Primetime Cable Ratings: August 20, 2014
Twelve year olds playing base ball dominated the cable TV landscape, on Wednesday night. ESPN captured five million viewers and a 1.1 rating in Adults 18-49, coming close to doubling up the #2 show, in total viewers. The tournament is down to the final 4 teams. Saturday will feature both the USA championship game and the International championship games, both on ABC. Sunday will feature the 3rd place game, on ESPN, and the World Series Championship game on ABC.SUITS was the night's top scripted program, getting just under 2.8 million viewers, a rise of a couple hundred thousand viewers, over last week's total.
AMERICAN PICKERS beat DUCK COMMANDER for the top reality program. The margin of victory was 600k in viewership, but the DUCK DYNASTY related show did top PICKERS in the A18-49 ratings.
| Rank | Show | Net | Time | Viewers* | A18-49 |
| 1 | Little League WS | ESPN | 7:30 PM | 4.99 | 1.1 |
| 2 | Suits | USA | 9:00 PM | 2.76 | 0.8 |
| 3 | American Pickers | HIST | 9:00 PM | 2.74 | 0.6 |
| 4 | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:30 PM | 2.62 | 1.0 |
| 5 | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 10:00 PM | 2.60 | 1.0 |
| 6 | American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 2.57 | 1.2 |
| 7 | The Big Bang Theory | TBS | 9:30 PM | 2.44 | 0.9 |
| 8 | Duck Commander | A&E | 9:30 PM | 2.40 | 0.8 |
| 9 | American Dad | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 2.13 | 0.9 |
| 10 | House Hunters | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 2.09 | 0.5 |
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