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[05/13/14 - 11:33 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NASCAR, NBA Playoffs Claim Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, may 10, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing - FOX
5.755 million viewers, #1; 1.605 million adults 18-49 (1.26 rating), #3

NBA Playoffs: Heat at Nets - ABC
5.590 million viewers, #2; 2.595 million adults 18-49 (2.04 rating), #1

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.020 million viewers, #3; 1.150 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #4

Dateline NBC (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
3.920 million viewers, #4; 0.892 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #7

NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing Pre-Race - FOX
3.536 million viewers, #5; 1.014 million adults 18-49 (0.80 rating), #6

Kia NBA Countdown - ABC
3.203 million viewers, #6; 1.084 million adults 18-49 (0.85 rating), #5

NBA Playoffs: Spurs at Trail Blazers - ESPN
3.150 million viewers, #7; 1.611 million adults 18-49 (1.27 rating), #2

NHL Playoffs: Canadiens at Bruins - NBCSN
1.637 million viewers, #8; 0.846 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #8

House Hunters Renovation (10:00) - HGTV
1.502 million viewers, #9; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #13

Mom's Day Away (8:00) - Hallmark
1.409 million viewers, #10; 0.270 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #19

The Good Sister (8:00) - Lifetime
1.335 million viewers, #11; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #9

OMG EMT! (10:00) - TLC
1.050 million viewers, #12; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #14

Sex Sent Me to the ER (9:00)* - TLC
0.929 million viewers, #13; 0.262 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #22

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.766 million viewers, #14; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #11

My Cat from Hell (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.729 million viewers, #15; 0.308 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #16

NHL Playoffs: Ducks at Kings - NBCSN
0.715 million viewers, #16; 0.424 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #12

Timber Kings (10:00) - Discovery
0.690 million viewers, #17; 0.299 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #18

How (Not) to Kill Your Husband (10:00) - ID
0.673 million viewers, #18; 0.264 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #20

UFC Fight Night - FS1
0.655 million viewers, #19; 0.435 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #10

Iyanla: Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.625 million viewers, #20; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #15

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00) - Science
0.511 million viewers, #21; 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #21

Orphan Black (9:00) - BBCA
0.484 million viewers, #22; 0.306 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #17

America's Book of Secrets (10:00)* - H2
0.379 million viewers, #23; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #25

Love in the City (10:00)* - OWN
0.367 million viewers, #24; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #23

In the Flesh (10:00)* - BBCA
0.269 million viewers, #25; 0.149 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #24

Da Vinci's Demons (9:00)* - Starz
0.208 million viewers, #26; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #26

[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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