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[10/31/13 - 02:56 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: World Series Finale Overshadows Competition
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, october 30, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 40 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

World Series, Game 6 - FOX
19.178 million viewers, #1; 7.249 million adults 18-49 (5.71 rating), #1

Criminal Minds (9:00) - CBS
10.642 million viewers, #2; 3.045 million adults 18-49 (2.40 rating), #2

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (10:00) - CBS
9.495 million viewers, #3; 2.180 million adults 18-49 (1.72 rating), #7

Survivor: Blood vs. Water (8:00) - CBS
9.002 million viewers, #4; 2.975 million adults 18-49 (2.34 rating), #3

The Middle (8:00) - ABC
8.028 million viewers, #5; 2.738 million adults 18-49 (2.16 rating), #4

Back in the Game (8:30) - ABC
6.110 million viewers, #6; 2.179 million adults 18-49 (1.72 rating), #8

World Series, Game 6 Pre-Game - FOX
5.551 million viewers, #7; 1.895 million adults 18-49 (1.49 rating), #9

Nashville (10:00) - ABC
5.249 million viewers, #8; 1.761 million adults 18-49 (1.39 rating), #10

Super Fun Night (9:30) - ABC
5.166 million viewers, #9; 2.194 million adults 18-49 (1.73 rating), #6

Revolution (8:00) - NBC
4.873 million viewers, #10; 1.718 million adults 18-49 (1.35 rating), #11

American Horror Story: Coven (10:00) - FX
3.714 million viewers, #11; 2.550 million adults 18-49 (2.01 rating), #5

American Pickers (9:00) - History
2.698 million viewers, #12; 0.791 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #16

Arrow (8:00) - CW
2.367 million viewers, #13; 0.955 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #13

South Park (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.890 million viewers, #14; 1.327 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #12

The Tomorrow People (9:00) - CW
1.717 million viewers, #15; 0.725 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #19

Extreme Cheapskates (9:30) - TLC
1.598 million viewers, #16; 0.880 million adults 18-49 (0.69 rating), #14

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.548 million viewers, #17; 0.465 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #24

Property Brothers (9:00) - HGTV
1.519 million viewers, #18; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #26

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.454 million viewers, #19; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #27

Ghost Hunters (9:00) - Syfy
1.414 million viewers, #20; 0.769 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #17

WWE Main Event (8:00) - ION
1.372 million viewers, #21; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #22

Extreme Cheapskates (9:00) - TLC
1.333 million viewers, #22; 0.742 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #18

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.228 million viewers, #23; 0.461 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #25

Key & Peele (10:30) - Comedy Central
1.200 million viewers, #24; 0.861 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #15

Ghost Mine (10:00) - Syfy
1.169 million viewers, #25; 0.614 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #20

Hoarding: Buried Alive (10:00) - TLC
1.054 million viewers, #26; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #28

Preachers of LA (10:00) - Oxygen
1.012 million viewers, #27; 0.556 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #21

Top Chef (10:00) - Bravo
1.003 million viewers, #28; 0.500 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #23

For Better or Worse (9:30) - OWN
0.864 million viewers, #29; 0.356 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #34

For Better or Worse (9:00) - OWN
0.857 million viewers, #30; 0.352 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #35

South Beach Tow (10:00) - truTV
0.854 million viewers, #31; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #29

Restaurant Stakeout (9:00) - Food
0.848 million viewers, #32; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #30

Surviving Evil (10:00) - ID
0.779 million viewers, #33; 0.395 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #31

Girl Code (10:00) - MTV
0.641 million viewers, #34; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #33

NBA Regular Season: Nets at Cavaliers - NBA TV
0.595 million viewers, #35; 0.388 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #32

NHL Regular Season: Boston at Pittsburgh - NBCSN
0.591 million viewers, #36; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #40

NBA Coast to Coast - ESPN
0.542 million viewers, #37; 0.336 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #37

The Ultimate Fighter (10:00) - FS1
0.452 million viewers, #38; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #38

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (10:00) - FXX
0.427 million viewers, #39; 0.342 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #36

The League (10:30) - FXX
0.363 million viewers, #40; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #39

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Annoying Orange (8:00), The Soup (10:00), The Soup Investigates (10:30), American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards 2013, Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life (10:30), Inside the NFL were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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