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[01/16/14 - 03:19 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "American Idol," "Duck Dynasty" Lead Demo Race
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, january 15, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 48 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

American Idol (8:00, 120 Minutes) - FOX
15.188 million viewers, #1; 5.910 million adults 18-49 (4.66 rating), #1

Criminal Minds (9:00) - CBS
10.355 million viewers, #2; 3.065 million adults 18-49 (2.41 rating), #5

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (10:00) - CBS
10.298 million viewers, #3; 2.521 million adults 18-49 (1.99 rating), #6

Modern Family (9:00) - ABC
9.143 million viewers, #4; 4.076 million adults 18-49 (3.21 rating), #4

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
8.516 million viewers, #5; 4.168 million adults 18-49 (3.28 rating), #3

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
8.490 million viewers, #6; 4.327 million adults 18-49 (3.41 rating), #2

The Middle (8:00) - ABC
7.513 million viewers, #7; 2.301 million adults 18-49 (1.81 rating), #7

Chicago PD (10:00) - NBC
5.505 million viewers, #8; 1.849 million adults 18-49 (1.46 rating), #11

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9:00) - NBC
5.435 million viewers, #9; 1.841 million adults 18-49 (1.45 rating), #12

Suburgatory (8:30) - ABC
5.297 million viewers, #10; 1.982 million adults 18-49 (1.56 rating), #9

Nashville (10:00) - ABC
5.097 million viewers, #11; 1.660 million adults 18-49 (1.31 rating), #14

Revolution (8:00) - NBC
4.780 million viewers, #12; 1.664 million adults 18-49 (1.31 rating), #13

Super Fun Night (9:30) - ABC
4.443 million viewers, #13; 1.895 million adults 18-49 (1.49 rating), #10

American Horror Story: Coven (10:00) - FX
3.462 million viewers, #14; 2.186 million adults 18-49 (1.72 rating), #8

American Pickers (9:00) - History
2.884 million viewers, #15; 0.869 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #16

Arrow (8:00) - CW
2.516 million viewers, #16; 1.197 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #15

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.577 million viewers, #17; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #29

Dreamworks Dragons (8:00) - Cartoon
1.549 million viewers, #18; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #33

Psych (9:00) - USA
1.510 million viewers, #19; 0.738 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #21

The Tomorrow People (9:00) - CW
1.457 million viewers, #20; 0.672 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #23

Buying and Selling (9:00) - HGTV
1.432 million viewers, #21; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #35

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.374 million viewers, #22; 0.433 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #32

Men at Work (10:00) - TBS
1.335 million viewers, #23; 0.824 million adults 18-49 (0.65 rating), #17

Web of Lies (10:00) - ID
1.292 million viewers, #24; 0.528 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #26

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.252 million viewers, #25; 0.756 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #19

WWE Main Event (8:00) - ION
1.207 million viewers, #26; 0.352 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #36

NBA Regular Season: Nuggets at Warriors - ESPN
1.196 million viewers, #27; 0.750 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #20

Top Chef (10:00) - Bravo
1.160 million viewers, #28; 0.547 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #25

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.102 million viewers, #29; 0.725 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #22

South Beach Tow (10:00) - truTV
1.051 million viewers, #30; 0.524 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #27

My Dirty Little Secret (9:00) - ID
1.011 million viewers, #31; 0.331 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #38

NBA Regular Season: Jazz at Spurs - ESPN
0.996 million viewers, #32; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #24

The Real World (10:00) - MTV
0.995 million viewers, #33; 0.811 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #18

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
0.958 million viewers, #34; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #31

Survivorman (9:00) - Discovery
0.940 million viewers, #35; 0.509 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #30

My Strange Addiction (10:00) - TLC
0.937 million viewers, #36; 0.521 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #28

Love Thy Neighbor (9:00) - OWN
0.841 million viewers, #37; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #37

Operation Repo (10:30)* - truTV
0.801 million viewers, #38; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #40

Lone Target (10:00) - Discovery
0.722 million viewers, #39; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #34

NBA Pre-Game - ESPN
0.612 million viewers, #40; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #39

NHL Regular Season: Capitals at Penguins* - NBCSN
0.458 million viewers, #41; 0.228 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #42

Mind of a Man (8:00, 60 Minutes)* - GSN
0.444 million viewers, #42; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #43

Sturgis Raw (9:00)* - Travel
0.360 million viewers, #43; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #44

Human Safari: Sturgis (10:00)* - Travel
0.360 million viewers, #44; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #45

Human Safari: Vegas (10:30)* - Travel
0.360 million viewers, #45; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #46

The Soup (10:00)* - E!
0.344 million viewers, #46; 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #41

Inside the NFL* - Showtime
0.120 million viewers, #47; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #47

Jim Rome on Showtime* - Showtime
0.120 million viewers, #48; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #48

[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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