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[11/12/13 - 11:56 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: CBS Dominates Charts with LSU/Alabama
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, november 9, 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:

College Football: LSU at Alabama - CBS
11.903 million viewers, #1; 5.173 million adults 18-49 (4.07 rating), #1

Miss Universe 2013 (9:00) - NBC
3.754 million viewers, #2; 1.193 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #2

Snow Bride - Hallmark
3.397 million viewers, #3; 0.699 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #7

Saturday Night Football Pre-Game - ABC
3.035 million viewers, #4; 0.743 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #6

Saturday Night Football - ABC
3.034 million viewers, #5; 0.786 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #5

FOX College Football - FOX
2.647 million viewers, #6; 0.936 million adults 18-49 (0.74 rating), #3

A Country Christmas Story - Lifetime
2.519 million viewers, #7; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #10

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.360 million viewers, #8; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #11

College Football (7:02) - ESPN
1.987 million viewers, #9; 0.827 million adults 18-49 (0.65 rating), #4

The Thundermans (9:00) - Nickelodeon
1.850 million viewers, #10; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #21

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.828 million viewers, #11; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #18

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.601 million viewers, #12; 0.648 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #9

Beast of the Bering Sea - Syfy
1.545 million viewers, #13; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #13

College Football (10:31) - ESPN
1.506 million viewers, #14; 0.697 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #8

Love It or List It Too (9:00) - HGTV
1.188 million viewers, #15; 0.359 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #20

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.065 million viewers, #16; 0.454 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #14

Food Network's 20th Birthday Party - Food
1.063 million viewers, #17; 0.401 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #16

Flipping Vegas (10:00) - A&E
1.017 million viewers, #18; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #15

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.930 million viewers, #19; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #19

Iyanla, Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.835 million viewers, #20; 0.389 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #17

UFC Fight Night - FS1
0.722 million viewers, #21; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #12

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Too Cute! (8:00), Houston Beauty (10:00), Dancing on the Edge (9:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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