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[05/27/14 - 02:34 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "20/20," "What Would You Do?" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, may 23, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
5.999 million viewers, #1; 1.716 million adults 18-49 (1.35 rating), #1

Primetime: What Would You Do? (9:00) - ABC
5.069 million viewers, #2; 1.659 million adults 18-49 (1.31 rating), #2

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
2.580 million viewers, #3; 0.914 million adults 18-49 (0.72 rating), #4

Hannibal (10:00) - NBC
2.353 million viewers, #4; 1.032 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #3

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.287 million viewers, #5; 0.416 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #6

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (10:00) - Food
1.087 million viewers, #6; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #5

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) - TLC
1.000 million viewers, #7; 0.269 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #12

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
0.944 million viewers, #8; 0.311 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #10

I Found the Gown (10:30) - TLC
0.939 million viewers, #9; 0.325 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #9

Continuum (10:00) - Syfy
0.935 million viewers, #10; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #7

Nightmare Next Door (10:00) - ID
0.892 million viewers, #11; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #8

Labyrinth, Part 2 (8:00) - CW
0.763 million viewers, #12; 0.218 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #13

Chrome Underground (10:00) - Discovery
0.745 million viewers, #13; 0.298 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #11

Betty White's Off Their Rockers (8:00)* - Lifetime
0.504 million viewers, #14; 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #14

Betty White's Off Their Rockers (8:30)* - Lifetime
0.504 million viewers, #15; 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #15

Diggers (9:00)* - NGC
0.461 million viewers, #16; 0.160 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #16

Showdown of the Unbeatables (10:00)* - NGC
0.461 million viewers, #17; 0.160 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #17

Where the Wild Men Are (10:00)* - Science
0.339 million viewers, #18; 0.137 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #18

Deep in the Darkness (9:00)* - Chiller
0.221 million viewers, #19; 0.048 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #20

Marriage Boot Camp (9:00)* - WE tv
0.123 million viewers, #20; 0.051 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #19

[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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