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[12/05/13 - 03:08 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Modern Family," "Survivor" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, december 4, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 34 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Survivor: Blood vs. Water (8:00) - CBS
10.631 million viewers, #1; 3.320 million adults 18-49 (2.61 rating), #3

Christmas in Rockefeller Center (8:00) - NBC
9.741 million viewers, #2; 2.902 million adults 18-49 (2.29 rating), #4

Modern Family (9:00) - ABC
9.468 million viewers, #3; 4.011 million adults 18-49 (3.16 rating), #1

SNL Christmas (9:00) - NBC
7.424 million viewers, #4; 3.337 million adults 18-49 (2.63 rating), #2

The Middle (8:00) - ABC
7.411 million viewers, #5; 2.465 million adults 18-49 (1.94 rating), #6

Nashville (10:00) - ABC
5.704 million viewers, #6; 2.013 million adults 18-49 (1.59 rating), #8

The X Factor (8:00, 120 Minutes) - FOX
5.412 million viewers, #7; 1.810 million adults 18-49 (1.43 rating), #10

Back in the Game (8:30) - ABC
5.125 million viewers, #8; 1.780 million adults 18-49 (1.40 rating), #11

Super Fun Night (9:30) - ABC
4.772 million viewers, #9; 2.044 million adults 18-49 (1.61 rating), #7

American Horror Story: Coven (10:00) - FX
4.066 million viewers, #10; 2.753 million adults 18-49 (2.17 rating), #5

American Pickers (9:00) - History
3.623 million viewers, #11; 1.115 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #13

Arrow (8:00) - CW
3.240 million viewers, #12; 1.504 million adults 18-49 (1.18 rating), #12

South Park (10:00) - Comedy Central
2.481 million viewers, #13; 1.934 million adults 18-49 (1.52 rating), #9

Mob City (9:00, 120 Minutes) - TNT
2.292 million viewers, #14; 0.801 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #16

College Basketball (9:05) - ESPN
2.244 million viewers, #15; 1.103 million adults 18-49 (0.87 rating), #14

The Tomorrow People (9:00) - CW
1.740 million viewers, #16; 0.785 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #17

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.512 million viewers, #17; 0.430 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #25

Key & Peele (10:30) - Comedy Central
1.510 million viewers, #18; 1.088 million adults 18-49 (0.86 rating), #15

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.494 million viewers, #19; 0.394 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #29

Bible Secrets Revealed (10:00) - History
1.376 million viewers, #20; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #24

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.345 million viewers, #21; 0.633 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #19

Buying and Selling (9:00) - HGTV
1.326 million viewers, #22; 0.414 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #26

South Beach Tow (10:00) - truTV
1.289 million viewers, #23; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #20

Top Chef (10:00) - Bravo
1.261 million viewers, #24; 0.639 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #18

WWE Main Event (8:00) - ION
1.209 million viewers, #25; 0.414 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #27

College Basketball (7:00) - ESPN
1.141 million viewers, #26; 0.498 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #22

Haunted Highway (9:00) - Syfy
1.060 million viewers, #27; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #21

For Better or Worse (9:30) - OWN
0.912 million viewers, #28; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #31

Restaurant Stakeout (9:00) - Food
0.907 million viewers, #29; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #23

For Better or Worse (9:00) - OWN
0.815 million viewers, #30; 0.344 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #33

Half-Ton Killer: Transformed (9:00) - TLC
0.810 million viewers, #31; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #28

Hoarding: Buried Alive (10:00) - TLC
0.712 million viewers, #32; 0.344 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #34

Bear Grylls: Escape from Hell (10:00) - Discovery
0.677 million viewers, #33; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #32

Girl Code (10:00) - MTV
0.619 million viewers, #34; 0.374 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #30

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Annoying Orange (8:00), The Soup (10:00), Burning Love (10:30), State of Play: Trophy Kids (9:00), Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life (10:30), Best Ink (10:00), Inside the NFL, 60 Minutes Sports, Killer Contact (10:00), Kirstie (10:00, 60 Minutes) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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