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[06/03/14 - 11:09 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Another Week, Another "Game of Thrones" Victory
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, june 1, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 43 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Game of Thrones (9:00) - HBO
7.166 million viewers, #1; 5.014 million adults 18-49 (3.95 rating), #1

The Bachelorette (8:00, 120 Minutes) - ABC
5.024 million viewers, #2; 1.734 million adults 18-49 (1.37 rating), #3

Believe (9:00) - NBC
4.305 million viewers, #3; 1.193 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #6

NHL Playoffs: Kings at Blackhawks - NBCSN
4.137 million viewers, #4; 1.909 million adults 18-49 (1.50 rating), #2

Crisis (10:00) - NBC
3.883 million viewers, #5; 1.069 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #8

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (9:00) - FOX
3.517 million viewers, #6; 1.653 million adults 18-49 (1.30 rating), #4

Mountain Men (9:00, 120 Minutes) - History
3.209 million viewers, #7; 1.051 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #9

Mountain Men: Close Calls (8:00) - History
2.453 million viewers, #8; 0.825 million adults 18-49 (0.65 rating), #15

Real Housewives of Atlanta: Kandi's Wedding (8:00) - Bravo
2.442 million viewers, #9; 1.240 million adults 18-49 (0.98 rating), #5

Return to Amish (9:00, 120 Minutes) - TLC
2.428 million viewers, #10; 0.988 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #11

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
2.142 million viewers, #11; 0.842 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #14

Married to Medicine (9:00) - Bravo
1.873 million viewers, #12; 0.998 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #10

Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
1.794 million viewers, #13; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #16

Silicon Valley (10:00) - HBO
1.742 million viewers, #14; 1.192 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #7

Drop Dead Diva (9:00) - Lifetime
1.691 million viewers, #15; 0.674 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #19

Sunday Night Baseball (8:00) - ESPN
1.687 million viewers, #16; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #21

Real Housewives of New Jersey Preview Special (10:00) - Bravo
1.618 million viewers, #17; 0.848 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #13

Total Divas (9:00) - E!
1.547 million viewers, #18; 0.961 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #12

Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives (9:00, 120 Minutes) - Discovery
1.478 million viewers, #19; 0.670 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #20

Return to Amish: Our Journey So Far (8:00) - TLC
1.447 million viewers, #20; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #27

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.403 million viewers, #21; 0.701 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #17

Guy's Grocery Games (8:00) - Food
1.309 million viewers, #22; 0.526 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #23

Turn (9:00)* - AMC
1.286 million viewers, #23; 0.495 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #26

Wicked Tuna (9:00) - NGC
1.218 million viewers, #24; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #25

Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall (10:00) - ID
1.196 million viewers, #25; 0.381 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #32

Halt & Catch Fire (10:00) - AMC
1.190 million viewers, #26; 0.433 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #30

Enlisted (7:00) - FOX
1.147 million viewers, #27; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #22

Veep (10:30) - HBO
1.061 million viewers, #28; 0.688 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #18

Game of Crowns Preview Special (10:30) - Bravo
0.900 million viewers, #29; 0.475 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #28

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (8:00)* - Hallmark
0.873 million viewers, #30; 0.131 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #42

Hungry Investors (9:00) - Spike TV
0.841 million viewers, #31; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #24

Filthy Riches (10:00)* - NGC
0.748 million viewers, #32; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #33

Men of the Strip (10:00, 120 Minutes)* - E!
0.733 million viewers, #33; 0.450 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #29

Oprah's Master Class (10:00)* - OWN
0.732 million viewers, #34; 0.220 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #35

Penny Dreadful (10:00) - Showtime
0.730 million viewers, #35; 0.413 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #31

Last Seen Alive (9:00) - ID
0.724 million viewers, #36; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #36

Snapped (9:00)* - Oxygen
0.499 million viewers, #37; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #34

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (9:00)* - CNN
0.475 million viewers, #38; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #37

Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man (10:00)* - CNN
0.475 million viewers, #39; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #38

Hotel Secrets & Legends (10:00)* - Travel
0.431 million viewers, #40; 0.124 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #43

Salem (10:00)* - WGN
0.427 million viewers, #41; 0.171 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #39

Nurse Jackie (9:00)* - Showtime
0.378 million viewers, #42; 0.168 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #40

Californication (9:30)* - Showtime
0.378 million viewers, #43; 0.168 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #41

[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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