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[04/28/14 - 02:44 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Blue Bloods," "Shark Tank" Top Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, april 25, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 42 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Blue Bloods (10:00) - CBS
11.053 million viewers, #1; 1.724 million adults 18-49 (1.36 rating), #5

Hawaii Five-0 (9:00) - CBS
9.264 million viewers, #2; 1.597 million adults 18-49 (1.26 rating), #6

Unforgettable (8:00) - CBS
7.639 million viewers, #3; 1.120 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #12

Shark Tank (9:00) - ABC
7.115 million viewers, #4; 2.234 million adults 18-49 (1.76 rating), #1

Last Man Standing (8:00) - ABC
6.105 million viewers, #5; 1.757 million adults 18-49 (1.38 rating), #4

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
5.888 million viewers, #6; 1.786 million adults 18-49 (1.41 rating), #3

Dateline NBC (8:00) - NBC
5.714 million viewers, #7; 1.377 million adults 18-49 (1.08 rating), #10

Grimm (9:00) - NBC
4.929 million viewers, #8; 1.510 million adults 18-49 (1.19 rating), #8

NBA Playoffs: Rockets at Trail Blazers - ESPN
3.629 million viewers, #9; 2.115 million adults 18-49 (1.67 rating), #2

Kitchen Nightmares (9:00) - FOX
3.152 million viewers, #10; 1.575 million adults 18-49 (1.24 rating), #7

Kitchen Nightmares (8:00) - FOX
2.838 million viewers, #11; 1.279 million adults 18-49 (1.01 rating), #11

NBA Playoffs: Bulls at Wizards - ESPN
2.783 million viewers, #12; 1.434 million adults 18-49 (1.13 rating), #9

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
2.670 million viewers, #13; 1.004 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #14

Hannibal (10:00) - NBC
2.448 million viewers, #14; 1.110 million adults 18-49 (0.87 rating), #13

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:00) - CW
1.474 million viewers, #15; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #17

NBA Playoffs: Raptors at Nets - ESPN2
1.264 million viewers, #16; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #16

Sons of Guns (9:00) - Discovery
1.168 million viewers, #17; 0.690 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #15

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.093 million viewers, #18; 0.287 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #28

Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows Best (9:30) - TLC
1.043 million viewers, #19; 0.366 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #21

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) - TLC
1.035 million viewers, #20; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #26

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
1.024 million viewers, #21; 0.324 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #25

I Found the Gown (10:30) - TLC
0.990 million viewers, #22; 0.365 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #22

Hart of Dixie (9:00) - CW
0.750 million viewers, #23; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #23

Continuum (10:00) - Syfy
0.750 million viewers, #24; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #24

Nightmare Next Door (10:00) - ID
0.740 million viewers, #25; 0.275 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #29

Mountain Monsters (10:00) - DA
0.672 million viewers, #26; 0.289 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #27

NHL Playoffs: Blackhawks at Blues - NBCSN
0.662 million viewers, #27; 0.369 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #20

NBA Pre-Game - ESPN
0.633 million viewers, #28; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #19

Boss Hog (10:00) - Discovery
0.606 million viewers, #29; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #18

House Hunters (10:00)* - HGTV
0.593 million viewers, #30; 0.119 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #37

House Hunters Off the Grid (10:30)* - HGTV
0.593 million viewers, #31; 0.119 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #38

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (10:00)* - Food
0.552 million viewers, #32; 0.236 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #32

Fashion Police (9:00) - E!
0.544 million viewers, #33; 0.264 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #30

Tanked (10:00)* - Animal Planet
0.480 million viewers, #34; 0.168 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #35

Hello Ross (10:00)* - E!
0.412 million viewers, #35; 0.209 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #33

Marriage Boot Camp (9:00) - WE tv
0.386 million viewers, #36; 0.239 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #31

Relative Insanity (10:00) - Lifetime
0.381 million viewers, #37; 0.177 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #34

Showdown of the Unbeatables (9:00)* - NGC
0.286 million viewers, #38; 0.105 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #39

Diggers (10:00)* - NGC
0.286 million viewers, #39; 0.105 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #40

NHL Playoffs: Rangers at Flyers* - CNBC
0.263 million viewers, #40; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #36

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (8:00)* - Showtime
0.155 million viewers, #41; 0.082 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #41

The Writers' Room (9:00)* - Sundance
0.066 million viewers, #42; 0.025 million adults 18-49 (0.02 rating), #42

[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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