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[10/30/12 - 05:17 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Takes Top Spots with College Football Doubleheader
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select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, october 27, 2012)

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

College Football: Ohio State/Penn State - ESPN
3.928 million viewers, #1; 1.660 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

College Football: Mississippi State/Alabama - ESPN
3.661 million viewers, #2; 1.848 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #1

iCarly (8:00) - Nickelodeon
3.330 million viewers, #3; 0.705 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Big Time Rush (8:30) - Nickelodeon
2.457 million viewers, #4; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

The Good Witch's Charm - Hallmark
2.061 million viewers, #5; 0.413 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #11

College Football: Michigan/Nebraska - ESPN2
2.037 million viewers, #6; 0.949 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Stalked at 17 - Lifetime
1.876 million viewers, #7; 0.838 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

How to Rock (9:00) - Nickelodeon
1.724 million viewers, #8; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Rise of the Zombies - Syfy
1.282 million viewers, #9; 0.578 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Parking Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.229 million viewers, #10; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #7

Parking Wars (9:30) - A&E
1.171 million viewers, #11; 0.538 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Billy the Exterminator (10:30) - A&E
1.108 million viewers, #12; 0.494 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Too Cute! - Animal Planet
0.983 million viewers, #13; 0.359 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Billy the Exterminator (10:00) - A&E
0.977 million viewers, #14; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.723 million viewers, #15; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Iyanla, Fix My Life - OWN
0.472 million viewers, #16; 0.179 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #16

The Dark - Discovery
0.390 million viewers, #17; 0.154 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #17

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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