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[06/23/14 - 05:22 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Newsmagazines Once Again Take Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, june 20, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Dateline NBC (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
6.021 million viewers, #1; 1.323 million adults 18-49 (1.04 rating), #2

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
5.000 million viewers, #2; 1.335 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #1

Primetime: What Would You Do? (9:00) - ABC
3.820 million viewers, #3; 1.258 million adults 18-49 (0.99 rating), #3

Crossbones (10:00) - NBC
2.955 million viewers, #4; 0.801 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #5

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
2.762 million viewers, #5; 1.004 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #4

Dog with a Blog (8:30) - Disney
2.524 million viewers, #6; 0.530 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #8

Jessie (8:00) - Disney
2.453 million viewers, #7; 0.458 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #12

Phineas & Ferb (9:00, 55 Minutes) - Disney
2.332 million viewers, #8; 0.573 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #7

Cold Justice (9:00) - TNT
1.711 million viewers, #9; 0.493 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #10

College World Series (8:00) - ESPN
1.603 million viewers, #10; 0.758 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #6

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.301 million viewers, #11; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #9

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.192 million viewers, #12; 0.485 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #11

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
1.089 million viewers, #13; 0.415 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #15

The Pool Master (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.025 million viewers, #14; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #16

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.018 million viewers, #15; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #19

Treehouse Masters (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.996 million viewers, #16; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #14

Continuum (10:00) - Syfy
0.928 million viewers, #17; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #18

Nightmare Next Door (10:00) - ID
0.892 million viewers, #18; 0.266 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #23

Marriage Boot Camp (9:00) - WE tv
0.808 million viewers, #19; 0.458 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #13

Fashion Police (9:00) - E!
0.658 million viewers, #20; 0.279 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #21

Mystery Millionaire (10:00)* - WE tv
0.536 million viewers, #21; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #20

Live from the Red Carpet: Dragon Alley (8:00)* - E!
0.485 million viewers, #22; 0.202 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #25

I Love the 2000s (10:00) - VH1
0.485 million viewers, #23; 0.359 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #17

Funniest Wins (10:00) - TBS
0.475 million viewers, #24; 0.270 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #22

Monumental Mysteries (9:00)* - Travel
0.426 million viewers, #25; 0.149 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #26

Ancient Aliens (10:00)* - H2
0.361 million viewers, #26; 0.108 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #27

I Love the 2000s (9:00)* - VH1
0.319 million viewers, #27; 0.231 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #24

Mountain Monsters (10:00)* - DA
0.272 million viewers, #28; 0.087 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #28

Science of Stupid (9:00)* - NGC
0.239 million viewers, #29; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #29

Science of Stupid (9:30)* - NGC
0.239 million viewers, #30; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #30

Ice Holes (10:00)* - NGC
0.239 million viewers, #31; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #31

Ice Holes (10:30)* - NGC
0.239 million viewers, #32; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #32

[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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