or


[05/13/14 - 11:33 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NASCAR, NBA Playoffs Claim Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, may 10, 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:

NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing - FOX
5.755 million viewers, #1; 1.605 million adults 18-49 (1.26 rating), #3

NBA Playoffs: Heat at Nets - ABC
5.590 million viewers, #2; 2.595 million adults 18-49 (2.04 rating), #1

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.020 million viewers, #3; 1.150 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #4

Dateline NBC (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
3.920 million viewers, #4; 0.892 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #7

NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing Pre-Race - FOX
3.536 million viewers, #5; 1.014 million adults 18-49 (0.80 rating), #6

Kia NBA Countdown - ABC
3.203 million viewers, #6; 1.084 million adults 18-49 (0.85 rating), #5

NBA Playoffs: Spurs at Trail Blazers - ESPN
3.150 million viewers, #7; 1.611 million adults 18-49 (1.27 rating), #2

NHL Playoffs: Canadiens at Bruins - NBCSN
1.637 million viewers, #8; 0.846 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #8

House Hunters Renovation (10:00) - HGTV
1.502 million viewers, #9; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #13

Mom's Day Away (8:00) - Hallmark
1.409 million viewers, #10; 0.270 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #19

The Good Sister (8:00) - Lifetime
1.335 million viewers, #11; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #9

OMG EMT! (10:00) - TLC
1.050 million viewers, #12; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #14

Sex Sent Me to the ER (9:00)* - TLC
0.929 million viewers, #13; 0.262 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #22

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.766 million viewers, #14; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #11

My Cat from Hell (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.729 million viewers, #15; 0.308 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #16

NHL Playoffs: Ducks at Kings - NBCSN
0.715 million viewers, #16; 0.424 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #12

Timber Kings (10:00) - Discovery
0.690 million viewers, #17; 0.299 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #18

How (Not) to Kill Your Husband (10:00) - ID
0.673 million viewers, #18; 0.264 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #20

UFC Fight Night - FS1
0.655 million viewers, #19; 0.435 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #10

Iyanla: Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.625 million viewers, #20; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #15

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00) - Science
0.511 million viewers, #21; 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #21

Orphan Black (9:00) - BBCA
0.484 million viewers, #22; 0.306 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #17

America's Book of Secrets (10:00)* - H2
0.379 million viewers, #23; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #25

Love in the City (10:00)* - OWN
0.367 million viewers, #24; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #23

In the Flesh (10:00)* - BBCA
0.269 million viewers, #25; 0.149 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #24

Da Vinci's Demons (9:00)* - Starz
0.208 million viewers, #26; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #26

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

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [may 2014]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
    


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[07/30/25 - 03:06 PM]
"Christmas in July" Gifts Hallmark Channel #1 Most-Watched Entertainment Cable Network of the Month
The network's first-ever limited docuseries "Christmas at Sea" was the #2 most-watched entertainment cable program in its time period on Mondays among Women 18+.

[07/29/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of July 21: "Happy Gilmore 2" Finds Its Happy Place at No. 1 in This Week's Top 10
Mystery thriller "Untamed" spent another week at No. 1 on the English TV List.

[07/29/25 - 11:46 AM]
ABC Airs Another of Its Most-Watched WNBA Games Ever: Indiana Fever vs Chicago Sky Averaged 1.5 Million Viewers, Up 17% from Last Year's ABC Average
Said audience peaked with 1.7 million viewers.

[07/28/25 - 12:03 PM]
"The Summer I Turned Pretty" Season 3 Draws 25 Million Viewers in Its First 7 Days and Reaches #1 in Over 120 Countries
The show of summer is "Summer."

[07/25/25 - 02:51 PM]
ABC Summer Game Shows "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and "Match Game" Return for New Seasons with Multi-Year Highs
"Millionaire" returned for a new season as the No. 1 telecast of the night among Total Viewers (4.24 million), earning its most-watched telecast in over four years.

[07/25/25 - 08:59 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Grows for the Second Week in a Row in Total Viewers and Households
On Tuesday (7/8/25), featuring Jensen Ackles, "Live with Kelly and Mark" turned in its most-watched telecast (2.285 million) in nearly two months.

[07/22/25 - 03:03 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Adults 18-49, Leading CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in the Demo for the 6th Consecutive Week
"Nightline" posted week-to-week increases in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, hitting a 4-week high in the key Adult news demo.

[07/22/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of July 14: "Untamed" Hunts and "KPop Demon Hunters" Slay in This Week's Top 10
True crime lovers also made their voices heard - documentary series "Amy Bradley Is Missing" appeared at No. 2 on the English TV list, with 12.2 million views.

[07/22/25 - 10:30 AM]
2025 NBA Las Vegas Summer League Viewership Up Double Digits
Said telecasts averaged an audience of 255,000 viewers, up 27% from last year.

[07/22/25 - 08:04 AM]
ESPN, ABC and Disney+ Score Historic Viewership for 2025 WNBA All-Star Events
The Skills Challenge & 3-Point Contest and the WNBA All-Star Game averaged 1.3 million viewers and 2.2 million viewers, respectively.

[07/21/25 - 10:09 AM]
ESPN's Outstanding Nielsen Viewership for First Six Months of 2025: At the Halfway Mark, ESPN has Achieved Multiple Successes Across the Board
ESPN on its own is up 4% year-over-year across the entire day (24 hours of programming) and up 9% when isolating the primetime hours (8-11 p.m. ET).

[07/17/25 - 01:31 PM]
Netflix: What We Watched the First Half of 2025
This report, which captures ~99% of all viewing in the first half of 2025, shows that people watched a lot of Netflix - over 95B hours - spanning a wide range of genres and languages.

[07/17/25 - 09:57 AM]
"Dexter: Resurrection" Debuts to a Killer 3.1 Million Cross-Platform Viewers
Said premiere was up 44% versus "Dexter: Original Sin" and 79% versus "Dexter: New Blood."

[07/16/25 - 04:01 PM]
ESPN Airs Another of Its Most-Watched WNBA Games Ever: Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun Averaged 1.7 Million Viewers, Up 48% from Last Year's ESPN Average
Said telecast peaked with 2 million viewers.

[07/15/25 - 02:06 PM]
Viewership for 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby Exclusively on ESPN Platforms Up Five Percent From Last Year
An average audience of 5,729,000 viewers watched the event, compared to 5,451,000 viewers in 2024.