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[01/28/14 - 11:31 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: FOX Claims Demo Crown with UFC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, january 25, 2014)

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

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.315 million viewers, #1; 1.122 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #3

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax - Lifetime
4.391 million viewers, #2; 1.570 million adults 18-49 (1.24 rating), #2

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
3.601 million viewers, #3; 0.772 million adults 18-49 (0.61 rating), #6

UFC on FOX 10 - FOX
3.169 million viewers, #4; 1.860 million adults 18-49 (1.47 rating), #1

College Basketball (7:00) - ESPN
2.968 million viewers, #5; 1.040 million adults 18-49 (0.82 rating), #4

Shaun White: Russia Calling (8:00) - NBC
2.145 million viewers, #6; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #8

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
2.015 million viewers, #7; 0.915 million adults 18-49 (0.72 rating), #5

Outrageous 911 (9:00) - TLC
1.434 million viewers, #8; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #9

When Calls the Heart (9:00)* - Hallmark
1.398 million viewers, #9; 0.182 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #20

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.312 million viewers, #10; 0.607 million adults 18-49 (0.48 rating), #7

Deadly Sins (9:00) - ID
1.182 million viewers, #11; 0.410 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #13

Scorned: Love Kills (10:00) - ID
1.153 million viewers, #12; 0.445 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #10

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.038 million viewers, #13; 0.443 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #11

Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? (8:00) - ID
0.953 million viewers, #14; 0.379 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #15

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
0.850 million viewers, #15; 0.440 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #12

Thrift Hunters (9:30) - Spike TV
0.809 million viewers, #16; 0.356 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #16

My Gal Sunday* - HMC
0.652 million viewers, #17; 0.068 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #26

NHL Regular Season: Ducks at Kings - NBCSN
0.622 million viewers, #18; 0.406 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #14

Black Sails (9:00)* - Starz
0.594 million viewers, #19; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #17

Swamp Pawn (9:00)* - CMT
0.404 million viewers, #20; 0.210 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #18

My Big Redneck Family (10:00)* - CMT
0.404 million viewers, #21; 0.210 million adults 18-49 (0.17 rating), #19

Raising Whitley (9:00)* - OWN
0.380 million viewers, #22; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #21

Mom's Got Game (10:00)* - OWN
0.380 million viewers, #23; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #22

Atlantis (9:00)* - BBCA
0.261 million viewers, #24; 0.101 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #23

The Graham Norton Show (10:00)* - BBCA
0.261 million viewers, #25; 0.101 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #24

The Moaning of Life (10:00)* - Science
0.164 million viewers, #26; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #25

[EDITOR'S NOTE: * denotes individual program numbers were not available so the network's primetime average is listed]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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