"The Amazing Race 14" has apparently hit its highest preliminary Nielsen ratings of its current run, at least according to vaguely unofficial readings.
Due to the ~51 minute overrun, it's impossible to get exact ratings numbers but the less contaminated 9-9:30 p.m. half hour scored a prelim 3.4 Nielsen rating in the age 18-49 group with 12.1 million average overall viewers, both measures higher than all previous TAR14 episodes. (Source: PIFeedback.com).
Episode six's ratings were no doubt helped by the NCAA basketball tournament overrun and the "60 Minutes" lead-in interview with President Barack Obama. For the first time this season, "60 Minutes" scored a higher 18-49 rating than TAR14.
It will take the release of final same day national ratings this Tuesday to filter out the "60 Minutes" and "Cold Case" time overlaps, allowing a truer read of this week's "Amazing Race 14" audience.
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