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[12/10/13 - 11:17 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: FOX Tops Big Night of College Football
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, december 7, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 19 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

FOX College Football - FOX
13.900 million viewers, #1; 5.742 million adults 18-49 (4.52 rating), #1

FOX College Football Pre-Game - FOX
8.625 million viewers, #2; 3.341 million adults 18-49 (2.63 rating), #2

Saturday Night Football - ABC
5.659 million viewers, #3; 2.159 million adults 18-49 (1.70 rating), #4

College Football: SEC Championship Post-Game (8:10) - CBS
5.514 million viewers, #4; 2.161 million adults 18-49 (1.70 rating), #3

Saturday Night Football Pre-Game - ABC
3.131 million viewers, #5; 0.782 million adults 18-49 (0.62 rating), #5

Santa Switch - Hallmark
3.051 million viewers, #6; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #10

Christmas in the City - Lifetime
2.582 million viewers, #7; 0.627 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #8

48 Hours (9:00) - CBS
2.329 million viewers, #8; 0.740 million adults 18-49 (0.58 rating), #6

The Thundermans (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.962 million viewers, #9; 0.474 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #11

College Football: MWC Championship (10:00) - CBS
1.703 million viewers, #10; 0.618 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #9

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.658 million viewers, #11; 0.702 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #7

College Football (7:35) - ESPN
1.450 million viewers, #12; 0.466 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #12

I'd Kill for You (10:00) - ID
1.050 million viewers, #13; 0.414 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #15

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.027 million viewers, #14; 0.431 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #13

My Crazy Obsession (9:00) - TLC
0.911 million viewers, #15; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #14

Fatal Vows (9:00) - ID
0.850 million viewers, #16; 0.330 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #18

Four Houses (10:00) - TLC
0.805 million viewers, #17; 0.336 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #17

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.741 million viewers, #18; 0.395 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #16

Iyanla, Fix My Life (9:00) - OWN
0.631 million viewers, #19; 0.308 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #19

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for The Thundermans (8:30), The Franklin Family Holiday Special (8:00), Houston Beauty (10:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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