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[10/08/13 - 11:31 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: College Football Snares Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, october 5, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Saturday Night Football - ABC
7.355 million viewers, #1; 3.145 million adults 18-49 (2.48 rating), #1

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
4.873 million viewers, #2; 1.127 million adults 18-49 (0.89 rating), #5

Saturday Night Football Pre-Game - ABC
3.980 million viewers, #3; 1.332 million adults 18-49 (1.05 rating), #2

College Football: Arizona St. vs. Notre Dame - NBC
3.681 million viewers, #4; 1.141 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #4

MLB Division Series: Detroit at Oakland - TBS
3.311 million viewers, #5; 1.098 million adults 18-49 (0.87 rating), #6

Jessie (8:00) - Disney
3.166 million viewers, #6; 0.559 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #17

Phineas & Ferb (8:30, 30 Minutes) - Disney
3.022 million viewers, #7; 0.613 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #14

MLB Division Series: Tampa Bay at Boston - TBS
3.014 million viewers, #8; 0.961 million adults 18-49 (0.76 rating), #8

College Football (10:41) - ESPN
2.572 million viewers, #9; 1.268 million adults 18-49 (1.00 rating), #3

Hell on Wheels (9:00) - AMC
2.492 million viewers, #10; 0.629 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #13

Ultimate Spider-Man (9:00) - Disney
2.308 million viewers, #11; 0.475 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #20

College Football (7:00) - ESPN
2.240 million viewers, #12; 1.008 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #7

FOX College Football - FOX
2.022 million viewers, #13; 0.945 million adults 18-49 (0.74 rating), #9

House of Versace - Lifetime
1.975 million viewers, #14; 0.818 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #11

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.972 million viewers, #15; 0.378 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #23

FOX College Football Post-Game - FOX
1.835 million viewers, #16; 0.860 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #10

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.617 million viewers, #17; 0.301 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #27

Scarecrow - Syfy
1.564 million viewers, #18; 0.544 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #18

College Football (7:00) - ESPN2
1.550 million viewers, #19; 0.608 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #15

Versace: Beyond the Headlines - Lifetime
1.478 million viewers, #20; 0.562 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #16

Cops - Spike TV
1.398 million viewers, #21; 0.654 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #12

Cupcake Wars (9:00) - Food
1.270 million viewers, #22; 0.515 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #19

Too Cute! (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.048 million viewers, #23; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #24

College Football (6:58) - ESPNU
0.943 million viewers, #24; 0.398 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #22

The White Queen (9:00) - Starz
0.910 million viewers, #25; 0.342 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #25

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (9:00) - OWN
0.816 million viewers, #26; 0.336 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #26

Christopher Titus: Voice in My Head - Comedy Central
0.724 million viewers, #27; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #21

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Slugterra (10:00), College Football: West Virginia at Baylor, Cedar Cove (8:00), Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, Six Little McGhees (10:00), Six Little McGhees (10:30), David Tutera: Unveiled (9:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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