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[05/29/14 - 10:09 AM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "America's Got Talent" Return Tops Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, may 27, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 48 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

America's Got Talent (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
12.001 million viewers, #1; 3.784 million adults 18-49 (2.98 rating), #1

The Night Shift (10:00) - NBC
7.669 million viewers, #2; 2.008 million adults 18-49 (1.58 rating), #3

NBA Playoffs: Spurs at Thunder - TNT
6.420 million viewers, #3; 3.345 million adults 18-49 (2.63 rating), #2

Extreme Weight Loss (8:00, 120 Minutes) - ABC
4.019 million viewers, #4; 1.634 million adults 18-49 (1.29 rating), #4

Celebrity Wife Swap (10:00) - ABC
3.863 million viewers, #5; 1.510 million adults 18-49 (1.19 rating), #5

The Haves and the Have Nots (9:00) - OWN
3.113 million viewers, #6; 1.285 million adults 18-49 (1.01 rating), #7

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
2.922 million viewers, #7; 1.422 million adults 18-49 (1.12 rating), #6

The World Wars (9:00) - History
2.824 million viewers, #8; 0.967 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #11

19 Kids & Counting (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.789 million viewers, #9; 1.269 million adults 18-49 (1.00 rating), #8

The Little Couple (10:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.527 million viewers, #10; 0.951 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #12

Alaskan Bush People (10:00) - Discovery
2.451 million viewers, #11; 1.043 million adults 18-49 (0.82 rating), #9

Deadliest Catch: The Bait (8:00) - Discovery
1.808 million viewers, #12; 0.725 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #16

NBA Pre-Game - TNT
1.697 million viewers, #13; 0.791 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #13

NHL Playoffs: Rangers at Canadiens - NBCSN
1.693 million viewers, #14; 0.777 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #14

Fargo (10:00) - FX
1.515 million viewers, #15; 0.587 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #22

Riot (8:00) - FOX
1.357 million viewers, #16; 0.714 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #17

Flip or Flop (9:00) - HGTV
1.318 million viewers, #17; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #25

Tosh.0 (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.253 million viewers, #18; 0.991 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #10

Bad Girls Club (8:00) - Oxygen
1.220 million viewers, #19; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #15

Awkward (10:00) - MTV
1.191 million viewers, #20; 0.713 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #18

Real Housewives of New York City (9:00) - Bravo
1.167 million viewers, #21; 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #24

I Wanna Marry 'Harry' (9:00) - FOX
1.140 million viewers, #22; 0.538 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #26

True Tori (10:00) - Lifetime
1.105 million viewers, #23; 0.644 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #20

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.074 million viewers, #24; 0.478 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #27

Faking It (10:30) - MTV
0.952 million viewers, #25; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #23

MLB Regular Season (7:00) - ESPN
0.903 million viewers, #26; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #30

Inside Amy Schumer (10:30) - Comedy Central
0.887 million viewers, #27; 0.706 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #19

Playing House (10:00) - USA
0.859 million viewers, #28; 0.592 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #21

Sinister Ministers: Collared (10:00) - ID
0.827 million viewers, #29; 0.325 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #33

Little Women: LA (9:00) - Lifetime
0.817 million viewers, #30; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #29

The People's Couch (10:00)* - Bravo
0.712 million viewers, #31; 0.345 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #32

Secret Lives of Stepford Wives (8:00)* - ID
0.699 million viewers, #32; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #35

Secret Lives of Stepford Wives (8:30)* - ID
0.699 million viewers, #33; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #36

Tattoos After Dark (10:00)* - Oxygen
0.693 million viewers, #34; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #28

Heroes of Cosplay (9:00) - Syfy
0.584 million viewers, #35; 0.368 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #31

The Wil Wheaton Project (10:00)* - Syfy
0.535 million viewers, #36; 0.302 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #34

Top 20 Funniest (10:00)* - truTV
0.510 million viewers, #37; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #39

Comic View (10:00)* - BET
0.477 million viewers, #38; 0.228 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #38

World's Strangest (8:00)* - Science
0.430 million viewers, #39; 0.143 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #41

Alien Encounters (10:00)* - Science
0.430 million viewers, #40; 0.143 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #42

Giuliana & Bill (8:00)* - E!
0.414 million viewers, #41; 0.253 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #37

Minute to Win It (8:00)* - GSN
0.317 million viewers, #42; 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #46

Freakshow (10:00, 60 Minutes)* - AMC
0.288 million viewers, #43; 0.169 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #40

American Ninja Warrior (8:00, 120 Minutes)* - Esquire
0.242 million viewers, #44; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #43

Boundless (10:00)* - Esquire
0.242 million viewers, #45; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #44

Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (10:00)* - BBCA
0.163 million viewers, #46; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #45

Bad Sex (10:00)* - Logo
0.041 million viewers, #47; 0.017 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #47

The Pecos League (9:30)* - FS1
0.014 million viewers, #48; 0.005 million adults 18-49 (0.00 rating), #48

[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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