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[02/18/14 - 02:25 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Olympics Top Valentine's Day for NBC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, february 14, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

2014 Olympic Winter Games (8:00) - NBC
19.109 million viewers, #1; 5.742 million adults 18-49 (4.52 rating), #1

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
4.650 million viewers, #2; 1.375 million adults 18-49 (1.08 rating), #4

Gold Rush (9:00) - Discovery
3.764 million viewers, #3; 1.621 million adults 18-49 (1.28 rating), #2

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
2.831 million viewers, #4; 0.923 million adults 18-49 (0.73 rating), #7

NBA All-Star Event (7:00) - ESPN
2.451 million viewers, #5; 1.425 million adults 18-49 (1.12 rating), #3

Bering Sea Gold (10:00) - Discovery
2.205 million viewers, #6; 0.971 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #6

BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge (9:00) - TNT
1.779 million viewers, #7; 1.049 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #5

Gold Rush: The Dirt (8:00) - Discovery
1.733 million viewers, #8; 0.739 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #9

College Basketball (9:04) - ESPN
1.499 million viewers, #9; 0.796 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #8

Cold Justice (8:00) - TNT
1.316 million viewers, #10; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #10

Helix (10:00) - Syfy
1.169 million viewers, #11; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #11

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.113 million viewers, #12; 0.368 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #12

Treehouse Masters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.003 million viewers, #13; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #14

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (10:00) - Food
0.867 million viewers, #14; 0.359 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #13

10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty (10:00)* - Spike TV
0.750 million viewers, #15; 0.275 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #15

Ancient Aliens (10:00) - H2
0.683 million viewers, #16; 0.258 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #16

Say Yes to the Dress: The Big Day (9:00)* - TLC
0.625 million viewers, #17; 0.219 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #18

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:00)* - TLC
0.625 million viewers, #18; 0.219 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #19

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover 2 (10:00)* - ID
0.579 million viewers, #19; 0.190 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #20

Banshee (10:00) - Cinemax
0.550 million viewers, #20; 0.249 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #17

Secrets of Fashion Week (8:00)* - E!
0.388 million viewers, #21; 0.157 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #21

Fashion Police (9:00)* - E!
0.388 million viewers, #22; 0.157 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #22

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (9:00)* - OWN
0.266 million viewers, #23; 0.066 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #26

Best Week Ever (10:00)* - VH1
0.231 million viewers, #24; 0.126 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #23

Braxton Family Values (9:00)* - WE tv
0.223 million viewers, #25; 0.121 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #24

Love That Girl (9:00)* - TV One
0.134 million viewers, #26; 0.073 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #25

[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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