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[11/26/13 - 11:27 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: College Football Tops Viewers, Demos for ABC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, november 23, 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
6.616 million viewers, #1; 2.600 million adults 18-49 (2.05 rating), #1

Saturday Night Football Pre-Game - ABC
4.937 million viewers, #2; 1.645 million adults 18-49 (1.30 rating), #2

Window Wonderland - Hallmark
3.722 million viewers, #3; 0.654 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #6

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.914 million viewers, #4; 0.563 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #9

FOX College Football - FOX
2.639 million viewers, #5; 0.893 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #3

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
2.548 million viewers, #6; 0.559 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #10

College Football (7:40) - ESPN
2.421 million viewers, #7; 0.789 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #4

The Thundermans (9:00) - Nickelodeon
2.359 million viewers, #8; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #13

FOX College Football Post-Game - FOX
2.035 million viewers, #9; 0.635 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #7

Stornados - Syfy
1.503 million viewers, #10; 0.331 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #22

College Football (7:00) - ESPN
1.456 million viewers, #11; 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #11

Kristin's Christmas - Lifetime
1.439 million viewers, #12; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #15

Cops (8:00)Spike TV
1.422 million viewers, #13; 0.657 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #5

Flipping Vegas (10:00) - A&E
1.237 million viewers, #14; 0.530 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #12

Bill Cosby: Far from Finished - Comedy Central
0.991 million viewers, #15; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #8

College Football (10:36) - ESPN2
0.933 million viewers, #16; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #23

Fatal Vows (9:00) - ID
0.892 million viewers, #17; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #18

I'd Kill for You (10:00) - ID
0.874 million viewers, #18; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #20

Penguins: Waddle All the Way - Discovery
0.852 million viewers, #19; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #24

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.849 million viewers, #20; 0.340 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #19

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.842 million viewers, #21; 0.431 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #14

Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor (8:00) - BBC America
0.838 million viewers, #22; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #25

Iyanla, Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.733 million viewers, #23; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #16

Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles - HBO
0.668 million viewers, #24; 0.370 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #17

Atlantis (9:00) - BBC America
0.631 million viewers, #25; 0.334 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #21

Houston Beauty (10:00) - OWN
0.565 million viewers, #26; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #26

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Too Cute! (8:00), Raising Whitley (8:00), Life with La Toya (8:30), Dancing on the Edge (9:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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