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[05/28/14 - 12:05 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NASCAR, NBA Playoffs Put FOX, TNT in Front
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 25, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 30 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NASCAR: Coca-Cola 600 - FOX
6.956 million viewers, #1; 2.054 million adults 18-49 (1.62 rating), #2

NBA Playoffs: Spurs at Thunder - TNT
6.679 million viewers, #2; 3.180 million adults 18-49 (2.50 rating), #1

NASCAR: Coca-Cola 600 Winner's Circle - FOX
6.007 million viewers, #3; 1.894 million adults 18-49 (1.49 rating), #3

NASCAR: Coca-Cola 600 Post-Race - FOX
3.758 million viewers, #4; 1.199 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #4

Crisis (10:00) - NBC
2.937 million viewers, #5; 0.926 million adults 18-49 (0.73 rating), #5

Believe (9:00) - NBC
2.925 million viewers, #6; 0.885 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #6

NBA Pre-Game - TNT
1.953 million viewers, #7; 0.793 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #8

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
1.936 million viewers, #8; 0.854 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #7

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
1.775 million viewers, #9; 0.742 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #9

American Dream Builders (7:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
1.704 million viewers, #10; 0.482 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #14

NHL Playoffs: Canadiens at Rangers - NBCSN
1.598 million viewers, #11; 0.675 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #10

Sunday Night Baseball (8:00) - ESPN
1.460 million viewers, #12; 0.483 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #13

Turn (9:00) - AMC
1.391 million viewers, #13; 0.419 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #19

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.201 million viewers, #14; 0.572 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #12

Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.196 million viewers, #15; 0.438 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #17

Iron Chef America (9:00) - Food
1.150 million viewers, #16; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #18

Guy's Grocery Games (8:00) - Food
1.119 million viewers, #17; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #15

Total Divas (9:00) - E!
1.041 million viewers, #18; 0.622 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #11

The Perfect Murder (10:00) - ID
0.980 million viewers, #19; 0.330 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #22

The Normal Heart (9:00) - HBO
0.943 million viewers, #20; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #23

Wicked Tuna (9:00) - NGC
0.940 million viewers, #21; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #20

Married to Medicine (9:00) - Bravo
0.921 million viewers, #22; 0.466 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #16

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (8:00)* - Hallmark
0.874 million viewers, #23; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #27

Penny Dreadful (10:00) - Showtime
0.734 million viewers, #24; 0.404 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #21

Filthy Riches (10:00)* - NGC
0.550 million viewers, #25; 0.217 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #24

Hotel Secrets & Legends (10:00)* - Travel
0.463 million viewers, #26; 0.178 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #26

Snapped (9:00)* - Oxygen
0.455 million viewers, #27; 0.206 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #25

Salem (10:00)* - WGN
0.322 million viewers, #28; 0.116 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #30

Nurse Jackie (9:00)* - Showtime
0.321 million viewers, #29; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #28

Californication (9:30)* - Showtime
0.321 million viewers, #30; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #29

[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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