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[03/05/13 - 03:55 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Tops Charts with College Basketball Doubleheader
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, march 2, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

College Basketball: Miami/Duke - ESPN
3.416 million viewers, #1; 1.510 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #1

Wendell & Vinnie (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.308 million viewers, #2; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #3

Marvin Marvin (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.937 million viewers, #3; 0.430 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #6

College Basketball: Arizona/UCLA - ESPN
1.411 million viewers, #4; 0.559 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #2

The Surrogate - Lifetime
1.398 million viewers, #5; 0.515 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #4

Supah Ninjas (9:00) - Nickelodeon
1.257 million viewers, #6; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #8

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.229 million viewers, #7; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #5

Savage Family Diggers (10:00) - Spike TV
0.997 million viewers, #8; 0.348 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #7

Too Cute! (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.876 million viewers, #9; 0.206 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #11

College Basketball (7:00) - ESPN2
0.689 million viewers, #10; 0.218 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #9

Pit Boss (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.686 million viewers, #11; 0.212 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #10

College Basketball (9:15) - ESPN2
0.490 million viewers, #12; 0.205 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #12

Blackboard Wars (9:00) - OWN
0.343 million viewers, #13; 0.171 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #13

Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal (10:00) - OWN
0.225 million viewers, #14; 0.099 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #14

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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