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[12/16/13 - 02:24 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Blue Bloods," "Shark Tank" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, december 13, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 41 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Blue Bloods (10:00) - CBS
10.941 million viewers, #1; 1.557 million adults 18-49 (1.23 rating), #5

Hawaii Five-0 (9:00) - CBS
9.135 million viewers, #2; 1.540 million adults 18-49 (1.21 rating), #7

Undercover Boss (8:00) - CBS
7.343 million viewers, #3; 1.752 million adults 18-49 (1.38 rating), #3

Shark Tank (9:00) - ABC
7.170 million viewers, #4; 2.518 million adults 18-49 (1.98 rating), #1

Last Man Standing (8:00) - ABC
6.275 million viewers, #5; 1.544 million adults 18-49 (1.22 rating), #6

Dateline NBC (8:00) - NBC
6.194 million viewers, #6; 1.457 million adults 18-49 (1.15 rating), #9

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
5.913 million viewers, #7; 1.823 million adults 18-49 (1.44 rating), #2

Grimm (9:00. 120 Minutes) - NBC
4.884 million viewers, #8; 1.497 million adults 18-49 (1.18 rating), #8

The Neighbors (8:30) - ABC
4.037 million viewers, #9; 1.114 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #10

Gold Rush (9:00) - Discovery
3.489 million viewers, #10; 1.735 million adults 18-49 (1.37 rating), #4

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.686 million viewers, #11; 0.949 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #13

Bering Sea Gold (10:00) - Discovery
2.210 million viewers, #12; 1.057 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #11

Raising Hope (9:00) - FOX
2.099 million viewers, #13; 0.865 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #15

Raising Hope (9:30) - FOX
1.913 million viewers, #14; 0.732 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #17

NBA Regular Season: Lakers at Thunder - ESPN
1.751 million viewers, #15; 0.899 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #14

NBA Regular Season: Rockets at Warriors - ESPN
1.748 million viewers, #16; 1.000 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #12

Gold Rush: The Dirt (8:00) - Discovery
1.675 million viewers, #17; 0.749 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #16

Haven - Syfy
1.252 million viewers, #18; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #20

The First 48 (9:00) - A&E
1.241 million viewers, #19; 0.556 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #19

The First 48 (10:00) - A&E
1.180 million viewers, #20; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #18

Say Yes to the Dress: 12 Dresses of Christmas (9:00) - TLC
1.132 million viewers, #21; 0.381 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #25

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.070 million viewers, #22; 0.290 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #27

Celebrity Holiday Homes (8:00) - HGTV
1.051 million viewers, #23; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #26

Four Weddings (10:00) - TLC
0.888 million viewers, #24; 0.431 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #23

NBA Pre-Game Show - ESPN
0.860 million viewers, #25; 0.424 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #24

The Dead Files (10:00) - Travel
0.857 million viewers, #26; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #22

Whale Wars (9:00, 120 Minutes) - Animal Planet
0.838 million viewers, #27; 0.441 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #21

The Carrie Diaries (8:00)* - CW
0.696 million viewers, #28; 0.244 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #29

Nikita (9:00)* - CW
0.635 million viewers, #29; 0.244 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #30

Facing Evil with Candice DeLong (8:00)* - ID
0.583 million viewers, #30; 0.212 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #32

Wives with Knives (10:00)* - ID
0.583 million viewers, #31; 0.212 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #33

Fashion Police (9:00) - E!
0.510 million viewers, #32; 0.288 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #28

Styled to Rock (8:00)* - Bravo
0.356 million viewers, #33; 0.181 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #34

Best Week Ever* - VH1
0.314 million viewers, #34; 0.237 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #31

Sweet Home Alabama (10:00)* - CMT
0.311 million viewers, #35; 0.176 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #35

Wait 'Til Next Year (8:00)* - MTV
0.285 million viewers, #36; 0.113 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #37

Wait 'Til Next Year (9:00)* - MTV
0.285 million viewers, #37; 0.113 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #38

Another Day, Another Time (9:00)* - Showtime
0.220 million viewers, #38; 0.119 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #36

The Rickey Smiley Show (9:00)* - TV One
0.188 million viewers, #39; 0.102 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #39

Comedy Bang! Bang! (10:00)* - IFC
0.074 million viewers, #40; 0.036 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #40

The Birthday Boys (10:30)* - IFC
0.074 million viewers, #41; 0.036 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #41

[EDITOR'S NOTE: * denotes individual program numbers were not available so the network's primetime average is listed]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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