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[07/01/14 - 02:33 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Dateline," NASCAR Top the Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, june 28, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 30 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
4.460 million viewers, #1; 1.144 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #1

NASCAR Sprint Cup (7:22) - TNT
3.573 million viewers, #2; 1.019 million adults 18-49 (0.80 rating), #2

FOX Saturday Baseball - FOX
2.788 million viewers, #3; 0.728 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #3

Bet on Your Baby (8:00) - ABC
2.189 million viewers, #4; 0.629 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #4

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (8:00) - Lifetime
1.864 million viewers, #5; 0.611 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #5

Nightline Prime (10:00) - ABC
1.852 million viewers, #6; 0.502 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #6

The Assets (9:00) - ABC
1.563 million viewers, #7; 0.366 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #10

Warren Jeffs: Beyond the Headlines (10:00) - Lifetime
1.481 million viewers, #8; 0.461 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #7

When Sparks Fly (9:00) - Hallmark
1.437 million viewers, #9; 0.227 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #19

The Haunted Hathaways (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.354 million viewers, #10; 0.302 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #15

Sex Sent Me to the ER (9:00) - TLC
1.247 million viewers, #11; 0.440 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #8

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.230 million viewers, #12; 0.287 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #16

Buying Naked (10:00) - TLC
0.989 million viewers, #13; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #11

Outrageous Wedding Cakes (9:00) - Food
0.984 million viewers, #14; 0.374 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #9

Buying Naked (10:30) - TLC
0.871 million viewers, #15; 0.345 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #13

AwesomenessTV (9:30)* - Nickelodeon
0.737 million viewers, #16; 0.201 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #20

Iyanla: Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.675 million viewers, #17; 0.245 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #17

The Haunting of (10:00) - LMN
0.649 million viewers, #18; 0.352 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #12

Happily Never After (9:00)* - ID
0.622 million viewers, #19; 0.170 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #22

Devil in the Details (10:00)* - ID
0.622 million viewers, #20; 0.170 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #23

Power (9:00) - Starz
0.557 million viewers, #21; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #14

My Cat from Hell (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.518 million viewers, #22; 0.135 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #26

America's Cutest (10:00)* - Animal Planet
0.518 million viewers, #23; 0.135 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #27

My Haunted House (9:00)* - LMN
0.507 million viewers, #24; 0.236 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #18

Life with La Toya (10:00)* - OWN
0.480 million viewers, #25; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #21

Ghost Adventures (9:00)* - Travel
0.381 million viewers, #26; 0.166 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #24

Dog and Beth: On the Hunt (9:00)* - CMT
0.338 million viewers, #27; 0.154 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #25

America's Secret Slang (9:00)* - H2
0.292 million viewers, #28; 0.086 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #28

United Stuff of America (10:00)* - H2
0.292 million viewers, #29; 0.086 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #29

Almost Royal (10:00)* - BBCA
0.152 million viewers, #30; 0.079 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #30

[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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