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[11/05/13 - 11:25 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: ABC Tops Viewers, Demos with College Football
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, november 2, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Saturday Night Football - ABC
8.354 million viewers, #1; 3.502 million adults 18-49 (2.76 rating), #1

48 Hours - CBS
6.385 million viewers, #2; 1.467 million adults 18-49 (1.16 rating), #3

Saturday Night Football Pre-Game - ABC
5.518 million viewers, #3; 2.014 million adults 18-49 (1.59 rating), #2

The Thanksgiving House - Hallmark
3.216 million viewers, #4; 0.595 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #10

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
3.016 million viewers, #5; 0.677 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #7

The Thundermans (9:00) - Nickelodeon
2.602 million viewers, #6; 0.436 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #18

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
2.402 million viewers, #7; 0.458 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #16

FOX College Football - FOX
2.386 million viewers, #8; 0.839 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #5

College Football (7:05) - ESPN
2.279 million viewers, #9; 0.846 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #4

2013 Breeders' Cup - NBC
2.118 million viewers, #10; 0.514 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #13

The Preacher's Mistress - Lifetime
2.013 million viewers, #11; 0.607 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #9

College Football (6:01) - ESPN2
1.692 million viewers, #12; 0.686 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #6

House Hunters International (10:00) - HGTV
1.594 million viewers, #13; 0.421 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #22

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.568 million viewers, #14; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #19

FOX College Football Post-Game - FOX
1.543 million viewers, #15; 0.531 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #11

Love It or List It Too (9:00) - HGTV
1.397 million viewers, #16; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #21

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.293 million viewers, #17; 0.518 million adults 18-49 (0.41 rating), #12

Love It or List It Too (8:00) - HGTV
1.193 million viewers, #18; 0.282 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #26

Chandler-Alvarez II (10:16) - Spike TV
1.180 million viewers, #19; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #8

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.153 million viewers, #20; 0.484 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #14

College Football (9:13) - ESPN2
1.121 million viewers, #21; 0.384 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #23

Chandler-Alvarez II (9:00) - Spike TV
1.087 million viewers, #22; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #15

Flipping Vegas (10:00) - A&E
1.057 million viewers, #23; 0.425 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #20

Iyanla, Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.975 million viewers, #24; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #17

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.753 million viewers, #25; 0.302 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #24

Houston Beauty (10:00) - OWN
0.631 million viewers, #26; 0.297 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #25

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for College Football: Colorado at UCLA, Dancing on the Edge (9:00), David Tutera: Unveiled (9:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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