select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, march 1, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 29 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.438 million viewers, #1; 1.061 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #2

NHL Regular Season: Penguins at Blackhawks (8:00) - NBC
2.759 million viewers, #2; 1.064 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #1

Happy Face Killer (8:00) - Lifetime
2.019 million viewers, #3; 0.587 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #7

College Basketball (9:00) - ESPN
1.883 million viewers, #4; 0.782 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #3

College Basketball (6:08) - ESPN
1.630 million viewers, #5; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #5

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.418 million viewers, #6; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #4

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.354 million viewers, #7; 0.504 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #9

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
1.200 million viewers, #8; 0.596 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #6

Flipping Vegas (10:00) - A&E
1.089 million viewers, #9; 0.507 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #8

When Calls the Heart (9:00)* - Hallmark
1.040 million viewers, #10; 0.132 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #27

Beyond the Headlines: The Happy Face Killer (10:00) - Lifetime
1.016 million viewers, #11; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #14

Thrift Hunters (9:30) - Spike TV
0.998 million viewers, #12; 0.318 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #18

Deadly Sins (9:00) - ID
0.993 million viewers, #13; 0.349 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #15

Scorned: Love Kills (10:00) - ID
0.969 million viewers, #14; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #13

Secret Sex Lives (9:00) - TLC
0.959 million viewers, #15; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #12

Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? (8:00) - ID
0.898 million viewers, #16; 0.331 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #17

Too Cute! (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.847 million viewers, #17; 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #19

The World's Oddest Animal Couples (10:00)* - Animal Planet
0.847 million viewers, #18; 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #20

Black Sails (9:00) - Starz
0.847 million viewers, #19; 0.401 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #11

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.839 million viewers, #20; 0.444 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #10

Deion's Family Playbook (10:00) - OWN
0.711 million viewers, #21; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #16

The Universe: Ancient Mysteries Solved (10:00)* - H2
0.618 million viewers, #22; 0.210 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #22

Raising Whitley (9:00)* - OWN
0.527 million viewers, #23; 0.228 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #21

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00)* - Science
0.476 million viewers, #24; 0.178 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #26

Swamp Pawn (9:00)* - CMT
0.442 million viewers, #25; 0.205 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #23

My Big Redneck Family (10:00)* - CMT
0.442 million viewers, #26; 0.205 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #24

Tattoo Titans (10:30)* - CMT
0.442 million viewers, #27; 0.205 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #25

Ripper Street (9:00)* - BBCA
0.265 million viewers, #28; 0.068 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #28

The Graham Norton Show (10:15)* - BBCA
0.265 million viewers, #29; 0.068 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #29

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

Source: Nielsen Media Research