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[06/27/14 - 07:08 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Big Brother" Leads Originals Race
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, june 26, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 50 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Big Brother 16 (9:00) - CBS
6.563 million viewers, #1; 2.905 million adults 18-49 (2.29 rating), #1

NY Med (10:00) - ABC
5.622 million viewers, #2; 1.131 million adults 18-49 (0.89 rating), #5

Rookie Blue (9:00) - ABC
5.122 million viewers, #3; 1.089 million adults 18-49 (0.86 rating), #6

Hell's Kitchen (8:00) - FOX
4.953 million viewers, #4; 2.171 million adults 18-49 (1.71 rating), #2

Black Box (8:00) - ABC
3.768 million viewers, #5; 0.764 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #15

NBA Draft (7:30) - ESPN
3.451 million viewers, #6; 1.938 million adults 18-49 (1.53 rating), #3

Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
3.413 million viewers, #7; 1.027 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #8

Last Comic Standing (10:00) - NBC
3.188 million viewers, #8; 1.316 million adults 18-49 (1.04 rating), #4

Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
3.023 million viewers, #9; 0.842 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #12

Undateable (9:00) - NBC
2.630 million viewers, #10; 0.964 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #10

Undateable (9:30) - NBC
2.448 million viewers, #11; 1.022 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #9

Gang Related (9:00) - FOX
2.413 million viewers, #12; 1.051 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #7

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.334 million viewers, #13; 0.734 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #16

American Restoration (10:30) - History
2.096 million viewers, #14; 0.637 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #19

Kate Plus 8 (10:00) - TLC
1.901 million viewers, #15; 0.803 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #14

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (9:30) - TLC
1.740 million viewers, #16; 0.809 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #13

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.559 million viewers, #17; 0.405 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #27

The First 48 (9:00) - A&E
1.544 million viewers, #18; 0.682 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #18

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (9:00) - TLC
1.513 million viewers, #19; 0.701 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #17

Dominion (9:00) - Syfy
1.446 million viewers, #20; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #24

Beyond Scared Straight (10:00) - A&E
1.442 million viewers, #21; 0.633 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #20

Defiance (8:00) - Syfy
1.427 million viewers, #22; 0.520 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #23

Fixer Upper (9:00) - HGTV
1.424 million viewers, #23; 0.482 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #25

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.384 million viewers, #24; 0.311 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #32

Life Below Zero (9:00) - NGC
1.294 million viewers, #25; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #28

The Carbonaro Effect (10:00) - truTV
1.159 million viewers, #26; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #21

The Challenge: Free Agents (10:00) - MTV
1.146 million viewers, #27; 0.856 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #11

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
1.136 million viewers, #28; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #26

Southern Fried Homicide (10:00) - ID
0.942 million viewers, #29; 0.318 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #31

Chopped Canada (9:00) - Food
0.882 million viewers, #30; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #30

The Savage Line (10:00)* - NGC
0.821 million viewers, #31; 0.245 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #34

Blood Relatives (9:00)* - ID
0.794 million viewers, #32; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #33

Party Down South (10:00) - CMT
0.747 million viewers, #33; 0.579 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #22

LA Hair (9:00) - WE tv
0.704 million viewers, #34; 0.350 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #29

The Sixties (9:00)* - CNN
0.637 million viewers, #35; 0.127 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #36

North Woods Law (9:00)* - Animal Planet
0.557 million viewers, #36; 0.196 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #35

The American Bible Challenge (8:00)* - GSN
0.401 million viewers, #37; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #40

It Takes a Church (9:00)* - GSN
0.401 million viewers, #38; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #41

Our America with Lisa Ling (10:00)* - OWN
0.215 million viewers, #39; 0.067 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #43

How It's Made (9:00)* - Science
0.214 million viewers, #40; 0.081 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #38

How Do They Do It? (9:30)* - Science
0.214 million viewers, #41; 0.081 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #39

A-List Vacations (8:00)* - E!
0.191 million viewers, #42; 0.102 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #37

The Rickey Smiley Show (10:00)* - TV One
0.148 million viewers, #43; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #42

Maron (10:00)* - IFC
0.132 million viewers, #44; 0.057 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #44

Comedy Bang! Bang! (10:30)* - IFC
0.132 million viewers, #45; 0.057 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #45

Rectify (9:00)* - Sundance
0.118 million viewers, #46; 0.044 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #46

Food Factory (9:00, 60 Minutes)* - Bio
0.093 million viewers, #47; 0.022 million adults 18-49 (0.02 rating), #48

Junk Gypsies (9:00)* - GAC
0.077 million viewers, #48; 0.015 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #50

Hey Bartender (8:25)* - Showtime
0.058 million viewers, #49; 0.032 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #47

Trailblazers (9:00)* - Logo
0.038 million viewers, #50; 0.020 million adults 18-49 (0.02 rating), #49

[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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