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[05/14/14 - 02:20 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: TNT Tops Demo Charts with Clippers/Thunder
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, may 13, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 59 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NCIS (8:00) - CBS
16.946 million viewers, #1; 3.293 million adults 18-49 (2.59 rating), #3

NCIS: Los Angeles (9:00) - CBS
14.850 million viewers, #2; 3.165 million adults 18-49 (2.49 rating), #4

The Voice (8:00) - NBC
10.955 million viewers, #3; 3.294 million adults 18-49 (2.59 rating), #2

Person of Interest (10:00) - CBS
10.950 million viewers, #4; 2.385 million adults 18-49 (1.88 rating), #7

Chicago Fire (10:00) - NBC
7.121 million viewers, #5; 2.399 million adults 18-49 (1.89 rating), #6

About a Boy (9:00) - NBC
6.418 million viewers, #6; 2.031 million adults 18-49 (1.60 rating), #8

NBA Playoffs: Clippers at Thunder - TNT
6.261 million viewers, #7; 3.358 million adults 18-49 (2.64 rating), #1

About a Boy (9:30) - NBC
5.680 million viewers, #8; 1.875 million adults 18-49 (1.48 rating), #9

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (8:00) - ABC
5.449 million viewers, #9; 2.549 million adults 18-49 (2.01 rating), #5

The Goldbergs (9:00) - ABC
4.259 million viewers, #10; 1.872 million adults 18-49 (1.47 rating), #10

NBA Playoffs: Wizards at Pacers - TNT
3.501 million viewers, #11; 1.650 million adults 18-49 (1.30 rating), #11

Trophy Wife (9:30) - ABC
2.831 million viewers, #12; 1.185 million adults 18-49 (0.93 rating), #13

The Little Couple (10:00) - TLC
2.792 million viewers, #13; 0.957 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #20

Celebrity Wife Swap (10:00) - ABC
2.774 million viewers, #14; 1.171 million adults 18-49 (0.92 rating), #14

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
2.714 million viewers, #15; 1.223 million adults 18-49 (0.96 rating), #12

19 Kids & Counting (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.236 million viewers, #16; 0.905 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #22

NHL Playoffs: Rangers at Penguins - NBCSN
1.960 million viewers, #17; 0.940 million adults 18-49 (0.74 rating), #21

Glee (8:00) - FOX
1.872 million viewers, #18; 0.808 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #23

NHL Playoffs: Blackhawks at Wild - CNBC
1.815 million viewers, #19; 0.957 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #19

The Originals (8:00) - CW
1.764 million viewers, #20; 1.045 million adults 18-49 (0.82 rating), #16

Supernatural (9:00) - CW
1.739 million viewers, #21; 0.995 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #17

Alaskan Bush People (10:00) - Discovery
1.652 million viewers, #22; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #26

Fargo (10:00) - FX
1.597 million viewers, #23; 0.641 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #28

Ink Master (10:00) - Spike TV
1.565 million viewers, #24; 1.060 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #15

Real Housewives of New York City (9:00) - Bravo
1.427 million viewers, #25; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #27

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.426 million viewers, #26; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #39

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.347 million viewers, #27; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #42

Riot (9:00) - FOX
1.340 million viewers, #28; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #29

Deadliest Catch: The Bait (8:00) - Discovery
1.287 million viewers, #29; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #30

Tosh.0 (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.276 million viewers, #30; 0.964 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #18

Flip or Flop (9:00) - HGTV
1.227 million viewers, #31; 0.495 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #34

Nick News (8:00)* - Nickelodeon
1.159 million viewers, #32; 0.354 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #41

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.149 million viewers, #33; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #31

Awkward (10:00) - MTV
1.079 million viewers, #34; 0.669 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #25

Inside Amy Schumer (10:30) - Comedy Central
0.995 million viewers, #35; 0.784 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #24

Bad Girls Club (8:00) - Oxygen
0.994 million viewers, #36; 0.523 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #33

Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge (9:00) - Syfy
0.975 million viewers, #37; 0.487 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #35

The Listener (10:00) - ION
0.893 million viewers, #38; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #45

True Tori (10:00) - Lifetime
0.878 million viewers, #39; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #36

Dance Moms: The Battle of Maddie vs. Chloe (9:00) - Lifetime
0.866 million viewers, #40; 0.430 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #38

Playing House (10:00) - USA
0.864 million viewers, #41; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #37

Faking It (10:30) - MTV
0.858 million viewers, #42; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #32

The People's Couch (10:00)* - Bravo
0.790 million viewers, #43; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #40

Secret Lives of Stepford Wives (8:00)* - ID
0.684 million viewers, #44; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #50

Very Bad Men (9:00)* - ID
0.684 million viewers, #45; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #51

Comic View (10:00) - BET
0.674 million viewers, #46; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #43

Top 20 Funniest (10:00)* - truTV
0.646 million viewers, #47; 0.267 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #49

Giuliana & Bill (8:00) - E!
0.601 million viewers, #48; 0.301 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #46

Freakshow (10:00, 60 Minutes)* - AMC
0.573 million viewers, #49; 0.311 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #44

Tattoos After Dark (10:00)* - Oxygen
0.571 million viewers, #50; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #47

Chasing Maria Menounos (10:30)* - Oxygen
0.571 million viewers, #51; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #48

Surviving the Kill Zone (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.478 million viewers, #52; 0.119 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #54

Minute to Win It (8:00)* - GSN
0.357 million viewers, #53; 0.102 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #55

Chow Masters (9:00)* - Travel
0.297 million viewers, #54; 0.126 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #52

Game On, America (10:00)* - Travel
0.297 million viewers, #55; 0.126 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #53

Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (10:00)* - BBCA
0.097 million viewers, #56; 0.038 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #56

The Pecos League (9:30)* - FS1
0.028 million viewers, #57; 0.011 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #57

Knife Fight (9:00, 60 Minutes)* - Esquire
0.019 million viewers, #58; 0.010 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #58

The Illegal Eater (10:00, 60 Minutes)* - Esquire
0.019 million viewers, #59; 0.010 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #59

[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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