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[12/17/13 - 11:06 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: FOX Tops Demos with UFC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, december 14, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 22 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Heisman Trophy Presentation (8:00) - ESPN
4.183 million viewers, #1; 1.484 million adults 18-49 (1.17 rating), #2

Hats Off to Christmas! - Hallmark
3.462 million viewers, #2; 0.507 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #11

Christmas on the Bayou - Lifetime
2.986 million viewers, #3; 0.659 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #5

UFC on FOX 9 - FOX
2.836 million viewers, #4; 1.494 million adults 18-49 (1.18 rating), #1

A Snow Globe Christmas - Lifetime
2.065 million viewers, #5; 0.471 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #13

30 for 30 (9:00) - ESPN
1.967 million viewers, #6; 0.957 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #3

Outrageous 911 (10:00) - TLC
1.670 million viewers, #7; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #6

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.522 million viewers, #8; 0.674 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #4

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.239 million viewers, #9; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #8

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.233 million viewers, #10; 0.580 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #7

24/7: Red Wings/Maple Leafs (10:00)* - HBO
1.186 million viewers, #11; 0.533 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #9

Naked & Afraid: Bares All (10:00) - Discovery
1.152 million viewers, #12; 0.508 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #10

Flipping Vegas (10:00) - A&E
1.068 million viewers, #13; 0.505 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #12

Fatal Vows (9:00) - ID
0.994 million viewers, #14; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #16

Flipping Vegas (9:00) - A&E
0.975 million viewers, #15; 0.431 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #14

I'd Kill for You (10:00) - ID
0.909 million viewers, #16; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #17

Iyanla: Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.735 million viewers, #17; 0.378 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #15

Houston Beauty (10:00) - OWN
0.599 million viewers, #18; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #18

Orange County Choppers (9:00)* - CMT
0.378 million viewers, #19; 0.163 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #19

Swamp Pawn (10:00)* - CMT
0.378 million viewers, #20; 0.163 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #20

Atlantis (9:00)* - BBC America
0.292 million viewers, #21; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #21

The Graham Norton Show (10:00)* - BBC America
0.292 million viewers, #22; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #22

[EDITOR'S NOTE: * denotes individual program numbers were not available so the network's primetime average is listed]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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