select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, march 8, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.122 million viewers, #1; 1.025 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #2

College Basketball (9:00) - ESPN
3.498 million viewers, #2; 1.490 million adults 18-49 (1.17 rating), #1

The Trip to Bountiful (8:00) - Lifetime
2.148 million viewers, #3; 0.611 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #5

College Basketball (6:08) - ESPN
2.071 million viewers, #4; 0.804 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #3

A Ring by Spring (7:00) - Hallmark
1.708 million viewers, #5; 0.296 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #15

When Calls the Heart (9:00)* - Hallmark
1.646 million viewers, #6; 0.273 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #16

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.624 million viewers, #7; 0.717 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #4

Too Cute! (8:00) - Animal Planet
1.110 million viewers, #8; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #10

Timber Kings (10:00) - Discovery
1.015 million viewers, #9; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #8

The World's Oddest Animal Couples (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.991 million viewers, #10; 0.321 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #11

Flipping Vegas (10:00) - A&E
0.981 million viewers, #11; 0.434 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #7

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.909 million viewers, #12; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #6

Scorned: Love Kills (10:00) - ID
0.903 million viewers, #13; 0.320 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #12

Deadly Sins (9:00)* - ID
0.861 million viewers, #14; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #14

Glory 14: Zagreb (9:00)* - Spike TV
0.851 million viewers, #15; 0.382 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #9

Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? (8:00) - ID
0.800 million viewers, #16; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #13

Raising Whitley (9:00)* - OWN
0.622 million viewers, #17; 0.217 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #17

Deion's Family Playbook (10:00)* - OWN
0.622 million viewers, #18; 0.217 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #18

Swamp Pawn (9:00)* - CMT
0.499 million viewers, #19; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #19

My Big Redneck Family (10:00)* - CMT
0.499 million viewers, #20; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #20

Tattoo Titans (10:30)* - CMT
0.499 million viewers, #21; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #21

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00)* - Science
0.432 million viewers, #22; 0.172 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #22

Black Sails (9:00)* - Starz
0.368 million viewers, #23; 0.145 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #23

The Universe: Ancient Mysteries Solved (10:00)* - H2
0.308 million viewers, #24; 0.087 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #24

Ripper Street (9:00)* - BBCA
0.248 million viewers, #25; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #25

The Graham Norton Show (10:15)* - BBCA
0.248 million viewers, #26; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #26

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

Source: Nielsen Media Research