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[06/18/14 - 03:07 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "America's Got Talent" Claims Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, june 17, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 50 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
11.424 million viewers, #1; 3.338 million adults 18-49 (2.63 rating), #1

The Night Shift (10:00) - NBC
6.250 million viewers, #2; 1.704 million adults 18-49 (1.34 rating), #2

Rizzoli & Isles (9:00) - TNT
5.811 million viewers, #3; 1.287 million adults 18-49 (1.01 rating), #4

Perception (10:00) - TNT
3.074 million viewers, #4; 0.862 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #9

The Little Couple (10:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
3.060 million viewers, #5; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.77 rating), #8

Extreme Weight Loss (8:00, 120 Minutes) - ABC
3.058 million viewers, #6; 1.073 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #7

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
3.016 million viewers, #7; 1.301 million adults 18-49 (1.03 rating), #3

The Haves and the Have Nots (9:00) - OWN
2.761 million viewers, #8; 1.185 million adults 18-49 (0.93 rating), #5

Pretty Little Liars (8:00) - ABC Family
2.160 million viewers, #9; 1.152 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #6

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
2.023 million viewers, #10; 0.708 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #14

Fargo (10:00) - FX
1.980 million viewers, #11; 0.773 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #11

Royal Pains (9:00) - USA
1.902 million viewers, #12; 0.684 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #15

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.829 million viewers, #13; 0.638 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #23

Deadliest Catch: The Bait (8:00) - Discovery
1.730 million viewers, #14; 0.672 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #18

Flip or Flop (9:00) - HGTV
1.703 million viewers, #15; 0.746 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #13

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.593 million viewers, #16; 0.501 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #25

Shipping Wars (10:30) - A&E
1.540 million viewers, #17; 0.786 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #10

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.537 million viewers, #18; 0.435 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #29

Shipping Wars (10:00) - A&E
1.490 million viewers, #19; 0.680 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #17

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.429 million viewers, #20; 0.643 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #20

Top Gear (9:00) - History
1.267 million viewers, #21; 0.754 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #12

Awkward (10:30) - MTV
1.220 million viewers, #22; 0.681 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #16

Little Women: LA (9:00) - Lifetime
1.181 million viewers, #23; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #24

Swamp Murders (9:00) - ID
1.142 million viewers, #24; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #31

Awkward (10:00) - MTV
1.130 million viewers, #25; 0.650 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #19

Chasing Life (9:00) - ABC Family
1.106 million viewers, #26; 0.640 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #21

Bad Girls Club (8:00) - Oxygen
1.076 million viewers, #27; 0.640 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #22

Nick News (8:00)* - Nickelodeon
1.057 million viewers, #28; 0.307 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #35

Siberian Cut (10:00) - Discovery
1.023 million viewers, #29; 0.438 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #28

Real Housewives of New York City (10:00) - Bravo
1.011 million viewers, #30; 0.466 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #27

Cry Wolfe (10:30) - ID
0.958 million viewers, #31; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #34

Cry Wolfe (10:00) - ID
0.938 million viewers, #32; 0.352 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #33

Playing House (10:00) - USA
0.846 million viewers, #33; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #26

Tattoos After Dark (9:00)* - Oxygen
0.666 million viewers, #34; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #32

Playing House (10:30) - USA
0.648 million viewers, #35; 0.427 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #30

Top 20 Funniest (10:00)* - truTV
0.636 million viewers, #36; 0.259 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #39

The People's Couch (9:00, 60 Minutes)* - Bravo
0.596 million viewers, #37; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #37

Famous in 12 (8:00) - CW
0.490 million viewers, #38; 0.218 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #40

I Love the 2000s (10:00) - VH1
0.427 million viewers, #39; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #36

I Love the 2000s (9:00)* - VH1
0.412 million viewers, #40; 0.277 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #38

The Wil Wheaton Project (9:00)* - Syfy
0.399 million viewers, #41; 0.205 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #41

Heroes of Cosplay (10:00)* - Syfy
0.399 million viewers, #42; 0.205 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #42

Secret Lives of the Super Rich (10:00)* - CNBC
0.381 million viewers, #43; 0.132 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #43

Degrassi: The Next Generation (9:00)* - TeenNick
0.364 million viewers, #44; 0.117 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #45

101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown (9:00)* - Travel
0.274 million viewers, #45; 0.126 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #44

World's Strangest (8:00)* - Science
0.271 million viewers, #46; 0.102 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #46

Alien Encounters (10:00)* - Science
0.271 million viewers, #47; 0.102 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #47

Boundless (10:00)* - Esquire
0.065 million viewers, #48; 0.049 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #48

Back of the Shop (8:30)* - FS1
0.024 million viewers, #49; 0.006 million adults 18-49 (0.00 rating), #49

The Pecos League (9:30)* - FS1
0.024 million viewers, #50; 0.006 million adults 18-49 (0.00 rating), #50

[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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