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[10/04/13 - 02:49 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Big Bang," "Scandal" Top Demo Race
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, october 3, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 33 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Big Bang Theory (8:00) - CBS
18.216 million viewers, #1; 6.584 million adults 18-49 (5.19 rating), #1

The Millers (8:30) - CBS
13.093 million viewers, #2; 4.186 million adults 18-49 (3.30 rating), #3

The Crazy Ones (9:00) - CBS
11.709 million viewers, #3; 3.665 million adults 18-49 (2.89 rating), #5

Scandal (10:00) - ABC
10.517 million viewers, #4; 4.607 million adults 18-49 (3.63 rating), #2

Grey's Anatomy (9:00) - ABC
9.602 million viewers, #5; 3.913 million adults 18-49 (3.08 rating), #4

Elementary (10:00) - CBS
9.379 million viewers, #6; 2.523 million adults 18-49 (1.99 rating), #9

Two and a Half Men (9:30) - CBS
9.340 million viewers, #7; 3.029 million adults 18-49 (2.39 rating), #7

The X Factor (8:00) - FOX
7.126 million viewers, #8; 2.584 million adults 18-49 (2.04 rating), #8

Thursday Night Football - NFLN
6.866 million viewers, #9; 3.585 million adults 18-49 (2.82 rating), #6

Scandal: The Secret Is Out (8:00) - ABC
5.753 million viewers, #10; 2.057 million adults 18-49 (1.62 rating), #12

The Michael J. Fox Show (9:30) - NBC
5.347 million viewers, #11; 2.208 million adults 18-49 (1.74 rating), #10

Sean Saves the World (9:00) - NBC
4.428 million viewers, #12; 1.818 million adults 18-49 (1.43 rating), #14

Glee (9:00) - FOX
4.417 million viewers, #13; 2.068 million adults 18-49 (1.63 rating), #11

Parenthood (10:00) - NBC
4.168 million viewers, #14; 1.933 million adults 18-49 (1.52 rating), #13

MLB Division Series: Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves - TBS
3.531 million viewers, #15; 1.354 million adults 18-49 (1.07 rating), #18

Parks & Recreation (8:00) - NBC
3.142 million viewers, #16; 1.551 million adults 18-49 (1.22 rating), #15

Welcome to the Family (8:30) - NBC
2.985 million viewers, #17; 1.402 million adults 18-49 (1.10 rating), #17

Thursday Night Football Pre-Kick - NFLN
2.635 million viewers, #18; 1.331 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #19

MLB Division Series: Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals - TBS
2.599 million viewers, #19; 0.866 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #22

The Vampire Diaries (8:00) - CW
2.588 million viewers, #20; 1.547 million adults 18-49 (1.22 rating), #16

College Football: Texas at Iowa State - ESPN
2.401 million viewers, #21; 1.011 million adults 18-49 (0.80 rating), #21

The Originals (9:00) - CW
2.208 million viewers, #22; 1.236 million adults 18-49 (0.97 rating), #20

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.038 million viewers, #23; 0.809 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #23

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.353 million viewers, #24; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #28

The First 48 (9:00) - A&E
1.268 million viewers, #25; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #25

Beyond Scared Straight (10:00) - A&E
1.154 million viewers, #26; 0.661 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #24

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.143 million viewers, #27; 0.311 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #31

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
1.126 million viewers, #28; 0.450 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #26

North Woods Law (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.853 million viewers, #29; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #32

Tamar & Vince (9:00) - WE tv
0.782 million viewers, #30; 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #27

Man, Cheetah, Wild - Discovery
0.778 million viewers, #31; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #29

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
0.662 million viewers, #32; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #30

College Football: UCLA at Utah - FS1
0.596 million viewers, #33; 0.298 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #33

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Wolfblood (8:00), Society X with Laura Ling (10:00), Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell (10:00), NHL Regular Season: Los Angeles at Minnesota, Deadtime Stories (8:00), Deadtime Stories (8:30), Ben 10: Omniverse (8:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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