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[06/13/14 - 05:22 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NBA Finals Claims Top Spot
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, june 12, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 40 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Finals, Game 4 (9:00) - ABC
14.964 million viewers, #1; 7.602 million adults 18-49 (5.99 rating), #1

Kia NBA Countdown (8:31) - ABC
4.984 million viewers, #2; 2.167 million adults 18-49 (1.71 rating), #2

Hell's Kitchen (8:00) - FOX
4.879 million viewers, #3; 2.046 million adults 18-49 (1.61 rating), #3

Hollywood Game Night (8:00) - NBC
4.247 million viewers, #4; 1.302 million adults 18-49 (1.03 rating), #5

Last Comic Standing (10:00) - NBC
4.116 million viewers, #5; 1.512 million adults 18-49 (1.19 rating), #4

Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night (8:00) - ABC
3.582 million viewers, #6; 1.275 million adults 18-49 (1.00 rating), #6

Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
3.457 million viewers, #7; 1.147 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #9

Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
3.296 million viewers, #8; 1.143 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #10

Undateable (9:00) - NBC
3.216 million viewers, #9; 1.205 million adults 18-49 (0.95 rating), #7

Undateable (9:30) - NBC
2.966 million viewers, #10; 1.187 million adults 18-49 (0.93 rating), #8

Gang Related (9:00) - FOX
2.698 million viewers, #11; 0.984 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #11

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.517 million viewers, #12; 0.859 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #13

American Restoration (10:30) - History
2.149 million viewers, #13; 0.722 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #15

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.902 million viewers, #14; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #19

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.821 million viewers, #15; 0.395 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #23

Fixer Upper (9:00) - HGTV
1.486 million viewers, #16; 0.436 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #20

Life Below Zero (9:00) - NGC
1.346 million viewers, #17; 0.507 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #17

Impractical Jokers (9:30) - truTV
1.312 million viewers, #18; 0.758 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #14

The Carbonaro Effect (10:00) - truTV
1.161 million viewers, #19; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #16

The Challenge: Free Agents (10:00) - MTV
1.139 million viewers, #20; 0.866 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #12

Chopped Canada (9:00) - Food
1.025 million viewers, #21; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #21

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
1.005 million viewers, #22; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #22

Instant Mom (8:00) - Nickelodeon
0.981 million viewers, #23; 0.271 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #26

The Savage Line (10:00)* - NGC
0.828 million viewers, #24; 0.281 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #25

LA Hair (9:00) - WE tv
0.757 million viewers, #25; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #24

North Woods Law (9:00)* - Animal Planet
0.701 million viewers, #26; 0.183 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #29

Blood Relatives (8:00)* - ID
0.675 million viewers, #27; 0.232 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #27

ID Films: O.J. Trial of the Century (9:00, 120 Minutes)* - ID
0.675 million viewers, #28; 0.232 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #28

The Sixties (9:00)* - CNN
0.637 million viewers, #29; 0.144 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #30

Party Down South (10:00) - CMT
0.607 million viewers, #30; 0.444 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #18

The American Bible Challenge (8:00)* - GSN
0.447 million viewers, #31; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #31

It Takes a Church (9:00)* - GSN
0.447 million viewers, #32; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #32

How It's Made (9:00)* - Science
0.276 million viewers, #33; 0.075 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #36

How Do They Do It? (9:30)* - Science
0.276 million viewers, #34; 0.075 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #37

Our America with Lisa Ling (10:00)* - OWN
0.273 million viewers, #35; 0.088 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #35

Food Factory (9:00, 60 Minutes)* - Bio
0.184 million viewers, #36; 0.054 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #38

Maron (10:00)* - IFC
0.169 million viewers, #37; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #33

Comedy Bang! Bang! (10:30)* - IFC
0.169 million viewers, #38; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #34

The Rickey Smiley Show (10:00)* - TV One
0.135 million viewers, #39; 0.047 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #39

Junk Gypsies (9:00)* - GAC
0.079 million viewers, #40; 0.046 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #40

[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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