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[04/08/14 - 03:08 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: CBS Tops Charts with NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, april 7, 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:

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (9:14) - CBS
21.196 million viewers, #1; 9.106 million adults 18-49 (7.17 rating), #1

Dancing with the Stars (8:00, 120 Minutes) - ABC
14.467 million viewers, #2; 2.754 million adults 18-49 (2.17 rating), #4

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Pre-Game (8:58) - CBS
12.015 million viewers, #3; 4.769 million adults 18-49 (3.76 rating), #2

The Voice (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
11.966 million viewers, #4; 4.423 million adults 18-49 (3.48 rating), #3

Bones (8:00) - FOX
6.583 million viewers, #5; 2.078 million adults 18-49 (1.64 rating), #8

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
5.313 million viewers, #6; 2.445 million adults 18-49 (1.93 rating), #5

Capital One Championship Central (8:30) - CBS
5.258 million viewers, #7; 2.002 million adults 18-49 (1.58 rating), #9

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
5.094 million viewers, #8; 2.305 million adults 18-49 (1.82 rating), #7

American Dream Builders (10:00) - NBC
5.082 million viewers, #9; 1.885 million adults 18-49 (1.48 rating), #10

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
5.032 million viewers, #10; 2.381 million adults 18-49 (1.88 rating), #6

The Following (9:00) - FOX
4.408 million viewers, #11; 1.817 million adults 18-49 (1.43 rating), #11

Basketball Wives: LA (8:00) - VH1
2.292 million viewers, #12; 1.478 million adults 18-49 (1.16 rating), #12

Bates Motel (10:00) - A&E
2.244 million viewers, #13; 1.242 million adults 18-49 (0.98 rating), #13

Fast N' Loud (9:00) - Discovery
2.236 million viewers, #14; 1.224 million adults 18-49 (0.96 rating), #15

Dallas (9:00) - TNT
1.873 million viewers, #15; 0.580 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #23

Rick and Morty (10:30) - Adult Swim
1.750 million viewers, #16; 0.927 million adults 18-49 (0.73 rating), #17

TI & Tiny: The Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.746 million viewers, #17; 1.189 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #16

Black Ink Crew (9:30) - VH1
1.727 million viewers, #18; 1.225 million adults 18-49 (0.97 rating), #14

Being Human (9:00) - Syfy
1.417 million viewers, #19; 0.750 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #19

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Secrets Revealed (9:00) - Bravo
1.372 million viewers, #20; 0.775 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #18

Lords of the Car Hoards (10:00) - Discovery
1.306 million viewers, #21; 0.599 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #22

Mystery Diners (10:00) - Food
1.099 million viewers, #22; 0.578 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #24

Love It or List It (9:00) - HGTV
1.099 million viewers, #23; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #31

Southern Charm (10:00) - Bravo
1.059 million viewers, #24; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #20

Star-Crossed (8:00) - CW
0.952 million viewers, #25; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #30

MLB Regular Season: Rangers at Red Sox - ESPN
0.948 million viewers, #26; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #29

Chopped (8:00) - Food
0.939 million viewers, #27; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #28

Stalked: Someone's Watching Me (10:00) - ID
0.893 million viewers, #28; 0.320 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #33

Archer (10:00) - FX
0.865 million viewers, #29; 0.573 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #25

Kitchen Casino (9:00) - Food
0.852 million viewers, #30; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #27

This Is Hot 97 (10:30) - VH1
0.840 million viewers, #31; 0.612 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #21

Lost Girl (10:00) - Syfy
0.815 million viewers, #32; 0.366 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #32

Bitten (8:00) - Syfy
0.813 million viewers, #33; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #34

Private Lives of Nashville Wives (10:00) - TNT
0.726 million viewers, #34; 0.227 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #37

The Real World: Reunion (9:00) - MTV
0.626 million viewers, #35; 0.503 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #26

Bizarre Foods America (9:00) - Travel
0.504 million viewers, #36; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #36

None of the Above (10:00)* - NGC
0.386 million viewers, #37; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #41

The Numbers Game (10:30)* - NGC
0.386 million viewers, #38; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #42

The Safecrackers (10:00)* - truTV
0.384 million viewers, #39; 0.184 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #38

Kickin' It (8:00)* - Disney XD
0.365 million viewers, #40; 0.061 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #44

Mighty Med (8:30)* - Disney XD
0.365 million viewers, #41; 0.061 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #45

Lab Rats (9:00)* - Disney XD
0.365 million viewers, #42; 0.061 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #46

House of Food (10:00) - MTV
0.348 million viewers, #43; 0.290 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #35

RuPaul's Drag Race (9:00)* - Logo
0.260 million viewers, #44; 0.177 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #39

RuPaul's Drag Race (10:00)* - Logo
0.260 million viewers, #45; 0.177 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #40

The Fabulist (8:30)* - E!
0.220 million viewers, #46; 0.143 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #43

[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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