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[06/02/14 - 05:17 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Dateline," NBA Playoffs Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, may 30, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Dateline NBC (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
7.111 million viewers, #1; 1.682 million adults 18-49 (1.33 rating), #3

NBA Playoffs: Pacers at Heat - ESPN
6.877 million viewers, #2; 3.461 million adults 18-49 (2.73 rating), #1

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
5.781 million viewers, #3; 1.816 million adults 18-49 (1.43 rating), #2

Crossbones (10:00) - NBC
4.908 million viewers, #4; 1.333 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #5

Primetime: What Would You Do? (9:00) - ABC
4.433 million viewers, #5; 1.521 million adults 18-49 (1.20 rating), #4

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
2.437 million viewers, #6; 0.777 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #8

NHL Playoffs: Blackhawks at Kings - NBCSN
2.278 million viewers, #7; 1.063 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #6

NBA Pre-Game - ESPN
1.689 million viewers, #8; 0.902 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #7

Treehouse Masters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.236 million viewers, #9; 0.520 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #10

Say Yes to the Dress: The Big Day (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
1.010 million viewers, #10; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #13

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (10:00) - Food
1.004 million viewers, #11; 0.529 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #9

I Found the Gown (10:30) - TLC
0.964 million viewers, #12; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #16

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
0.927 million viewers, #13; 0.348 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #14

Marriage Boot Camp (9:00) - WE tv
0.862 million viewers, #14; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #11

No Limits (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.789 million viewers, #15; 0.325 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #15

Chrome Underground (10:00) - Discovery
0.690 million viewers, #16; 0.413 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #12

Continuum (10:00) - Syfy
0.663 million viewers, #17; 0.286 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #17

Nightmare Next Door (10:00)* - ID
0.615 million viewers, #18; 0.168 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #24

Diggers (9:00) - NGC
0.591 million viewers, #19; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #19

Fashion Police (9:00) - E!
0.551 million viewers, #20; 0.210 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #21

Mystery Millionaire (10:00)* - WE tv
0.526 million viewers, #21; 0.267 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #18

No Limits (8:30) - Animal Planet
0.483 million viewers, #22; 0.249 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #20

Betty White's Off Their Rockers (8:00)* - Lifetime
0.434 million viewers, #23; 0.180 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #22

Betty White's Off Their Rockers (8:30)* - Lifetime
0.434 million viewers, #24; 0.180 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #23

Ice Holes (10:00)* - NGC
0.418 million viewers, #25; 0.137 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #25

Ice Holes (10:30)* - NGC
0.418 million viewers, #26; 0.137 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #26

Mountain Monsters (10:00)* - DA
0.254 million viewers, #27; 0.082 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #28

Where the Wild Men Are (10:00)* - Science
0.238 million viewers, #28; 0.086 million adults 18-49 (0.07 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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