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[09/27/13 - 05:28 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Big Bang" Dominates in All Categories
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, september 26, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Big Bang Theory (8:30) - CBS
20.439 million viewers, #1; 7.784 million adults 18-49 (6.13 rating), #1

The Big Bang Theory (8:00) - CBS
18.994 million viewers, #2; 7.045 million adults 18-49 (5.55 rating), #2

The Crazy Ones (9:00) - CBS
15.516 million viewers, #3; 4.912 million adults 18-49 (3.87 rating), #3

Two and a Half Men (9:30) - CBS
11.594 million viewers, #4; 3.623 million adults 18-49 (2.85 rating), #6

Elementary (10:00) - CBS
10.183 million viewers, #5; 2.651 million adults 18-49 (2.09 rating), #8

Grey's Anatomy (9:00, 120 Minutes) - ABC
9.275 million viewers, #6; 4.268 million adults 18-49 (3.36 rating), #4

Thursday Night Football - NFLN
7.610 million viewers, #7; 4.029 million adults 18-49 (3.17 rating), #5

The Michael J. Fox Show (9:00, 60 Minutes) - NBC
7.503 million viewers, #8; 2.746 million adults 18-49 (2.16 rating), #7

The X Factor (8:00) - FOX
6.471 million viewers, #9; 2.644 million adults 18-49 (2.08 rating), #9

Glee (9:00) - FOX
5.064 million viewers, #10; 2.494 million adults 18-49 (1.96 rating), #10

Parenthood (10:00) - NBC
5.056 million viewers, #11; 2.069 million adults 18-49 (1.63 rating), #11

Parks & Recreation (8:00, 60 Minutes) - NBC
3.270 million viewers, #12; 1.614 million adults 18-49 (1.27 rating), #12

Thursday Night Football Pre-Kick - NFLN
2.952 million viewers, #13; 1.484 million adults 18-49 (1.17 rating), #13

College Football: Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech - ESPN
2.314 million viewers, #14; 0.998 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #14

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
1.980 million viewers, #15; 0.760 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #15

Airplane Repo (10:00) - Discovery
1.339 million viewers, #16; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #16

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.230 million viewers, #17; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #19

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
1.121 million viewers, #18; 0.487 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #17

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.088 million viewers, #19; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #22

Tamar & Vince (9:00) - WE
0.817 million viewers, #20; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #18

Airplane Repo: Touchdown (8:00, 120 Minutes) - Discovery
0.785 million viewers, #21; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #20

Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell (10:00) - Food
0.697 million viewers, #22; 0.342 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #21

Forbidden (10:00) - ID
0.650 million viewers, #23; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #23

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Anger Management (9:30), Supermarket Superstar (10:30), Flying Blind (9:30) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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