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[06/05/14 - 04:40 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Game 1 of Stanley Cup Finals Wins Demo Race
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, june 4, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 39 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Motive (10:00) - ABC
5.392 million viewers, #1; 1.395 million adults 18-49 (1.10 rating), #3

So You Think You Can Dance (8:00, 120 Minutes) - FOX
5.057 million viewers, #2; 1.897 million adults 18-49 (1.49 rating), #2

NHL Stanley Cup Finals, Game 1 (8:00) - NBC
4.777 million viewers, #3; 2.417 million adults 18-49 (1.90 rating), #1

American Pickers (9:00) - History
3.587 million viewers, #4; 0.903 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #7

2014 CMT Music Awards (8:00) - CMT
3.025 million viewers, #5; 1.337 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #4

Party Down South Preview (10:42) - CMT
2.224 million viewers, #6; 1.101 million adults 18-49 (0.87 rating), #6

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.591 million viewers, #7; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #24

Dual Survival (9:00) - Discovery
1.584 million viewers, #8; 0.850 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #8

The 100 (9:00) - CW
1.583 million viewers, #9; 0.747 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #10

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.570 million viewers, #10; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #19

Catfish: The TV Show (10:00) - MTV
1.562 million viewers, #11; 1.115 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #5

Deal with It (10:30) - TBS
1.283 million viewers, #12; 0.799 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #9

Hardcore Pawn (10:00) - truTV
1.256 million viewers, #13; 0.552 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #14

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.201 million viewers, #14; 0.458 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #20

Million Dollar Listing: New York (9:00) - Bravo
1.154 million viewers, #15; 0.582 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #12

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.110 million viewers, #16; 0.469 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #18

Restaurant Stakeout (9:00) - Food
1.052 million viewers, #17; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #23

For Better or Worse (9:00) - OWN
1.042 million viewers, #18; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #21

Kodiak (10:00) - Discovery
0.997 million viewers, #19; 0.535 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #15

Dead of Night (9:00) - ID
0.979 million viewers, #20; 0.345 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #27

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - Fam
0.977 million viewers, #21; 0.595 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #11

Marrying the Game (10:30) - VH1
0.939 million viewers, #22; 0.572 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #13

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.905 million viewers, #23; 0.504 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #16

Most Infamous (10:00)* - ID
0.895 million viewers, #24; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #29

Jennifer Falls (10:30) - TV Land
0.890 million viewers, #25; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #26

Untying the Knot (10:00) - Bravo
0.845 million viewers, #26; 0.352 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #25

La La's Full Court Life (10:00) - VH1
0.790 million viewers, #27; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #22

Baby Daddy (8:30) - Fam
0.787 million viewers, #28; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #17

Hot in Cleveland (10:00)* - TV Land
0.624 million viewers, #29; 0.279 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #30

D-Day Sacrifice (9:00, 120 Minutes)* - NGC
0.525 million viewers, #30; 0.115 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #32

The Ultimate Fighter (10:00) - FS1
0.497 million viewers, #31; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #28

The Soup (10:00)* - E!
0.358 million viewers, #32; 0.207 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #31

Trip Flip (9:00)* - Travel
0.346 million viewers, #33; 0.093 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #35

Baggage Battles (10:00)* - Travel
0.346 million viewers, #34; 0.093 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #36

Through the Wormhole (10:00)* - Science
0.305 million viewers, #35; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #33

Unusually Thicke (10:00)* - TVGN
0.198 million viewers, #36; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #37

R&B Divas: Atlanta (10:00)* - TV One
0.180 million viewers, #37; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #34

60 Minutes Sports (9:00)* - Showtime
0.061 million viewers, #38; 0.021 million adults 18-49 (0.02 rating), #38

Lucky Bastards (10:00)* - Esquire
0.029 million viewers, #39; 0.011 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #39

[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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