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[03/19/13 - 06:01 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings: College Basketball, UFC Prelims Top Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, march 16, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

College Basketball (8:30) - ESPN
3.419 million viewers, #1; 1.438 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

College Basketball (6:00) - ESPN
2.176 million viewers, #2; 0.953 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Wendell & Vinnie (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.104 million viewers, #3; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #5

Marvin Marvin (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.722 million viewers, #4; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #7

UFC 158 on FX Prelims - FX
1.579 million viewers, #5; 1.090 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #2

Supah Ninjas (9:00) - Nickelodeon
1.420 million viewers, #6; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #9

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.269 million viewers, #7; 0.472 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #4

Savage Family Diggers (10:00) - Spike TV
1.065 million viewers, #8; 0.385 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #6

Too Cute! (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.984 million viewers, #9; 0.318 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #8

Tom Dick & Harriet - Hallmark
0.855 million viewers, #10; 0.077 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #13

Pit Boss (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.539 million viewers, #11; 0.194 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #10

Blackboard Wars (9:00) - OWN
0.325 million viewers, #12; 0.126 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #11

Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal (10:00) - OWN
0.237 million viewers, #13; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #12

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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