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[07/01/14 - 02:38 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "BET Awards" Claims Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, june 29, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 57 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

BET Awards 2014 (8:00) - BET
7.500 million viewers, #1; 3.978 million adults 18-49 (3.13 rating), #1

Unforgettable (10:00) - CBS
6.218 million viewers, #2; 1.101 million adults 18-49 (0.87 rating), #11

Big Brother 16 (8:00) - CBS
5.681 million viewers, #3; 2.320 million adults 18-49 (1.83 rating), #2

Rising Star (9:00, 120 Minutes) - ABC
4.846 million viewers, #4; 1.532 million adults 18-49 (1.21 rating), #4

The Last Ship (9:00) - TNT
4.645 million viewers, #5; 1.398 million adults 18-49 (1.10 rating), #7

Wipeout (8:00) - ABC
4.260 million viewers, #6; 1.480 million adults 18-49 (1.17 rating), #5

Reckless (9:00) - CBS
3.987 million viewers, #7; 0.821 million adults 18-49 (0.65 rating), #16

Mountain Men (9:00) - History
3.392 million viewers, #8; 1.100 million adults 18-49 (0.87 rating), #12

Last Comic Standing Room Only (9:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
3.376 million viewers, #9; 1.359 million adults 18-49 (1.07 rating), #8

True Blood (9:00) - HBO
3.059 million viewers, #10; 2.065 million adults 18-49 (1.63 rating), #3

Falling Skies (10:00) - TNT
2.960 million viewers, #11; 0.977 million adults 18-49 (0.77 rating), #13

Sunday Night Baseball (8:00) - ESPN
2.623 million viewers, #12; 0.869 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #15

Naked & Afraid (10:00) - Discovery
2.367 million viewers, #13; 1.314 million adults 18-49 (1.04 rating), #9

BET Awards 2014 Pre-Show (6:00) - BET
2.264 million viewers, #14; 1.141 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #10

Austin & Ally (9:00) - Disney
2.061 million viewers, #15; 0.350 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #39

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
2.061 million viewers, #16; 1.454 million adults 18-49 (1.14 rating), #6

Liv and Maddie (8:00) - Disney
1.970 million viewers, #17; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #34

The Hunt (10:00) - History
1.961 million viewers, #18; 0.670 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #19

Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
1.890 million viewers, #19; 0.757 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #18

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.881 million viewers, #20; 0.529 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #28

Beachfront Bargain Hunt (8:00) - HGTV
1.846 million viewers, #21; 0.555 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #25

Beachfront Bargain Hunt (8:30) - HGTV
1.812 million viewers, #22; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #29

The Leftovers (10:00) - HBO
1.767 million viewers, #23; 0.965 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #14

I Didn't Do It (8:30)* - Disney
1.763 million viewers, #24; 0.349 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #40

Return to Amish (10:00) - TLC
1.712 million viewers, #25; 0.663 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #20

Brother vs. Brother (9:00) - HGTV
1.693 million viewers, #26; 0.503 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #31

Duck Dynasty: Behind the Quack (9:57) - A&E
1.565 million viewers, #27; 0.598 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #21

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.511 million viewers, #28; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #36

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
1.494 million viewers, #29; 0.559 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #24

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.376 million viewers, #30; 0.551 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #26

Guy's Grocery Games (8:00) - Food
1.338 million viewers, #31; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #27

Sister Wives (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
1.246 million viewers, #32; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #32

Botched (10:00) - E!
1.234 million viewers, #33; 0.805 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #17

Wahlburgers: 4th of July Special (10:00) - A&E
1.156 million viewers, #34; 0.592 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #22

Bar Rescue: Taffer's Top 10 (9:30) - Spike TV
0.879 million viewers, #35; 0.569 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #23

Penny Dreadful (10:00) - Showtime
0.856 million viewers, #36; 0.421 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #33

Married to Medicine (9:00) - Bravo
0.812 million viewers, #37; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #38

Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall (10:00)* - ID
0.752 million viewers, #38; 0.250 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #49

Bar Rescue: Taffer's Top 10 (9:00) - Spike TV
0.745 million viewers, #39; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #30

Xtreme Waterparks (8:00, 60 Minutes) - Travel
0.710 million viewers, #40; 0.398 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #35

American River Renegades (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.676 million viewers, #41; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #46

Call of the Wildman (9:00)* - Animal Planet
0.676 million viewers, #42; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #47

Finding Bigfoot (10:00)* - Animal Planet
0.676 million viewers, #43; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #48

Top 20 Funniest (9:00)* - truTV
0.665 million viewers, #44; 0.267 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #43

Halt & Catch Fire (10:00)* - AMC
0.618 million viewers, #45; 0.313 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #41

Frankenfood (10:30)* - Spike TV
0.604 million viewers, #46; 0.371 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #37

Insane Coaster Wars (7:00)* - Travel
0.527 million viewers, #47; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #44

Insane Coaster Wars (7:30)* - Travel
0.527 million viewers, #48; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #45

Salem (10:00)* - WGN
0.489 million viewers, #49; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #50

Ancient Impossible (10:00)* - H2
0.424 million viewers, #50; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #54

Frankenfood (10:00) - Spike TV
0.424 million viewers, #51; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #42

Nurse Jackie (9:00)* - Showtime
0.397 million viewers, #52; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #52

Californication (9:30)* - Showtime
0.397 million viewers, #53; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #53

Snapped: Killer Couples (9:00)* - Oxygen
0.371 million viewers, #54; 0.189 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #51

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (9:00)* - OWN
0.354 million viewers, #55; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #55

Oprah's Master Class (10:00)* - OWN
0.354 million viewers, #56; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #56

The Musketeers (9:00)* - BBCA
0.170 million viewers, #57; 0.065 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #57

[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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