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[10/22/13 - 10:48 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: ALCS Finale Triumphs Over College Football
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, october 19, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

ALCS, Game 6 - FOX
9.041 million viewers, #1; 2.908 million adults 18-49 (2.29 rating), #1

Saturday Night Football - ABC
5.676 million viewers, #2; 2.446 million adults 18-49 (1.93 rating), #2

Saturday Night Football Pre-Game - ABC
4.829 million viewers, #3; 1.770 million adults 18-49 (1.39 rating), #3

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
4.788 million viewers, #4; 1.041 million adults 18-49 (0.82 rating), #5

College Football: USC at Norte Dame - NBC
3.464 million viewers, #5; 1.015 million adults 18-49 (0.80 rating), #6

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.633 million viewers, #6; 0.679 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #9

College Football (7:00) - ESPN2
2.598 million viewers, #7; 1.063 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #4

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
2.555 million viewers, #8; 0.555 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #12

ALCS, Game 6 Pre-Game - FOX
2.333 million viewers, #9; 0.713 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #8

College Football (7:09) - ESPN
2.331 million viewers, #10; 1.004 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #7

Missing at 17 - Lifetime
1.735 million viewers, #11; 0.648 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #11

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.376 million viewers, #12; 0.668 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #10

Grave Halloween - Syfy
1.283 million viewers, #13; 0.522 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #14

The White Queen (9:00) - Starz
1.155 million viewers, #14; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #15

College Football (10:00) - FS1
1.135 million viewers, #15; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #13

College Football (10:48) - ESPN2
0.946 million viewers, #16; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #17

Too Cute! (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.883 million viewers, #17; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #20

Cupcake Wars (9:00) - Food
0.844 million viewers, #18; 0.359 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #18

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (9:00) - OWN
0.817 million viewers, #19; 0.314 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #19

UFC Prelims (8:00) - FS1
0.628 million viewers, #20; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #16

David Tutera: Unveiled (9:00) - WE tv
0.555 million viewers, #21; 0.280 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #21

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for When Calls the Heart, Six Little McGhees (10:00), Six Little McGhees (10:30), Dancing on the Edge (10:05) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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