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[10/16/12 - 01:25 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings: ALCS on TBS, College Football on ESPN Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, october 13, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

MLB ALCS, Game 1 - TBS
6.847 million viewers, #1; 2.741 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #2

College Football: South Carolina/LSU - ESPN
5.978 million viewers, #2; 2.759 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #1

Victorious (8:30) - Nickelodeon
3.654 million viewers, #3; 0.770 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

iCarly (8:00) - Nickelodeon
3.627 million viewers, #4; 0.829 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Big Time Rush (9:00) - Nickelodeon
2.770 million viewers, #5; 0.521 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

How to Rock (9:30) - Nickelodeon
1.971 million viewers, #6; 0.370 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Too Cute! - Animal Planet
1.394 million viewers, #7; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

The Walking Dead Sneak Peek (10:30) - AMC
1.276 million viewers, #8; 0.701 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

American Horror House - Syfy
1.204 million viewers, #9; 0.472 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Parking Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.120 million viewers, #10; 0.479 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Parking Wars (9:30) - A&E
1.113 million viewers, #11; 0.487 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.110 million viewers, #12; 0.533 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #7

College Football (9:00) - ESPN2
1.059 million viewers, #13; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

UFC 153 Preliminaries - FX
1.038 million viewers, #14; 0.704 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Billy the Exterminator (10:00) - A&E
0.958 million viewers, #15; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Billy the Exterminator (10:30) - A&E
0.921 million viewers, #16; 0.371 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

College Football (5:30) - ESPN2
0.672 million viewers, #17; 0.272 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's - OWN
0.649 million viewers, #18; 0.253 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Iyanla, Fix My Life - OWN
0.534 million viewers, #19; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Titanic: Blood and Steel (9:00) - Encore
0.253 million viewers, #20; 0.096 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

Titanic: Blood and Steel (8:00) - Encore
0.195 million viewers, #21; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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