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[11/19/13 - 11:35 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "48 Hours" Tops Viewers, College Football Leads Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, november 16, 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:

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.951 million viewers, #1; 1.271 million adults 18-49 (1.00 rating), #3

Saturday Night Football - ABC
5.010 million viewers, #2; 1.717 million adults 18-49 (1.35 rating), #1

48 Hours (9:00) - CBS
4.563 million viewers, #3; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #7

College Football (7:55) - ESPN
4.493 million viewers, #4; 1.582 million adults 18-49 (1.25 rating), #2

The Christmas Ornament - Hallmark
4.313 million viewers, #5; 0.935 million adults 18-49 (0.74 rating), #6

Saturday Night Football Pre-Game - ABC
3.444 million viewers, #6; 0.945 million adults 18-49 (0.74 rating), #5

FOX College Football - FOX
3.080 million viewers, #7; 1.235 million adults 18-49 (0.97 rating), #4

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.386 million viewers, #8; 0.434 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #13

College Football (7:08) - ESPN2
2.314 million viewers, #9; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #8

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.983 million viewers, #10; 0.343 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #19

Twelve Trees of Christmas - Lifetime
1.729 million viewers, #11; 0.409 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #14

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.552 million viewers, #12; 0.632 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #9

The Challenger Disaster - Discovery
1.201 million viewers, #13; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #11

Flipping Vegas (10:00) - A&E
1.027 million viewers, #14; 0.443 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #12

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.903 million viewers, #15; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #16

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth - HBO
0.882 million viewers, #16; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #10

Fatal Vows (9:00) - ID
0.879 million viewers, #17; 0.331 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #20

I'd Kill for You (10:00) - ID
0.833 million viewers, #18; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #21

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.820 million viewers, #19; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #17

Iyanla, Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.755 million viewers, #20; 0.344 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #18

24/7: Pacquiao/Rios (9:30) - HBO
0.575 million viewers, #21; 0.378 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #15

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Too Cute! (8:00), Power Players: Global Hotties (8:00), The Thundermans (9:00), Houston Beauty (10:00), F#ck Nick Cannon (10:00), Dancing on the Edge (9:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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