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[11/07/13 - 02:56 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "CMA Awards" Tops Viewers, Demos for ABC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, november 6, 2013)

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

The 47th Annual CMA Awards (8:00) - ABC
16.762 million viewers, #1; 5.977 million adults 18-49 (4.71 rating), #1

Criminal Minds (9:00) - CBS
9.698 million viewers, #2; 2.982 million adults 18-49 (2.35 rating), #3

Survivor: Blood vs. Water (8:00) - CBS
9.293 million viewers, #3; 3.185 million adults 18-49 (2.51 rating), #2

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (10:00) - CBS
9.080 million viewers, #4; 2.230 million adults 18-49 (1.76 rating), #5

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9:00) - NBC
5.652 million viewers, #5; 1.951 million adults 18-49 (1.54 rating), #6

Revolution (8:00) - NBC
5.208 million viewers, #6; 1.833 million adults 18-49 (1.44 rating), #9

The X Factor (8:00, 120 Minutes) - FOX
4.544 million viewers, #7; 1.894 million adults 18-49 (1.49 rating), #7

Dateline NBC (10:00) - NBC
4.400 million viewers, #8; 1.355 million adults 18-49 (1.07 rating), #10

American Horror Story: Coven (10:00) - FX
3.799 million viewers, #9; 2.761 million adults 18-49 (2.17 rating), #4

American Pickers (9:00) - History
3.142 million viewers, #10; 0.934 million adults 18-49 (0.74 rating), #15

Arrow (8:00) - CW
2.804 million viewers, #11; 1.280 million adults 18-49 (1.01 rating), #13

South Park (10:00) - Comedy Central
2.393 million viewers, #12; 1.854 million adults 18-49 (1.46 rating), #8

NBA Regular Season: Mavericks at Thunder - ESPN
2.146 million viewers, #13; 1.283 million adults 18-49 (1.01 rating), #12

NBA Regular Season: Bulls at Pacers - ESPN
1.956 million viewers, #14; 1.124 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #14

Key & Peele (10:30) - Comedy Central
1.720 million viewers, #15; 1.341 million adults 18-49 (1.06 rating), #11

The Tomorrow People (9:00) - CW
1.560 million viewers, #16; 0.722 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #16

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.346 million viewers, #17; 0.434 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #27

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.183 million viewers, #18; 0.473 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #24

Top Chef (10:00) - Bravo
1.157 million viewers, #19; 0.671 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #18

Extreme Cheapskates (9:30) - TLC
1.146 million viewers, #20; 0.689 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #17

Property Brothers (9:00) - HGTV
1.103 million viewers, #21; 0.297 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #34

Paranormal Witness (9:00) - Syfy
1.099 million viewers, #22; 0.636 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #20

Extreme Cheapskates (9:00) - TLC
1.042 million viewers, #23; 0.669 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #19

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.030 million viewers, #24; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #28

WWE Main Event (8:00) - ION
1.028 million viewers, #25; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #31

Preachers of LA (10:00) - Oxygen
1.024 million viewers, #26; 0.611 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #21

Ghost Mine (10:00) - Syfy
0.994 million viewers, #27; 0.556 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #22

For Better or Worse (9:30) - OWN
0.946 million viewers, #28; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #25

Hoarding: Buried Alive (10:00) - TLC
0.941 million viewers, #29; 0.556 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #23

For Better or Worse (9:00) - OWN
0.891 million viewers, #30; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #29

Elder Skelter (10:00) - ID
0.797 million viewers, #31; 0.295 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #35

South Beach Tow (10:00) - truTV
0.788 million viewers, #32; 0.385 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #30

Girl Code (10:00) - MTV
0.715 million viewers, #33; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #26

UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops (7:00) - FS1
0.641 million viewers, #34; 0.334 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #33

The Ultimate Fighter (10:00) - FS1
0.583 million viewers, #35; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #32

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for The Soup (10:00), The Soup Investigates (10:30), College Football: Central Michigan at Ball State, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (10:00), The League (10:30), Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life (10:30), NHL Regular Season: Pittsburgh at NY Rangers, Inside the NFL, 60 Minutes Sports were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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