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[12/20/13 - 02:46 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "The X Factor" Tops Originals in Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, december 19, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 36 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The X Factor (8:00, 120 Minutes) - FOX
6.219 million viewers, #1; 2.119 million adults 18-49 (1.67 rating), #1

20/20: The Year (9:00) - ABC
5.676 million viewers, #2; 1.799 million adults 18-49 (1.42 rating), #2

The Sing-Off (8:00) - NBC
4.479 million viewers, #3; 1.492 million adults 18-49 (1.18 rating), #4

Pawn Stars (10:00, 60 Minutes) - History
4.059 million viewers, #4; 1.517 million adults 18-49 (1.20 rating), #3

Pawn Stars (9:00, 60 Minutes) - History
3.773 million viewers, #5; 1.308 million adults 18-49 (1.03 rating), #5

White Collar (9:00) - USA
2.520 million viewers, #6; 0.787 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #10

NBA Regular Season: Bulls at Thunder - TNT
1.770 million viewers, #7; 0.914 million adults 18-49 (0.72 rating), #6

Ground Floor (10:00) - TBS
1.695 million viewers, #8; 0.895 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #7

Project Runway All Stars (9:00) - Lifetime
1.657 million viewers, #9; 0.643 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #11

NBA Regular Season: Spurs at Warriors - TNT
1.549 million viewers, #10; 0.886 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #8

College Basketball (7:30) - ESPN
1.439 million viewers, #11; 0.558 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #15

Braxton Family Values (9:00) - WE tv
1.333 million viewers, #12; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #9

Rodeo Girls (10:00) - A&E
1.307 million viewers, #13; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #12

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
1.240 million viewers, #14; 0.498 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #17

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
1.237 million viewers, #15; 0.340 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #24

Mob Wives (10:00) - VH1
1.109 million viewers, #16; 0.612 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #13

The Millionaire Matchmaker (9:00) - Bravo
1.105 million viewers, #17; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #14

NBA Pre-Game Show - TNT
1.076 million viewers, #18; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #19

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
0.945 million viewers, #19; 0.524 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #16

North Woods Law (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.910 million viewers, #20; 0.332 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #25

Devil You Know (10:00) - ID
0.910 million viewers, #21; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #23

True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (9:00) - ID
0.888 million viewers, #22; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #26

Gypsy Sisters (9:00) - TLC
0.874 million viewers, #23; 0.492 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #18

A Very Merry Gypsy Christmas (10:00) - TLC
0.703 million viewers, #24; 0.385 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #22

Guinness World Records Unleashed (8:00)* - truTV
0.699 million viewers, #25; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #21

Courtney Loves Dallas (10:00) - Bravo
0.622 million viewers, #26; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #27

Panic Button (10:30) - truTV
0.614 million viewers, #27; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #20

Mysteries at the Museum (9:00)* - Travel
0.475 million viewers, #28; 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #28

Big Bad Wood (9:00)* - NGC
0.352 million viewers, #29; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #29

Meltdown (10:00)* - NGC
0.352 million viewers, #30; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #30

Meltdown (10:30)* - NGC
0.352 million viewers, #31; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #31

How It's Made (9:00)* - Science
0.314 million viewers, #32; 0.087 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #33

How Do They Do It? (10:00)* - Science
0.314 million viewers, #33; 0.087 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #34

Party On (10:00)* - E!
0.226 million viewers, #34; 0.133 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #32

The Returned (9:00)* - Sundance
0.077 million viewers, #35; 0.033 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #35

Farm Kings (9:00)* - GAC
0.071 million viewers, #36; 0.020 million adults 18-49 (0.02 rating), #36

[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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