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[07/15/14 - 12:03 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Dateline NBC" Keeps Win Streak Alive
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, july 12, 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:

Dateline NBC (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
5.130 million viewers, #1; 1.145 million adults 18-49 (0.90 rating), #1

Nightline Prime (10:00) - ABC
2.445 million viewers, #2; 0.714 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #2

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.407 million viewers, #3; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #4

FOX Saturday Baseball - FOX
2.079 million viewers, #4; 0.539 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #6

Bet on Your Baby (8:00) - ABC
1.887 million viewers, #5; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #5

Presumed Dead in Paradise (8:00) - Lifetime
1.655 million viewers, #6; 0.575 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #3

AwesomenessTV (9:30) - Nickelodeon
1.485 million viewers, #7; 0.277 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #14

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.482 million viewers, #8; 0.514 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #7

Bad Teacher (8:00) - CBS
1.451 million viewers, #9; 0.311 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #13

Bad Teacher (8:30) - CBS
1.388 million viewers, #10; 0.340 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #11

Sex Sent Me to the ER (10:00) - TLC
1.082 million viewers, #11; 0.497 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #8

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.844 million viewers, #12; 0.476 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #9

The Dead Files (10:00) - Travel
0.733 million viewers, #13; 0.360 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #10

Happily Never After (9:00)* - ID
0.641 million viewers, #14; 0.203 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #15

Devil in the Details (10:00)* - ID
0.641 million viewers, #15; 0.203 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #16

Power (9:00) - Starz
0.528 million viewers, #16; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #12

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (9:00)* - OWN
0.524 million viewers, #17; 0.156 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #19

Life with La Toya (10:00)* - OWN
0.524 million viewers, #18; 0.156 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #20

Bad Dog! (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.496 million viewers, #19; 0.147 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #21

America's Cutest (10:00)* - Animal Planet
0.496 million viewers, #20; 0.147 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #22

Dog and Beth: On the Hunt (9:00)* - CMT
0.418 million viewers, #21; 0.140 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #23

My Dysfunctional Family (10:00)* - CMT
0.418 million viewers, #22; 0.140 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #24

My Haunted House (9:00)* - LMN
0.412 million viewers, #23; 0.158 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #17

The Hauting of (10:00)* - LMN
0.412 million viewers, #24; 0.158 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #18

United Stuff of America (10:00)* - H2
0.225 million viewers, #25; 0.078 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #26

Almost Royal (10:00)* - BBCA
0.195 million viewers, #26; 0.094 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #25

[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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