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[02/19/14 - 11:22 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "The Walking Dead" Trumps Winter Games in Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, february 16, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 36 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

2014 Olympic Winter Games (7:00) - NBC
21.270 million viewers, #1; 6.168 million adults 18-49 (4.86 rating), #2

The Walking Dead (9:00) - AMC
13.339 million viewers, #2; 8.670 million adults 18-49 (6.83 rating), #1

60 Minutes (7:00) - CBS
8.173 million viewers, #3; 1.230 million adults 18-49 (0.97 rating), #8

2014 NBA All-Star Game (8:56) - TNT
7.506 million viewers, #4; 4.158 million adults 18-49 (3.27 rating), #3

Talking Dead (10:00) - AMC
4.765 million viewers, #5; 3.137 million adults 18-49 (2.47 rating), #4

Good Luck Charlie (8:00, 60 Minutes) - Disney
4.582 million viewers, #6; 1.183 million adults 18-49 (0.93 rating), #9

NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com (7:00) - TNT
4.448 million viewers, #7; 2.447 million adults 18-49 (1.93 rating), #5

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
4.066 million viewers, #8; 2.248 million adults 18-49 (1.77 rating), #6

I Didn't Do It (9:00) - Disney
2.884 million viewers, #9; 0.523 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #21

Ax Men (9:00) - History
2.726 million viewers, #10; 1.018 million adults 18-49 (0.80 rating), #12

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
2.574 million viewers, #11; 1.598 million adults 18-49 (1.26 rating), #7

True Detective (9:00) - HBO
2.245 million viewers, #12; 1.153 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #10

Shameless (9:00) - Showtime
1.909 million viewers, #13; 1.133 million adults 18-49 (0.89 rating), #11

Blood, Sweat & Heels (9:00) - Bravo
1.870 million viewers, #14; 0.896 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #14

Sister Wives (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
1.825 million viewers, #15; 0.845 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #15

90 Day Fiance (10:00) - TLC
1.769 million viewers, #16; 0.921 million adults 18-49 (0.73 rating), #13

Chopped (9:00) - Food
1.664 million viewers, #17; 0.747 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #18

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.529 million viewers, #18; 0.792 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #16

Hawaii Life (9:30) - HGTV
1.360 million viewers, #19; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #25

Hawaii Life (9:00) - HGTV
1.277 million viewers, #20; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #26

Beachfront Bargain Hunt (8:00)* - HGTV
1.227 million viewers, #21; 0.410 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #28

Beachfront Bargain Hunt (8:30)* - HGTV
1.227 million viewers, #22; 0.410 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #29

Finding Bigfoot (9:00, 120 Minutes) - Animal Planet
1.174 million viewers, #23; 0.588 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #20

Rich Kids of Beverly Hills (10:00) - E!
1.121 million viewers, #24; 0.763 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #17

Wicked Tuna (9:00) - NGC
1.117 million viewers, #25; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #22

Looking (10:30)* - HBO
0.952 million viewers, #26; 0.495 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #23

Girls (10:00) - HBO
0.942 million viewers, #27; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #19

Unusual Suspects (9:00)* - ID
0.888 million viewers, #28; 0.272 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #32

On the Case with Paula Zahn (10:00)* - ID
0.888 million viewers, #29; 0.272 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #33

Ultimate Survival Alaska (10:00) - NGC
0.881 million viewers, #30; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #27

House of Lies (10:00) - Showtime
0.819 million viewers, #31; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #24

Episodes (10:30)* - Showtime
0.714 million viewers, #32; 0.398 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #30

World's Dumbest (8:00)* - truTV
0.645 million viewers, #33; 0.307 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #31

Castle Secrets & Legends (10:00)* - Travel
0.631 million viewers, #34; 0.176 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #35

Snapped: Killer Couples (9:00)* - Oxygen
0.595 million viewers, #35; 0.232 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #34

The EE British Academy Film Awards (8:00)* - BBCA
0.316 million viewers, #36; 0.144 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #36

[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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