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[10/01/13 - 11:58 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: College Football, "48 Hours" Lead the Pack
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, september 28, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Saturday Night Football - ABC
6.751 million viewers, #1; 2.792 million adults 18-49 (2.20 rating), #1

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
6.087 million viewers, #2; 1.229 million adults 18-49 (0.97 rating), #4

Saturday Night Football Pre-Game - ABC
4.280 million viewers, #3; 1.371 million adults 18-49 (1.08 rating), #3

College Football (6:30) - ESPN
4.022 million viewers, #4; 1.590 million adults 18-49 (1.25 rating), #2

College Football (7:01) - ESPN2
2.761 million viewers, #5; 1.207 million adults 18-49 (0.95 rating), #5

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.467 million viewers, #6; 0.509 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #12

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
2.398 million viewers, #7; 0.503 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #13

Hell on Wheels (9:00) - AMC
2.101 million viewers, #8; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #9

College Football (10:00) - ESPN
1.851 million viewers, #9; 0.889 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #6

FOX College Football - FOX
1.821 million viewers, #10; 0.584 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #8

College Football (10:30) - ESPN2
1.564 million viewers, #11; 0.698 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #7

The Cheating Pact - Lifetime
1.452 million viewers, #12; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #11

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.258 million viewers, #13; 0.551 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #10

FOX College Football Post-Game - FOX
1.203 million viewers, #14; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #15

History Made Now: Wheels of Fortune - History
1.199 million viewers, #15; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #17

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (9:00) - OWN
0.899 million viewers, #16; 0.401 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #14

The White Queen (9:00) - Starz
0.896 million viewers, #17; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #16

Deadly Affairs (10:00) - ID
0.777 million viewers, #18; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #18

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.729 million viewers, #19; 0.296 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #19

Six Little McGhees (10:00) - OWN
0.598 million viewers, #20; 0.258 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #20

David Tutera: Unveiled (9:00) - WE tv
0.517 million viewers, #21; 0.249 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #21

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Slugterra (10:00), Cedar Cove (8:00), Six Little McGhees (10:30) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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