select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, february 22, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

2014 Olympic Winter Games (8:30) - NBC
13.280 million viewers, #1; 3.603 million adults 18-49 (2.84 rating), #1

College Basketball (6:56) - ESPN
4.159 million viewers, #2; 1.655 million adults 18-49 (1.30 rating), #2

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
3.691 million viewers, #3; 0.788 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #4

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.720 million viewers, #4; 0.698 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #6

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
2.188 million viewers, #5; 0.679 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #7

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.857 million viewers, #6; 0.843 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #3

College Basketball (9:06) - ESPN
1.571 million viewers, #7; 0.711 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #5

Unknown (8:00) - Lifetime
1.527 million viewers, #8; 0.552 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #11

The Dayton 500 Bash at the Beach (8:00) - FOX
1.515 million viewers, #9; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #12

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.220 million viewers, #10; 0.497 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #13

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
1.205 million viewers, #11; 0.585 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #10

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.187 million viewers, #12; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #9

When Calls the Heart (9:00)* - Hallmark
1.147 million viewers, #13; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #27

Pit Bulls & Parolees (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.013 million viewers, #14; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #14

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.951 million viewers, #15; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #15

UFC Fight Night (8:00) - FS1
0.936 million viewers, #16; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #8

45th NAACP Image Awards (9:00) - TV One
0.935 million viewers, #17; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #17

Deadly Sins (9:00) - ID
0.862 million viewers, #18; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #22

Thrift Hunters (9:30) - Spike TV
0.856 million viewers, #19; 0.381 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #16

Scorned: Love Kills (10:00) - ID
0.847 million viewers, #20; 0.344 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #19

Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? (8:00) - ID
0.808 million viewers, #21; 0.284 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #24

Image Awards Red Carpet (8:00) - TV One
0.801 million viewers, #22; 0.306 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #21

Secret Sex Lives (9:00)* - TLC
0.754 million viewers, #23; 0.251 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #25

Black Sails (9:00) - Starz
0.744 million viewers, #24; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #23

Swamp Pawn (9:00) - CMT
0.687 million viewers, #25; 0.311 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #20

College Basketball (10:12) - ESPN2
0.603 million viewers, #26; 0.359 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #18

My Big Redneck Family (10:00)* - CMT
0.538 million viewers, #27; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #26

Raising Whitley (9:00)* - OWN
0.409 million viewers, #28; 0.149 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #28

Mom's Got Game (10:00)* - OWN
0.409 million viewers, #29; 0.149 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #29

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00)* - Science
0.404 million viewers, #30; 0.127 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #30

Ripper Street (9:00)* - BBCA
0.359 million viewers, #31; 0.123 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #31

The Graham Norton Show (10:15)* - BBCA
0.359 million viewers, #32; 0.123 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #32

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

Source: Nielsen Media Research