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[07/02/14 - 06:15 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "America's Got Talent" Continues Its Reign
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, july 1, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 51 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

America's Got Talent (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
11.136 million viewers, #1; 3.329 million adults 18-49 (2.62 rating), #1

The Night Shift (10:00) - NBC
6.873 million viewers, #2; 1.801 million adults 18-49 (1.42 rating), #2

Rizzoli & Isles (9:00) - TNT
5.428 million viewers, #3; 1.203 million adults 18-49 (0.95 rating), #5

The Haves and the Have Nots (9:00) - OWN
3.476 million viewers, #4; 1.202 million adults 18-49 (0.95 rating), #6

Extreme Weight Loss (8:00, 120 Minutes) - ABC
3.376 million viewers, #5; 1.150 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #8

Celebrity Wife Swap (10:00) - ABC
3.231 million viewers, #6; 1.246 million adults 18-49 (0.98 rating), #4

Perception (10:00) - TNT
3.193 million viewers, #7; 0.821 million adults 18-49 (0.65 rating), #11

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
2.931 million viewers, #8; 1.285 million adults 18-49 (1.01 rating), #3

Pretty Little Liars (8:00) - ABC Family
2.126 million viewers, #9; 1.195 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #7

Royal Pains (9:00) - USA
2.114 million viewers, #10; 0.751 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #13

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.875 million viewers, #11; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #24

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.827 million viewers, #12; 0.621 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #23

Bad Girls Club (8:00) - Oxygen
1.735 million viewers, #13; 0.976 million adults 18-49 (0.77 rating), #9

Covert Affairs (10:00) - USA
1.719 million viewers, #14; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #31

Sullivan & Son (10:00) - TBS
1.692 million viewers, #15; 0.839 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #10

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
1.646 million viewers, #16; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #25

Shipping Wars (10:00) - A&E
1.544 million viewers, #17; 0.770 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #12

Deadliest Catch: The Bait (8:00) - Discovery
1.540 million viewers, #18; 0.638 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #22

Flip or Flop (9:00) - HGTV
1.527 million viewers, #19; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #20

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.503 million viewers, #20; 0.742 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #14

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.476 million viewers, #21; 0.533 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #29

Tyrant (10:00) - FX
1.385 million viewers, #22; 0.674 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #18

Shipping Wars (10:30) - A&E
1.341 million viewers, #23; 0.650 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #19

Top Gear (9:00) - History
1.307 million viewers, #24; 0.715 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #15

Nick News (8:00)* - Nickelodeon
1.208 million viewers, #25; 0.345 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #33

Real Housewives of New York City (9:00) - Bravo
1.150 million viewers, #26; 0.585 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #26

Chasing Life (9:00) - ABC Family
1.116 million viewers, #27; 0.641 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #21

Next Great Baker (9:00) - TLC
1.078 million viewers, #28; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #32

Little Women: LA (10:00) - Lifetime
1.077 million viewers, #29; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #27

Drunk History (10:00) - Comedy Central
0.945 million viewers, #30; 0.689 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #16

16 & Pregnant: Life After Labor (10:00, 90 Minutes) - MTV
0.930 million viewers, #31; 0.680 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #17

Biker Battleground Phoenix (10:00) - History
0.880 million viewers, #32; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #30

Buddy's Bakery Rescue (10:00) - TLC
0.869 million viewers, #33; 0.301 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #36

Apollo Live (10:00) - BET
0.792 million viewers, #34; 0.314 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #34

Nathan for You (10:30) - Comedy Central
0.710 million viewers, #35; 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #28

Swamp Murders (9:00)* - ID
0.680 million viewers, #36; 0.186 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #42

Cry Wolfe (10:00)* - ID
0.680 million viewers, #37; 0.186 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #43

Abby's Studio Rescue (9:00) - Lifetime
0.594 million viewers, #38; 0.281 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #38

The People's Couch (10:00, 60 Minutes) - Bravo
0.587 million viewers, #39; 0.314 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #35

Tattoos After Dark (9:00) - Oxygen
0.554 million viewers, #40; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #37

Degrassi: The Next Generation (9:00)* - TeenNick
0.516 million viewers, #41; 0.130 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #48

Famous in 12 (8:00) - CW
0.474 million viewers, #42; 0.251 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #39

Secret Lives of the Super Rich (10:00)* - CNBC
0.357 million viewers, #43; 0.170 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #46

Motor City Masters (10:00)* - truTV
0.354 million viewers, #44; 0.147 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #47

Escape Club (8:00)* - E!
0.351 million viewers, #45; 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #40

Botched (9:00)* - E!
0.351 million viewers, #46; 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #41

The Wil Wheaton Project (9:00)* - Syfy
0.312 million viewers, #47; 0.185 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #44

Heroes of Cosplay (10:00)* - Syfy
0.312 million viewers, #48; 0.185 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #45

World's Strangest (8:00)* - Science
0.253 million viewers, #49; 0.096 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #50

Alien Encounters (10:00)* - Science
0.253 million viewers, #50; 0.096 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #51

Boundless (10:00)* - Esquire
0.210 million viewers, #51; 0.105 million adults 18-49 (0.08 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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