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[03/04/14 - 10:14 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NBC Tops Demo Chart with NHL Coverage
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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





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