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[11/19/13 - 11:40 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NFL, "Walking Dead" Continue Their Reign
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, november 17, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 38 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Sunday Night Football - NBC
26.947 million viewers, #1; 12.583 million adults 18-49 (9.91 rating), #1

NFL Football (4:33) - FOX
26.940 million viewers, #2; 11.227 million adults 18-49 (8.84 rating), #2

NFL Post-Game (7:39) - FOX
22.501 million viewers, #3; 10.107 million adults 18-49 (7.96 rating), #3

Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick - NBC
19.924 million viewers, #4; 8.583 million adults 18-49 (6.76 rating), #4

The OT (7:43) - FOX
14.993 million viewers, #5; 6.703 million adults 18-49 (5.28 rating), #6

Football Night in America #3 - NBC
14.017 million viewers, #6; 6.015 million adults 18-49 (4.74 rating), #7

The Walking Dead (9:00) - AMC
12.003 million viewers, #7; 7.678 million adults 18-49 (6.05 rating), #5

60 Minutes (7:00) - CBS
11.861 million viewers, #8; 2.106 million adults 18-49 (1.66 rating), #15

The Mentalist (10:00) - CBS
9.722 million viewers, #9; 1.814 million adults 18-49 (1.43 rating), #19

The Good Wife (9:00) - CBS
9.718 million viewers, #10; 1.840 million adults 18-49 (1.45 rating), #18

Almost Human (8:00) - FOX
9.178 million viewers, #11; 3.989 million adults 18-49 (3.14 rating), #8

The Amazing Race 23 (8:00) - CBS
9.119 million viewers, #12; 2.572 million adults 18-49 (2.03 rating), #12

Once Upon a Time (8:00) - ABC
6.657 million viewers, #13; 2.432 million adults 18-49 (1.92 rating), #13

America's Funniest Home Videos (7:00) - ABC
6.421 million viewers, #14; 1.715 million adults 18-49 (1.35 rating), #20

Revenge (9:00) - ABC
5.810 million viewers, #15; 1.959 million adults 18-49 (1.54 rating), #17

Football Night in America #2 - NBC
5.771 million viewers, #16; 2.735 million adults 18-49 (2.15 rating), #11

Family Guy (9:30) - FOX
4.462 million viewers, #17; 2.850 million adults 18-49 (2.25 rating), #9

The Simpsons (9:00) - FOX
4.084 million viewers, #18; 2.283 million adults 18-49 (1.80 rating), #14

Talking Dead (10:00) - AMC
4.073 million viewers, #19; 2.744 million adults 18-49 (2.16 rating), #10

Catch a Christmas Star - Hallmark
3.865 million viewers, #20; 0.754 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #28

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
3.697 million viewers, #21; 2.060 million adults 18-49 (1.62 rating), #16

Betrayal (10:01) - ABC
3.393 million viewers, #22; 1.130 million adults 18-49 (0.89 rating), #21

Alaska: The Last Frontier (9:00) - Discovery
2.656 million viewers, #23; 0.933 million adults 18-49 (0.73 rating), #23

Yukon Men (10:00) - Discovery
1.985 million viewers, #24; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #29

Boardwalk Empire (9:00) - HBO
1.984 million viewers, #25; 0.876 million adults 18-49 (0.69 rating), #27

Thicker Than Water: The Tankards (9:00) - Bravo
1.846 million viewers, #26; 1.001 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #22

Homeland (9:00) - Showtime
1.784 million viewers, #27; 0.909 million adults 18-49 (0.72 rating), #24

Long Island Medium (8:00) - TLC
1.779 million viewers, #28; 0.640 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #32

Witches of East End (10:00) - Lifetime
1.618 million viewers, #29; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #31

Ax Men (9:00) - History
1.527 million viewers, #30; 0.674 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #30

Total Divas (10:00) - E!
1.411 million viewers, #31; 0.903 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #25

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.355 million viewers, #32; 0.897 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #26

Guy's Grocery Games (8:00) - Food
1.186 million viewers, #33; 0.529 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #35

Restaurant Express (9:00) - Food
1.108 million viewers, #34; 0.424 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #38

Masters of Sex (10:00) - Showtime
1.050 million viewers, #35; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #34

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.002 million viewers, #36; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #37

Top 20 Funniest (8:00) - truTV
0.989 million viewers, #37; 0.501 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #36

Eastbound & Down (10:00) - HBO
0.899 million viewers, #38; 0.598 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #33

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Lone Star Legend (8:00), Call of the Wildman (9:00), On the Rocks (10:00), Hello Ladies (10:30), American Jungle (10:00), The TeenNick 2013 HALO Awards (8:00), Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00), Oprah: Where Are They Now? (10:00), Snapped: Killer Couples (9:00), Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (9:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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