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[07/09/14 - 03:12 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Night Shift," "Rizzoli & Isles" Lead Originals
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, july 8, 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:

The Night Shift (10:00) - NBC
6.358 million viewers, #1; 1.685 million adults 18-49 (1.33 rating), #1

Rizzoli & Isles (9:00) - TNT
5.131 million viewers, #2; 1.402 million adults 18-49 (1.10 rating), #2

Extreme Weight Loss (8:00, 120 Minutes) - ABC
3.504 million viewers, #3; 1.354 million adults 18-49 (1.07 rating), #3

Celebrity Wife Swap (10:00) - ABC
3.306 million viewers, #4; 1.288 million adults 18-49 (1.01 rating), #5

The Haves and the Have Nots (9:00) - OWN
3.292 million viewers, #5; 1.211 million adults 18-49 (0.95 rating), #7

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
2.887 million viewers, #6; 1.317 million adults 18-49 (1.04 rating), #4

Perception (10:00) - TNT
2.576 million viewers, #7; 0.758 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #12

Pretty Little Liars (8:00) - ABC Family
2.249 million viewers, #8; 1.249 million adults 18-49 (0.98 rating), #6

Royal Pains (9:00) - USA
2.041 million viewers, #9; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #19

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
2.012 million viewers, #10; 0.754 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #13

Sullivan & Son (10:00) - TBS
1.960 million viewers, #11; 0.940 million adults 18-49 (0.74 rating), #9

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.916 million viewers, #12; 0.516 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #26

Tyrant (10:00) - FX
1.705 million viewers, #13; 0.737 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #16

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.704 million viewers, #14; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #28

Finding Carter (10:00) - MTV
1.687 million viewers, #15; 0.927 million adults 18-49 (0.73 rating), #10

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.668 million viewers, #16; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #23

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.552 million viewers, #17; 0.675 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #18

Covert Affairs (10:00) - USA
1.438 million viewers, #18; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #34

Shipping Wars (10:30) - A&E
1.376 million viewers, #19; 0.648 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #21

Little Women: LA (10:00) - Lifetime
1.356 million viewers, #20; 0.753 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #14

Shipping Wars (10:00) - A&E
1.339 million viewers, #21; 0.592 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #24

Bad Girls Club (8:00) - Oxygen
1.323 million viewers, #22; 0.787 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #11

Catfish: The TV Show (9:00) - MTV
1.321 million viewers, #23; 0.947 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #8

Real Housewives of New York City (9:00) - Bravo
1.293 million viewers, #24; 0.655 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #20

Flip or Flop (9:00) - HGTV
1.222 million viewers, #25; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #25

Chasing Life (9:00) - ABC Family
1.208 million viewers, #26; 0.683 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #17

Top Gear (9:00) - History
1.098 million viewers, #27; 0.627 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #22

Swamp Murders (9:00) - ID
1.001 million viewers, #28; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #37

Buddy's Bakery Rescue (10:00) - TLC
0.980 million viewers, #29; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #30

Inside the Walking Dead (10:00) - AMC
0.943 million viewers, #30; 0.453 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #29

Drunk History (10:00) - Comedy Central
0.913 million viewers, #31; 0.747 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #15

Next Great Baker (9:00) - TLC
0.892 million viewers, #32; 0.348 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #35

Cry Wolfe (10:00)* - ID
0.891 million viewers, #33; 0.277 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #39

The '90s: The Last Great Decade (9:00) - NGC
0.765 million viewers, #34; 0.475 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #27

The People's Couch (10:00, 60 Minutes) - Bravo
0.713 million viewers, #35; 0.398 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #32

Biker Battleground Phoenix (10:00) - History
0.677 million viewers, #36; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #36

Tattoos After Dark (9:00)* - Oxygen
0.669 million viewers, #37; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #33

Turtleman's Kentucky (10:00)* - Animal Planet
0.641 million viewers, #38; 0.202 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #41

Apollo Live (10:00) - BET
0.611 million viewers, #39; 0.298 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #38

Nathan for You (10:30) - Comedy Central
0.508 million viewers, #40; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #31

Restaurant Startup (10:00)* - CNBC
0.469 million viewers, #41; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #40

The Chase (8:00)* - GSN
0.387 million viewers, #42; 0.073 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #48

World's Strangest (8:00)* - Science
0.336 million viewers, #43; 0.149 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #44

The Wil Wheaton Project (9:00)* - Syfy
0.333 million viewers, #44; 0.164 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #43

Escape Club (8:00)* - E!
0.321 million viewers, #45; 0.172 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #42

Degrassi: The Next Generation (9:00)* - TeenNick
0.309 million viewers, #46; 0.062 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #49

Motor City Masters (10:00)* - truTV
0.293 million viewers, #47; 0.108 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #47

Married at First Sight: Casting Special (8:00)* - FYI
0.216 million viewers, #48; 0.118 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #45

Married at First Sight (9:00, 90 Minutes)* - FYI
0.216 million viewers, #49; 0.118 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #46

Boundless (10:00)* - Esquire
0.159 million viewers, #50; 0.056 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #50

I'm a Stripper (10:00)* - Logo
0.022 million viewers, #51; 0.004 million adults 18-49 (0.00 rating), #51

[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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