or


[04/15/14 - 11:28 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Game of Thrones" Holds Onto Demo Crown
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, april 13, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 69 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

60 Minutes (7:12) - CBS
10.987 million viewers, #1; 2.070 million adults 18-49 (1.63 rating), #9

Masters Golf Tournament (3:00) - CBS
10.970 million viewers, #2; 3.608 million adults 18-49 (2.84 rating), #2

The Good Wife (9:12) - CBS
9.833 million viewers, #3; 1.875 million adults 18-49 (1.48 rating), #13

The Mentalist (10:12) - CBS
9.021 million viewers, #4; 1.997 million adults 18-49 (1.57 rating), #10

The Amazing Race (8:12) - CBS
8.835 million viewers, #5; 2.267 million adults 18-49 (1.79 rating), #6

Resurrection (9:00) - ABC
7.461 million viewers, #6; 2.643 million adults 18-49 (2.08 rating), #4

Once Upon a Time (8:00) - ABC
6.499 million viewers, #7; 2.509 million adults 18-49 (1.98 rating), #5

Game of Thrones (9:00) - HBO
6.310 million viewers, #8; 4.321 million adults 18-49 (3.40 rating), #1

America's Funniest Home Videos (7:00) - ABC
5.923 million viewers, #9; 1.654 million adults 18-49 (1.30 rating), #15

Revenge (10:00) - ABC
5.265 million viewers, #10; 1.695 million adults 18-49 (1.34 rating), #14

Dateline NBC (7:00) - NBC
4.403 million viewers, #11; 0.984 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #27

Family Guy (8:30) - FOX
4.386 million viewers, #12; 2.691 million adults 18-49 (2.12 rating), #3

Believe (9:00) - NBC
4.344 million viewers, #13; 1.285 million adults 18-49 (1.01 rating), #21

Crisis (10:00) - NBC
4.072 million viewers, #14; 1.404 million adults 18-49 (1.11 rating), #19

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
3.816 million viewers, #15; 2.193 million adults 18-49 (1.73 rating), #7

The Simpsons (8:00) - FOX
3.638 million viewers, #16; 2.105 million adults 18-49 (1.66 rating), #8

Watch What Happens: Live (9:00) - Bravo
3.506 million viewers, #17; 1.979 million adults 18-49 (1.56 rating), #11

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (9:00) - FOX
3.490 million viewers, #18; 1.591 million adults 18-49 (1.25 rating), #16

American Dream Builders (8:00) - NBC
3.087 million viewers, #19; 0.893 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #29

2014 Movie Awards (9:00) - MTV
2.836 million viewers, #20; 1.945 million adults 18-49 (1.53 rating), #12

Sunday Night Baseball (8:00) - ESPN
2.765 million viewers, #21; 1.153 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #24

American Dad (7:30) - FOX
2.363 million viewers, #22; 1.458 million adults 18-49 (1.15 rating), #17

Austin & Ally (9:00) - Disney
2.314 million viewers, #23; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #41

Naked & Afraid (10:00) - Discovery
2.299 million viewers, #24; 1.412 million adults 18-49 (1.11 rating), #18

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.268 million viewers, #25; 1.034 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #25

Married to Medicine (9:30) - Bravo
2.118 million viewers, #26; 1.237 million adults 18-49 (0.97 rating), #23

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
1.941 million viewers, #27; 0.680 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #33

Turn (9:00) - AMC
1.872 million viewers, #28; 0.774 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #32

Liv and Maddie (8:00)* - Disney
1.836 million viewers, #29; 0.324 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #51

I Didn't Do It (8:30)* - Disney
1.836 million viewers, #30; 0.324 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #52

Bob's Burgers (7:00) - FOX
1.832 million viewers, #31; 0.965 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #28

Teen Mom 2 (7:00, 90 Minutes) - MTV
1.817 million viewers, #32; 1.304 million adults 18-49 (1.03 rating), #20

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
1.760 million viewers, #33; 0.618 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #36

Silicon Valley (10:00) - HBO
1.687 million viewers, #34; 1.261 million adults 18-49 (0.99 rating), #22

River Monsters (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.643 million viewers, #35; 0.867 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #30

Caribbean Life (8:30) - HGTV
1.567 million viewers, #36; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #42

Living Alaska (10:30) - HGTV
1.501 million viewers, #37; 0.440 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #45

Caribbean Life (8:00) - HGTV
1.488 million viewers, #38; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #44

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.472 million viewers, #39; 0.993 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #26

Living Alaska (10:00)* - HGTV
1.418 million viewers, #40; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #47

2014 Movie Awards Preshow (8:30) - MTV
1.335 million viewers, #41; 0.867 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #31

No Man's Land (10:00) - History
1.324 million viewers, #42; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #50

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.227 million viewers, #43; 0.483 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #38

Total Divas (9:00) - E!
1.164 million viewers, #44; 0.667 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #34

My Five Wives (10:00) - TLC
1.122 million viewers, #45; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #40

Drop Dead Diva (9:00) - Lifetime
1.080 million viewers, #46; 0.472 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #39

America's Best Cook (9:00) - Food
1.068 million viewers, #47; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #43

Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.884 million viewers, #48; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #46

Veep (10:30) - HBO
0.860 million viewers, #49; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #35

Catch a Contractor (10:00) - Spike TV
0.838 million viewers, #50; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #37

Food Court Wars (8:00) - Food
0.788 million viewers, #51; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #49

Unusual Suspects (9:00)* - ID
0.755 million viewers, #52; 0.275 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #53

On the Case with Paula Zahn (10:00)* - ID
0.755 million viewers, #53; 0.275 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #54

