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[06/09/14 - 03:02 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Newsmagazines Claim Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, june 6, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
6.272 million viewers, #1; 1.936 million adults 18-49 (1.52 rating), #1

Dateline NBC (9:00) - NBC
5.753 million viewers, #2; 1.527 million adults 18-49 (1.20 rating), #3

Brian Williams Reporting: Journey to Normandy (8:00) - NBC
5.522 million viewers, #3; 1.089 million adults 18-49 (0.86 rating), #5

Primetime: What Would You Do? (9:00) - ABC
4.552 million viewers, #4; 1.734 million adults 18-49 (1.37 rating), #2

Crossbones (10:00) - NBC
3.641 million viewers, #5; 1.144 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #4

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
2.782 million viewers, #6; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.77 rating), #6

D-Day in HD, Part 1 (9:00) - History
2.216 million viewers, #7; 0.599 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #7

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.299 million viewers, #8; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #9

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.263 million viewers, #9; 0.361 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #10

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (10:00) - Food
1.072 million viewers, #10; 0.576 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #8

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
1.071 million viewers, #11; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #14

Nightmare Next Door (10:00) - ID
0.930 million viewers, #12; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #16

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
0.924 million viewers, #13; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #15

Treehouse Masters (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.898 million viewers, #14; 0.266 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #18

Continuum (10:00) - Syfy
0.800 million viewers, #15; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #12

Bellator MMA Live (9:00) - Spike TV
0.668 million viewers, #16; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #13

Marriage Boot Camp (9:00) - WE tv
0.654 million viewers, #17; 0.360 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #11

Fashion Police (9:00) - E!
0.651 million viewers, #18; 0.252 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #19

Chrome Underground (10:00) - Discovery
0.583 million viewers, #19; 0.272 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #17

No Limits (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.532 million viewers, #20; 0.191 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #21

No Limits (8:30)* - Animal Planet
0.532 million viewers, #21; 0.191 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #22

Mystery Millionaire (10:00)* - WE tv
0.426 million viewers, #22; 0.207 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #20

Diggers (9:00)* - NGC
0.390 million viewers, #23; 0.131 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #23

Ice Holes (10:00)* - NGC
0.390 million viewers, #24; 0.131 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #24

Ice Holes (10:30)* - NGC
0.390 million viewers, #25; 0.131 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #25

Mountain Monsters (10:00)* - DA
0.278 million viewers, #26; 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #27

Where the Wild Men Are (10:00)* - Science
0.237 million viewers, #27; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #26

12 O'Clock Boys (8:00)* - Showtime
0.138 million viewers, #28; 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #28

[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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