00)* - Nat Geo WILD
0.182 million viewers, #45; 0.078 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #45

Love That Girl (9:00)* - TV One
0.098 million viewers, #46; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #46

[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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