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[09/25/12 - 11:18 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Continues Reign with College Football Doubleheader
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, september 22, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 11 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

College Football: LSU/Auburn - ESPN
3.768 million viewers, #1; 1.631 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

Victorious (8:00) - Nickelodeon
3.597 million viewers, #2; 0.845 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

College Football: Arizona/Oregon - ESPN
3.035 million viewers, #3; 1.463 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Big Time Rush (8:30) - Nickelodeon
2.894 million viewers, #4; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #6

How to Rock (9:00) - Nickelodeon
2.033 million viewers, #5; 0.404 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #8

Last Hours in Suburbia - Lifetime
1.483 million viewers, #6; 0.700 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

UFC 152 Preliminaries - FX
0.955 million viewers, #7; 0.604 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

College Football: Vanderbilt/Georgia - ESPN2
0.886 million viewers, #8; 0.425 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #7

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's - OWN
0.798 million viewers, #9; 0.332 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #9

Tanked - Animal Planet
0.660 million viewers, #10; 0.320 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #10

Iyanla, Fix My Life - OWN
0.454 million viewers, #11; 0.158 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #11

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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