Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Nielsen winners: 'Extant,' 'The Strain,' World Cup - USA TODAY

Cable openers: The Strain, FX's first Sunday series, opened with a solid 3 million viewers, opposite the second-season opener of Showtime's Masters of Sex (825,000). Showtime's Ray Donovan also returned Sunday with 1.2 million.

'Extant' to 'Sweden.' CBS' astronaut drama Extant, starring Halle Berry, opened Wednesday with 9.6 million viewers, tops for the week but well below last year's Under the Dome premiere. Other starts: NBC's Welcome to Sweden (3.5 million) and Working the Engels (2.7 million, both Thursday); FX's The Bridge (1.5 million Wednesday); History's Ice Road Truckers (1.8 million Monday); and Discovery's American Muscle (556,000 Wednesday).

Soccer final. The World Cup final snared 17.3 million viewers Sunday on ABC, 9.2 million viewers on Univision (a record for a final on U.S. Spanish-language TV) and 5.5 million on ESPN. Combined, the ABC/ESPN numbers made it third-most-watched soccer match in U.S. history (after USA-Portugal and the 1999 women's final).

The week's top 20 shows

1. Extant, CBS, 9.6 million
2. 60 Minutes, CBS, 8.2 million
3. NCIS, CBS, 8.0 million
* America's Got Talent (Tue.), NBC, 8.0 million
5. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 7.8 million
6. Under the Dome, CBS, 7.7 million
7. The Bachelorette, ABC, 7.0 million
8. Big Brother (Sun.), CBS, 6.6 million
* NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 6.6 million
10. Blue Bloods, CBS, 6.5 million
11. Criminal Minds, CBS, 6.4 million
* Night Shift, NBC, 6.4 million
13. 20/20, ABC, 6.3 million
* America's Funniest Home Videos, ABC, 6.3 million
15. Big Brother (Thu. ), CBS, 6.2 million
16. Big Brother (Wed.), CBS, 6.0 million
* America's Got Talent (Wednesday), NBC, 6.0 million
* Unforgettable, CBS, 6.0 million
* Dateline NBC, NBC, 6.0 million
* 24: Live Another Day, Fox, 6.0 million

Tops on Twitter

1. Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family, Tue.) | Tweets: 533,000 | Unique audience: 3,769,000

2. The Bachelorette (ABC, Mon.) | Tweets: 90,000 | Unique audience: 2,432,000

3. Teen Wolf (MTV, Mon.) | Tweets: 287,000 | Unique audience: 2,116,000

4. Finding Carter (MTV, Tue.) | Tweets: 143,000 | Unique audience: 1,845,000

5. Love & Hip Hop (VH1 Mon.) | Tweets: 458,000 | Unique audience: 1,703,000

6. Catfish (MTV, Wed.) | Tweets: 103,000 | Unique audience: 1,537,000

7. Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E!, Sun.) | Tweets: 39,000 | Unique audience: 1,484,000

8. WWE Raw (USA, Mon.) | Tweets: 196,000 | Unique audience: 1,367,000

9. Big Brother (CBS, Sun.) | Tweets: 78,000 | Unique audience: 1,270,000

10. Big Brother (CBS, Thur.) | Tweets: 112,000 | Unique audience: 1,247,000

Data from week ending July 13; unique audience measures relevant tweets until 5 a.m. local time the day after telecast for new prime-time and late-night programs except sports. Source: Nielsen

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