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[07/07/14 - 02:54 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Rookie Blue," "Big Brother" Top Originals
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, july 3, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Rookie Blue (9:00) - ABC
5.235 million viewers, #1; 0.970 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #4

Big Brother 16 (9:00) - CBS
4.827 million viewers, #2; 2.016 million adults 18-49 (1.59 rating), #1

NY Med (10:00) - ABC
4.729 million viewers, #3; 0.925 million adults 18-49 (0.73 rating), #6

Hell's Kitchen (8:00) - FOX
4.302 million viewers, #4; 1.710 million adults 18-49 (1.35 rating), #2

Black Box (8:00) - ABC
3.720 million viewers, #5; 0.710 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #10

Last Comic Standing (10:00) - NBC
3.139 million viewers, #6; 1.343 million adults 18-49 (1.06 rating), #3

Gang Related (9:00) - FOX
2.465 million viewers, #7; 0.929 million adults 18-49 (0.73 rating), #5

Undateable (8:30) - NBC
2.243 million viewers, #8; 0.807 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #9

Undateable (9:00) - NBC
2.069 million viewers, #9; 0.823 million adults 18-49 (0.65 rating), #8

Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
2.044 million viewers, #10; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #16

Undateable (9:30) - NBC
1.993 million viewers, #11; 0.901 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #7

Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
1.985 million viewers, #12; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #13

Dominion (9:00) - Syfy
1.692 million viewers, #13; 0.565 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #14

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.589 million viewers, #14; 0.466 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #20

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.557 million viewers, #15; 0.389 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #23

Fixer Upper (9:00) - HGTV
1.548 million viewers, #16; 0.503 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #17

Defiance (8:00) - Syfy
1.492 million viewers, #17; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #19

The First 48 (9:00) - A&E
1.459 million viewers, #18; 0.651 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #12

Beyond Scared Straight (10:00) - A&E
1.451 million viewers, #19; 0.689 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #11

Life Below Zero (9:00) - NGC
1.420 million viewers, #20; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #22

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
1.325 million viewers, #21; 0.521 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #15

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
1.038 million viewers, #22; 0.501 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #18

The Savage Line (10:00)* - NGC
0.865 million viewers, #23; 0.241 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #26

Chopped Canada (9:00) - Food
0.696 million viewers, #24; 0.271 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #25

Southern Fried Homicide (10:00)* - ID
0.676 million viewers, #25; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #27

LA Hair (9:00) - WE tv
0.667 million viewers, #26; 0.332 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #24

Party Down South (10:00) - CMT
0.575 million viewers, #27; 0.436 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #21

Secret Societies of Hollywood (8:00)* - E!
0.357 million viewers, #28; 0.200 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #28

How It's Made (9:00)* - Science
0.287 million viewers, #29; 0.107 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #30

How Do They Do It? (9:30)* - Science
0.287 million viewers, #30; 0.107 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #31

Our America with Lisa Ling (10:00)* - OWN
0.274 million viewers, #31; 0.111 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #29

Maron (10:00)* - IFC
0.169 million viewers, #32; 0.050 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #33

Comedy Bang! Bang! (10:30)* - IFC
0.169 million viewers, #33; 0.050 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #34

Food Factory (9:00, 60 Minutes)* - FYI
0.138 million viewers, #34; 0.064 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #32

Rectify (9:00)* - Sundance
0.135 million viewers, #35; 0.042 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #35

[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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