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[05/06/14 - 10:47 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: TNT Claims Top Spots with NBA Playoffs
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, may 3, 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:

NBA Playoffs: Warriors at Clippers - TNT
5.992 million viewers, #1; 3.309 million adults 18-49 (2.61 rating), #1

NBA Playoffs: Grizzlies at Thunder - TNT
5.834 million viewers, #2; 3.054 million adults 18-49 (2.41 rating), #2

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.099 million viewers, #3; 0.964 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #4

NBA Playoffs: Hawks at Pacers - TNT
3.624 million viewers, #4; 1.923 million adults 18-49 (1.51 rating), #3

The Thundermans (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.758 million viewers, #5; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #5

The Thundermans (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.666 million viewers, #6; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #8

A Daughter's Nightmare (8:00) - Lifetime
1.521 million viewers, #7; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #7

House Hunters Renovation (10:00) - HGTV
1.489 million viewers, #8; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #9

Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles (9:00) - Disney
1.222 million viewers, #9; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #15

24: Live Another Day - Jack Is Back (8:30) - FOX
0.979 million viewers, #10; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #11

OMG EMT! (10:00) - TLC
0.909 million viewers, #11; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #10

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.901 million viewers, #12; 0.506 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #6

Sex Sent Me to the ER (9:00) - TLC
0.827 million viewers, #13; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #13

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (9:00) - OWN
0.814 million viewers, #14; 0.285 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #18

Timber Kings (10:00) - Discovery
0.800 million viewers, #15; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #17

NHL Playoffs: Kings at Ducks - NBCSN
0.797 million viewers, #16; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #12

My Cat from Hell (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.768 million viewers, #17; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #14

How (Not) to Kill Your Husband (10:00) - ID
0.716 million viewers, #18; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #16

Love in the City (10:00)* - OWN
0.510 million viewers, #19; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #21

Glory 16 (9:00) - Spike TV
0.498 million viewers, #20; 0.240 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #19

America's Book of Secrets (10:00)* - H2
0.440 million viewers, #21; 0.181 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #20

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00)* - Science
0.346 million viewers, #22; 0.101 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #24

Orphan Black (9:00)* - BBCA
0.304 million viewers, #23; 0.119 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #22

The Real History of Science Fiction (10:00)* - BBCA
0.304 million viewers, #24; 0.119 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #23

Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (10:00)* - WE tv
0.251 million viewers, #25; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #25

Da Vinci's Demons (9:00)* - Starz
0.186 million viewers, #26; 0.062 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #26

[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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