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[10/15/13 - 12:31 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: ALCS, NASCAR & College Football Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, october 12, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

ALCS, Game 1 - FOX
6.800 million viewers, #1; 2.401 million adults 18-49 (1.89 rating), #2

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Charlotte - ABC
5.560 million viewers, #2; 1.646 million adults 18-49 (1.30 rating), #3

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.238 million viewers, #3; 1.057 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #5

College Football (9:18) - ESPN
5.114 million viewers, #4; 2.404 million adults 18-49 (1.89 rating), #1

College Football (5:00) - ESPN
4.040 million viewers, #5; 1.622 million adults 18-49 (1.28 rating), #4

College Football (7:00) - ESPN2
2.560 million viewers, #6; 0.953 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #6

Cedar Cove (8:00) - Hallmark
2.364 million viewers, #7; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #13

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.148 million viewers, #8; 0.450 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #10

ALCS, Game 1 Pre-Game - FOX
2.062 million viewers, #9; 0.679 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #7

Signed, Sealed & Delivered - Hallmark
1.715 million viewers, #10; 0.257 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #17

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.712 million viewers, #11; 0.291 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #16

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.446 million viewers, #12; 0.627 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #8

College Football (10:33) - ESPN2
0.966 million viewers, #13; 0.374 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #12

Cupcake Wars (9:00) - Food
0.912 million viewers, #14; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #9

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
0.887 million viewers, #15; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #11

Deadly Affairs (10:00) - ID
0.746 million viewers, #16; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #15

The White Queen (9:00) - Starz
0.741 million viewers, #17; 0.344 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #14

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Too Cute! (9:00), Slugterra (10:00), College Football: Tulsa at UTEP, Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (9:00), Six Little McGhees (10:00), Six Little McGhees (10:30), Pearl Jam Twenty were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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