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[11/13/12 - 12:38 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Tops Charts with College Football Doubleheader
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, november 10, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 19 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

College Football: Oregon/California - ESPN
3.657 million viewers, #1; 1.769 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

iCarly (8:00) - Nickelodeon
3.374 million viewers, #2; 0.803 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

College Football: Miss. St/LSU - ESPN
2.555 million viewers, #3; 1.081 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #2

The Wishing Tree - Hallmark
2.546 million viewers, #4; 0.416 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Big Time Rush (8:30) - Nickelodeon
2.491 million viewers, #5; 0.501 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Wedding Band - TBS
1.845 million viewers, #6; 1.068 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

How to Rock (9:00) - Nickelodeon
1.759 million viewers, #7; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

College Football (7:00) - ESPN2
1.745 million viewers, #8; 0.903 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

The Christmas Consultant - Lifetime
1.564 million viewers, #9; 0.454 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Ghost Storm - Syfy
1.402 million viewers, #10; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Billy the Exterminator (10:30) - A&E
1.398 million viewers, #11; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Billy the Exterminator (10:00) - A&E
1.244 million viewers, #12; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #7

Parking Wars (9:30) - A&E
1.095 million viewers, #13; 0.474 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Too Cute! - Animal Planet
1.058 million viewers, #14; 0.406 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Parking Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.042 million viewers, #15; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Iyanla, Fix My Life - OWN
0.950 million viewers, #16; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.854 million viewers, #17; 0.359 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's - OWN
0.843 million viewers, #18; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

College Football (10:30) - ESPN2
0.735 million viewers, #19; 0.365 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Source: Nielsen Media Research




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