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[04/01/14 - 10:35 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "The Walking Dead" Closes Season on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, march 30, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 54 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead (9:00) - AMC
15.678 million viewers, #1; 10.157 million adults 18-49 (8.00 rating), #1

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Regional Finals - Kentucky #8 vs. Michigan #2 - CBS
14.639 million viewers, #2; 5.953 million adults 18-49 (4.69 rating), #2

60 Minutes (7:20) - CBS
14.303 million viewers, #3; 3.527 million adults 18-49 (2.78 rating), #4

The Good Wife (9:20) - CBS
10.959 million viewers, #4; 2.252 million adults 18-49 (1.77 rating), #10

The Amazing Race (8:20) - CBS
9.512 million viewers, #5; 2.520 million adults 18-49 (1.98 rating), #8

The Mentalist (10:20) - CBS
8.721 million viewers, #6; 1.846 million adults 18-49 (1.45 rating), #13

Resurrection (9:00) - ABC
8.395 million viewers, #7; 2.989 million adults 18-49 (2.35 rating), #5

Talking Dead (10:00) - AMC
7.335 million viewers, #8; 4.670 million adults 18-49 (3.68 rating), #3

Once Upon a Time (8:00) - ABC
6.644 million viewers, #9; 2.702 million adults 18-49 (2.13 rating), #7

America's Funniest Home Videos (7:00) - ABC
6.230 million viewers, #10; 1.607 million adults 18-49 (1.27 rating), #16

Revenge (10:00) - ABC
5.251 million viewers, #11; 1.776 million adults 18-49 (1.40 rating), #14

Believe (9:00) - NBC
4.888 million viewers, #12; 1.427 million adults 18-49 (1.12 rating), #17

Crisis (10:00) - NBC
4.343 million viewers, #13; 1.336 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #18

Family Guy (8:30) - FOX
4.168 million viewers, #14; 2.704 million adults 18-49 (2.13 rating), #6

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
3.943 million viewers, #15; 2.212 million adults 18-49 (1.74 rating), #11

The Simpsons (8:00) - FOX
3.912 million viewers, #16; 2.366 million adults 18-49 (1.86 rating), #9

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (9:00) - FOX
3.911 million viewers, #17; 1.905 million adults 18-49 (1.50 rating), #12

American Dream Builders (8:00) - NBC
3.105 million viewers, #18; 1.005 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #24

American Dad (7:30) - FOX
2.794 million viewers, #19; 1.772 million adults 18-49 (1.40 rating), #15

Ax Men (9:00) - History
2.514 million viewers, #20; 0.974 million adults 18-49 (0.77 rating), #26

Sunday Night Baseball (8:00) - ESPN
2.279 million viewers, #21; 1.059 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #22

Bob's Burgers (7:00) - FOX
2.263 million viewers, #22; 1.301 million adults 18-49 (1.02 rating), #19

Naked & Afraid (10:00) - Discovery
2.081 million viewers, #23; 1.069 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #20

Caribbean Life (8:30) - HGTV
1.866 million viewers, #24; 0.471 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #35

Living Alaska (10:30) - HGTV
1.833 million viewers, #25; 0.418 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #41

Shameless (9:00) - Showtime
1.758 million viewers, #26; 1.065 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #21

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
1.742 million viewers, #27; 0.716 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #29

Caribbean Life (8:00) - HGTV
1.707 million viewers, #28; 0.470 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #36

Living Alaska (10:00)* - HGTV
1.611 million viewers, #29; 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #42

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
1.590 million viewers, #30; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #31

Total Divas (9:00) - E!
1.546 million viewers, #31; 0.984 million adults 18-49 (0.77 rating), #25

Chopped (9:00) - Food
1.527 million viewers, #32; 0.727 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #28

No Man's Land (10:00) - History
1.520 million viewers, #33; 0.620 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #32

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.453 million viewers, #34; 1.043 million adults 18-49 (0.82 rating), #23

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.452 million viewers, #35; 0.785 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #27

Drop Dead Diva (9:00) - Lifetime
1.247 million viewers, #36; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #34

Wicked Tuna (9:00) - NGC
1.032 million viewers, #37; 0.501 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #33

My Five Wives (10:00)* - TLC
0.989 million viewers, #38; 0.421 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #40

Unusual Suspects (9:00)* - ID
0.961 million viewers, #39; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #43

On the Case with Paula Zahn (10:00)* - ID
0.961 million viewers, #40; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #44

Food Court Wars (8:00) - Food
0.948 million viewers, #41; 0.450 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #39

Eric & Jessie: Game On (10:00) - E!
0.936 million viewers, #42; 0.674 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #30

Catch a Contractor (10:00) - Spike TV
0.767 million viewers, #43; 0.462 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #38

House of Lies (10:00) - Showtime
0.757 million viewers, #44; 0.465 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #37

Death Row Stories (9:00)* - CNN
0.714 million viewers, #45; 0.162 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #50

Alaska Fish Wars (10:00)* - NGC
0.575 million viewers, #46; 0.257 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #45

Snapped (9:00)* - Oxygen
0.546 million viewers, #47; 0.236 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #47

NHL Regular Season: Blackhawks at Penguins* - NBCSN
0.541 million viewers, #48; 0.238 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #46

Church Secrets and Legends (10:00)* - Travel
0.424 million viewers, #49; 0.151 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #51

The Bible Rules (10:00)* - H2
0.407 million viewers, #50; 0.127 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #52

Oprah & Maria Shriver: The Paycheck to Paycheck Town Hall (9:00)* - OWN
0.393 million viewers, #51; 0.178 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #48

Lindsay (10:00)* - OWN
0.393 million viewers, #52; 0.178 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #49

Those Who Kill (10:00)* - LMN
0.336 million viewers, #53; 0.077 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #54

Overhaulin' (9:00)* - Velocity
0.197 million viewers, #54; 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #53

[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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