Those Who Kill (10:00)* - LMN
0.721 million viewers, #54; 0.185 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #61

Inside the Hunt for the Boston Bombers (9:00)* - NGC
0.614 million viewers, #55; 0.194 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #58

Eric & Jessie: Game On (10:00) - E!
0.606 million viewers, #56; 0.419 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #48

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (9:00)* - CNN
0.561 million viewers, #57; 0.195 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #56

Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man (10:00)* - CNN
0.561 million viewers, #58; 0.195 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #57

Snapped (9:00)* - Oxygen
0.528 million viewers, #59; 0.257 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #55

Hotel Secrets & Legends (9:00)* - Travel
0.457 million viewers, #60; 0.193 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #59

Hotel Secrets & Legends (10:00)* - Travel
0.457 million viewers, #61; 0.193 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #60

Arnie & His Army (10:00)* - Golf
0.355 million viewers, #62; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #63

Oprah Prime (9:00)* - OWN
0.326 million viewers, #63; 0.132 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #64

Lindsay (10:00)* - OWN
0.326 million viewers, #64; 0.132 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #65

The Bible Rules (10:00)* - H2
0.306 million viewers, #65; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #69

Nurse Jackie (9:00)* - Showtime
0.297 million viewers, #66; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #66

Californication (9:30)* - Showtime
0.297 million viewers, #67; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #67

Years of Living Dangerously (10:00)* - Showtime
0.297 million viewers, #68; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #68

Overhaulin' (9:00)* - Velocity
0.294 million viewers, #69; 0.167 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #62

[EDITOR'S NOTE: * denotes individual program numbers were not available so the network's primetime average is listed]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [april 2014]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
  


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[07/22/25 - 08:04 AM]
ESPN, ABC and Disney+ Score Historic Viewership for 2025 WNBA All-Star Events
The Skills Challenge & 3-Point Contest and the WNBA All-Star Game averaged 1.3 million viewers and 2.2 million viewers, respectively.

[07/21/25 - 10:09 AM]
ESPN's Outstanding Nielsen Viewership for First Six Months of 2025: At the Halfway Mark, ESPN has Achieved Multiple Successes Across the Board
ESPN on its own is up 4% year-over-year across the entire day (24 hours of programming) and up 9% when isolating the primetime hours (8-11 p.m. ET).

[07/17/25 - 01:31 PM]
Netflix: What We Watched the First Half of 2025
This report, which captures ~99% of all viewing in the first half of 2025, shows that people watched a lot of Netflix - over 95B hours - spanning a wide range of genres and languages.

[07/17/25 - 09:57 AM]
"Dexter: Resurrection" Debuts to a Killer 3.1 Million Cross-Platform Viewers
Said premiere was up 44% versus "Dexter: Original Sin" and 79% versus "Dexter: New Blood."

[07/16/25 - 04:01 PM]
ESPN Airs Another of Its Most-Watched WNBA Games Ever: Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun Averaged 1.7 Million Viewers, Up 48% from Last Year's ESPN Average
Said telecast peaked with 2 million viewers.

[07/15/25 - 02:06 PM]
Viewership for 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby Exclusively on ESPN Platforms Up Five Percent From Last Year
An average audience of 5,729,000 viewers watched the event, compared to 5,451,000 viewers in 2024.

[07/15/25 - 01:04 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" for 2nd Consecutive Week
"Nightline" posted Total Viewer gains both week to week and year to year.

[07/15/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of July 7: "KPop Demon Hunters" Spends Another Golden Week at No. 1 in This Week's Top 10
"The Sandman's" second season entered the Top 10 in 89 countries last week, while claiming the No. 1 spot in English TV with 5.9 million views.

[07/15/25 - 09:04 AM]
ABC Airs Another of Its Most-Watched WNBA Games Ever: Dallas Wings vs Indiana Fever Averaged 2.1 Million Viewers, Up 69% from Last Year's ABC Average
Said audience peaked with 2.5 million viewers.

[07/14/25 - 06:08 PM]
"Celebrity Family Feud" Returns with Best Premiere in Three Years
Overall, the season 11 premiere notched the show's best performance for any telecast in Total Viewers (4.16 million) and Adults 18-49 (0.42 rating) since 8/28/22 and 8/13/23, respectively.

[07/14/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix and MVP's Taylor-Serrano 3 Goes the Distance with Nearly 6 Million Global Viewers
In the US, an estimated AMA of 4.2 million viewers tuned in to the main event (Live+1) according to VideoAmp and Netflix, making it the most-watched professional women's sports event of 2025.

[07/11/25 - 12:45 PM]
ABC Concludes September to May Season with Top Five Shows Among Adults 18-49 Including "High Potential," "Abbott Elementary," "The Rookie," "Shifting Gears" and "9-1-1"
Continuing to lead among broadcast series, ABC's "High Potential" stood as the No. 1 new drama among Total Viewers (16.41 million) and No. 1 new show among Adults 18-49 (3.85 rating).

[07/11/25 - 11:28 AM]
"Big Brother: Summer of Mystery" Premiere Up +10% from Last Summer
Last night, season 27 premiered to nearly 3 million viewers.

[07/09/25 - 03:03 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Nightline" saw gains on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+3% - 663,000 vs. 644,000) and Adults 18-49 (+4% - 96,000 vs. 92,000).

[07/08/25 - 06:05 PM]
ESPN Formula 1 Coverage Enjoying Record-Breaking Season of Viewership
11 of 12 races held so far this season have had year-over-year viewership growth and seven of the 12 have set event viewership records.