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[12/04/13 - 11:54 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: ESPN Tops Viewers, Demos with College Football
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, november 30, 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:

College Football (7:41) - ESPN
5.715 million viewers, #1; 2.151 million adults 18-49 (1.69 rating), #1

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
4.760 million viewers, #2; 1.190 million adults 18-49 (0.94 rating), #3

Let It Snow - Hallmark
4.245 million viewers, #3; 0.863 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #6

Saturday Night Football - ABC
3.454 million viewers, #4; 1.220 million adults 18-49 (0.96 rating), #2

FOX College Football - FOX
3.331 million viewers, #5; 0.934 million adults 18-49 (0.74 rating), #5

College Football (7:25) - ESPN2
3.135 million viewers, #6; 1.166 million adults 18-49 (0.92 rating), #4

Saturday Night Football Pre-Game - ABC
2.805 million viewers, #7; 0.778 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #7

FOX College Football Post-Game - FOX
2.524 million viewers, #8; 0.748 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #8

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.273 million viewers, #9; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #13

Dear Secret Santa - Lifetime
2.082 million viewers, #10; 0.609 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #10

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.934 million viewers, #11; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #17

The Thundermans (9:00) - Nickelodeon
1.786 million viewers, #12; 0.374 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #18

Yukon Men (10:00) - Discovery
1.451 million viewers, #13; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #11

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.213 million viewers, #14; 0.429 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #16

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.161 million viewers, #15; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #12

The Ultimate Fighter (10:00) - FS1
1.129 million viewers, #16; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #9

Flipping Vegas (10:00) - A&E
1.086 million viewers, #17; 0.444 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #15

UFC Prelims from Las Vegas - FS1
0.938 million viewers, #18; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #14

Fatal Vows (9:00) - ID
0.893 million viewers, #19; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #20

I'd Kill for You (10:00) - ID
0.884 million viewers, #20; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #19

Iyanla, Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.731 million viewers, #21; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #21

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (8:00), Houston Beauty (10:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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