[EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to holiday delays, we do not have the numbers for December 20-30 but are working to track them down. If any kind reader is willing to lend us a hand, please drop us a line here.]

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, december 31, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks on said night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2014 (10:00) - ABC
12.185 million viewers, #1; 4.775 million adults 18-49 (3.76 rating), #1

Chick-fil-A Bowl - ESPN
8.689 million viewers, #2; 3.075 million adults 18-49 (2.42 rating), #2

New Year's Rockin' Eve Presents the 30 Greatest Women in Music (8:00) - ABC
7.524 million viewers, #3; 2.598 million adults 18-49 (2.05 rating), #3

A Toast to 2013! (8:00) - NBC
6.107 million viewers, #4; 2.077 million adults 18-49 (1.64 rating), #5

NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly 2013 (10:00) - NBC
5.738 million viewers, #5; 2.223 million adults 18-49 (1.75 rating), #4

Moonshiners (9:00) - Discovery
2.458 million viewers, #6; 1.202 million adults 18-49 (0.95 rating), #6

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
1.188 million viewers, #7; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #8

Backyard Oil: After the Gush (10:00) - Discovery
1.157 million viewers, #8; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #7

New Year's Code (10:00)* - MTV
0.329 million viewers, #9; 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #9

The Drama Queen (9:00)* - E!
0.262 million viewers, #10; 0.130 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #10

A Football Life (9:00)* - NFLN
0.133 million viewers, #11; 0.077 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #11

House of Lies Live (10:00)* - Showtime
0.087 million viewers, #12; 0.023 million adults 18-49 (0.02 rating), #12

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

Source: Nielsen Media Research