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[05/28/13 - 04:52 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: TNT Wins Big with NBA Playoffs
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, may 24, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Indiana/Miami - Game 2 - TNT
6.975 million viewers, #1; 3.780 million adults 18-49 (3.0 rating), #1

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.465 million viewers, #2; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

Sons of Guns (9:00) - Discovery
1.737 million viewers, #3; 1.001 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Merlin - Syfy
1.363 million viewers, #4; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #5

Mystery Diners (10:00) - Food
1.216 million viewers, #5; 0.551 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #4

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
0.921 million viewers, #6; 0.306 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #6

River Monsters: Top 10 Special (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.687 million viewers, #7; 0.205 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #9

River Monsters: Unhooked (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.673 million viewers, #8; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #8

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.604 million viewers, #9; 0.296 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #7

Invasion of the Mutant Pigs (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.597 million viewers, #10; 0.121 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #12

Best Week Ever - VH1
0.285 million viewers, #11; 0.183 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #10

A-List Listings (9:30) - E!
0.257 million viewers, #12; 0.143 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #11

The Jenny McCarthy Show - VH1
0.170 million viewers, #13; 0.101 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #13

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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