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[03/12/13 - 06:53 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings: College Basketball, "Wendell & Vinnie" Top Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, march 9, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

College Basketball (9:00) - ESPN
2.787 million viewers, #1; 1.237 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #1

Wendell & Vinnie (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.380 million viewers, #2; 0.561 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #3

College Basketball (6:00) - ESPN
1.677 million viewers, #3; 0.701 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #2

Flying Monkeys - Syfy
1.672 million viewers, #4; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #6

Supah Ninjas (9:00) - Nickelodeon
1.572 million viewers, #5; 0.315 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #9

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.315 million viewers, #6; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #5

Restless Virgins - Lifetime
1.067 million viewers, #7; 0.538 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #4

Too Cute! (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.981 million viewers, #8; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #7

Savage Family Diggers (10:00) - Spike TV
0.744 million viewers, #9; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #8

Pit Boss (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.615 million viewers, #10; 0.251 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #10

Blackboard Wars (9:00) - OWN
0.257 million viewers, #11; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #11

Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal (10:00) - OWN
0.188 million viewers, #12; 0.081 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #12

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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