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[04/22/14 - 10:42 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: UFC, NBA Playoffs Top Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, april 19, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.571 million viewers, #1; 1.163 million adults 18-49 (0.92 rating), #4

Dateline NBC (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
4.502 million viewers, #2; 1.137 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #5

NBA Playoffs: Memphis at Oklahoma - ESPN
3.696 million viewers, #3; 2.012 million adults 18-49 (1.59 rating), #1

NBA Playoffs: Atlanta at Indiana - ESPN
3.245 million viewers, #4; 1.678 million adults 18-49 (1.32 rating), #2

UFC on FOX 11 (8:00) - FOX
2.529 million viewers, #5; 1.403 million adults 18-49 (1.10 rating), #3

A Day Late and a Dollar Short (8:00) - Lifetime
2.194 million viewers, #6; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #6

A Lesson in Romance (9:00) - Hallmark
1.430 million viewers, #7; 0.283 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #17

House Hunters Renovation (10:00) - HGTV
1.411 million viewers, #8; 0.413 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #9

Sex Sent Me to the ER (9:00) - TLC
1.405 million viewers, #9; 0.489 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #7

How (Not) to Kill Your Husband (10:00) - ID
0.917 million viewers, #10; 0.331 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #11

How (Not) to Kill Your Husband (10:30) - ID
0.911 million viewers, #11; 0.314 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #14

Billy Crystal 700 Sundays (9:00)* - HBO
0.855 million viewers, #12; 0.243 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #18

NHL Playoffs: Columbus at Pittsburgh - NBCSN
0.850 million viewers, #13; 0.440 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #8

Timber Kings (10:00) - Discovery
0.835 million viewers, #14; 0.323 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #12

Evil In-Law (9:00) - ID
0.833 million viewers, #15; 0.314 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #13

Too Cute! (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.773 million viewers, #16; 0.203 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #20

Orphan Black (9:00) - BBCA
0.620 million viewers, #17; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #10

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.605 million viewers, #18; 0.313 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #15

NHL Playoffs: Minnesota at Colorado - NBCSN
0.565 million viewers, #19; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #16

Dr. Oakley Yukon Vet (9:00)* - Nat Geo WILD
0.470 million viewers, #20; 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #25

The Real History of Science Fiction (10:00)* - BBCA
0.397 million viewers, #21; 0.225 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #19

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00)* - Science
0.380 million viewers, #22; 0.120 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #21

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (9:00)* - OWN
0.373 million viewers, #23; 0.106 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #23

Love in the City (10:00)* - OWN
0.373 million viewers, #24; 0.106 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #24

Celebrity Ghost Stories (10:00)* - LMN
0.295 million viewers, #25; 0.115 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #22

America's Book of Secrets (10:00)* - H2
0.257 million viewers, #26; 0.085 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #27

Da Vinci's Demons (9:00)* - Starz
0.219 million viewers, #27; 0.066 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #30

Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (10:00)* - WE tv
0.200 million viewers, #28; 0.086 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #26

Guntucky (9:00)* - CMT
0.193 million viewers, #29; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #28

Tobacco Wars (10:00)* - CMT
0.193 million viewers, #30; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #29

Launch My Restaurant (10:00)* - Bio
0.115 million viewers, #31; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #31

[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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