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[05/19/14 - 02:09 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Shark Tank" Wraps Season on Top in Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, may 16, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Barbara Walters: Her Story (9:00) - ABC
9.464 million viewers, #1; 2.006 million adults 18-49 (1.58 rating), #2

Dateline NBC (8:00) - NBC
6.754 million viewers, #2; 1.593 million adults 18-49 (1.25 rating), #4

Shark Tank (8:00) - ABC
6.739 million viewers, #3; 2.137 million adults 18-49 (1.68 rating), #1

Grimm (9:00) - NBC
5.336 million viewers, #4; 1.665 million adults 18-49 (1.31 rating), #3

Dog with a Blog (8:30) - Disney
2.648 million viewers, #5; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #11

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
2.485 million viewers, #6; 0.898 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #7

Kitchen Nightmares (9:00) - FOX
2.421 million viewers, #7; 1.099 million adults 18-49 (0.87 rating), #5

Jessie (8:00) - Disney
2.379 million viewers, #8; 0.441 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #14

Hannibal (10:00) - NBC
2.323 million viewers, #9; 1.098 million adults 18-49 (0.86 rating), #6

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:00) - CW
1.692 million viewers, #10; 0.735 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #9

Sons of Guns (9:00) - Discovery
1.329 million viewers, #11; 0.753 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #8

NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing - FS1
1.217 million viewers, #12; 0.311 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #20

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (10:00) - Food
1.118 million viewers, #13; 0.552 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #10

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.114 million viewers, #14; 0.430 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #15

I Found the Gown (10:30) - TLC
1.052 million viewers, #15; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #17

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) - TLC
0.996 million viewers, #16; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #16

Continuum (10:00) - Syfy
0.979 million viewers, #17; 0.354 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #19

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
0.973 million viewers, #18; 0.356 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #18

NHL Playoffs: Kings at Ducks - NBCSN
0.903 million viewers, #19; 0.479 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #12

Hart of Dixie (9:00) - CW
0.879 million viewers, #20; 0.470 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #13

Tanked (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.715 million viewers, #21; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #21

Fashion Police (9:00) - E!
0.622 million viewers, #22; 0.291 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #22

Showdown of the Unbeatables (10:00) - NGC
0.495 million viewers, #23; 0.276 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #23

Diggers (9:00)* - NGC
0.484 million viewers, #24; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #25

Marriage Boot Camp (9:00)* - WE tv
0.348 million viewers, #25; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #24

Where the Wild Men Are (10:00)* - Science
0.223 million viewers, #26; 0.077 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #26

Mountain Monsters (10:00)* - DA
0.194 million viewers, #27; 0.063 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #27

[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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