select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, may 24, 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:

NBA Playoffs: Pacers at Heat - ESPN
6.818 million viewers, #1; 3.436 million adults 18-49 (2.71 rating), #1

20/20 (9:00) - ABC
3.007 million viewers, #2; 0.796 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #3

NHL Playoffs: Blackhawks at Kings - NBC
2.431 million viewers, #3; 1.053 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #2

Nightline Prime (10:00) - ABC
2.369 million viewers, #4; 0.684 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #5

FOX Saturday Baseball - FOX
1.830 million viewers, #5; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #6

House Hunters Renovation (10:00) - HGTV
1.693 million viewers, #6; 0.421 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #7

NBA Pre-Game - ESPN
1.575 million viewers, #7; 0.782 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #4

OMG EMT! (10:00) - TLC
1.183 million viewers, #8; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #9

Sex Sent Me to the ER (9:00) - TLC
1.104 million viewers, #9; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #8

Happily Never After (9:00) - ID
0.795 million viewers, #10; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #14

UFC Prelims - FS1
0.697 million viewers, #11; 0.382 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #10

How (Not) to Kill Your Husband (10:00) - ID
0.688 million viewers, #12; 0.258 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #13

Iyanla: Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.562 million viewers, #13; 0.226 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #15

Orphan Black (9:00) - BBCA
0.541 million viewers, #14; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #11

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00) - Science
0.482 million viewers, #15; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #12

American Swamp Monsters (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.466 million viewers, #16; 0.161 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #16

Man-Eating Super Squid (9:00)* - Animal Planet
0.466 million viewers, #17; 0.161 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #17

America's Book of Secrets (10:00)* - H2
0.442 million viewers, #18; 0.124 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #20

Love in the City (10:00)* - OWN
0.397 million viewers, #19; 0.151 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #18

In the Flesh (10:00)* - BBCA
0.287 million viewers, #20; 0.147 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #19

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

Source: Nielsen Media Research