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[02/04/14 - 12:33 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "48 Hours" Tops Viewers, College Basketball Leads Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, february 1, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
5.238 million viewers, #1; 1.071 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #6

College Basketball (6:28) - ESPN
4.745 million viewers, #2; 2.010 million adults 18-49 (1.58 rating), #1

The Gabby Douglas Story (8:00) - Lifetime
3.842 million viewers, #3; 1.490 million adults 18-49 (1.17 rating), #2

2014 NFL Honors (8:00) - FOX
3.126 million viewers, #4; 1.156 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #5

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
2.999 million viewers, #5; 0.955 million adults 18-49 (0.75 rating), #7

Beyond the Headlines: The Gabby Douglas Story (10:00) - Lifetime
2.967 million viewers, #6; 1.259 million adults 18-49 (0.99 rating), #4

NBA Regular Season: Heat at Knicks - ESPN
2.645 million viewers, #7; 1.410 million adults 18-49 (1.11 rating), #3

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.833 million viewers, #8; 0.694 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #9

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
1.297 million viewers, #9; 0.703 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #8

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.201 million viewers, #10; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #11

When Calls the Heart (9:00)* - Hallmark
1.196 million viewers, #11; 0.122 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #23

Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? (8:00) - ID
1.066 million viewers, #12; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #10

Scorned: Love Kills (10:00) - ID
1.048 million viewers, #13; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #13

Deadly Sins (9:00) - ID
0.947 million viewers, #14; 0.381 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #12

Thrift Hunters (9:30) - Spike TV
0.921 million viewers, #15; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #16

Black Sails (9:00) - Starz
0.840 million viewers, #16; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #14

Swamp Pawn (9:00)* - CMT
0.614 million viewers, #17; 0.245 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #17

My Big Redneck Family (10:00)* - CMT
0.614 million viewers, #18; 0.245 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #18

Raising Whitley (9:00) - OWN
0.536 million viewers, #19; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #15

Girls (10:00)* - HBO
0.467 million viewers, #20; 0.242 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #19

Looking (10:30)* - HBO
0.467 million viewers, #21; 0.242 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #20

The Moaning of Life (10:00)* - Science
0.437 million viewers, #22; 0.164 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #22

Mom's Got Game (10:00)* - OWN
0.423 million viewers, #23; 0.229 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #21

Atlantis (9:00)* - BBCA
0.264 million viewers, #24; 0.100 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #24

The Graham Norton Show (10:00)* - BBCA
0.264 million viewers, #25; 0.100 million adults 18-49 (0.08 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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