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[10/09/12 - 12:08 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings: College Football Tops Demos for ESPN
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, october 6, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Abducted: The Carlina White Story - Lifetime
4.090 million viewers, #1; 1.639 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

College Football: Georgia/South Carolina - ESPN
4.015 million viewers, #2; 1.934 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #1

iCarly (8:00, 60 Minutes) - Nickelodeon
3.612 million viewers, #3; 0.784 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Beyond the Headlines: Carlina White - Lifetime
3.520 million viewers, #4; 1.534 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

MLB Division Series: Cincinnati at San Francisco - TBS
3.119 million viewers, #5; 1.363 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

MLB Division Series: Oakland at Detroit - TBS
3.091 million viewers, #6; 1.106 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

College Football: Washington/Oregon - ESPN
2.514 million viewers, #7; 1.172 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

See Dad Run (9:00) - Nickelodeon
1.641 million viewers, #8; 0.434 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

College Football (8:00) - ESPN2
1.266 million viewers, #9; 0.639 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Parking Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.161 million viewers, #10; 0.483 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Parking Wars (9:30) - A&E
1.142 million viewers, #11; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Billy the Exterminator (10:30) - A&E
1.052 million viewers, #12; 0.472 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Billy the Exterminator (10:00) - A&E
1.000 million viewers, #13; 0.445 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.936 million viewers, #14; 0.429 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Winged Planet - Discovery
0.894 million viewers, #15; 0.272 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

Iyanla, Fix My Life - OWN
0.651 million viewers, #16; 0.277 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's - OWN
0.609 million viewers, #17; 0.204 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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