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[02/11/14 - 10:30 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Olympic Winter Games Keep NBC on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, february 8, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 30 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

2014 Olympic Winter Games (8:00) - NBC
25.115 million viewers, #1; 7.952 million adults 18-49 (6.26 rating), #1

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.744 million viewers, #2; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #7

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
2.559 million viewers, #3; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #8

The Thundermans (9:00) - Nickelodeon
2.364 million viewers, #4; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #6

The Girl He Met Online (8:00) - Lifetime
2.006 million viewers, #5; 0.661 million adults 18-49 (0.52 rating), #4

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.799 million viewers, #6; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.64 rating), #2

Chance at Romance (7:00)* - Hallmark
1.496 million viewers, #7; 0.247 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #20

When Calls the Heart (9:00)* - Hallmark
1.496 million viewers, #8; 0.247 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #21

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.471 million viewers, #9; 0.705 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #3

College Basketball (6:19) - ESPN
1.313 million viewers, #10; 0.465 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #5

Scorned: Love Kills (10:00) - ID
1.061 million viewers, #11; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #11

Thrift Hunters (9:30) - Spike TV
1.008 million viewers, #12; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #9

Deadly Sins (9:00) - ID
0.898 million viewers, #13; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #14

Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? (8:00)* - ID
0.881 million viewers, #14; 0.295 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #15

College Basketball (9:00) - ESPN
0.794 million viewers, #15; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #13

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.769 million viewers, #16; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.30 rating), #10

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
0.713 million viewers, #17; 0.321 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #12

Too Cute! (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.643 million viewers, #18; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #17

Lil Bub's Special Special (9:00)* - Animal Planet
0.643 million viewers, #19; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #18

Surprise, It's a Puppy (9:30)* - Animal Planet
0.643 million viewers, #20; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #19

College Basketball (9:02) - ESPN2
0.553 million viewers, #21; 0.289 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #16

Swamp Pawn (9:00)* - CMT
0.521 million viewers, #22; 0.196 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #22

My Big Redneck Family (10:00)* - CMT
0.521 million viewers, #23; 0.196 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #23

Raising Whitley (9:00)* - OWN
0.464 million viewers, #24; 0.171 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #24

Mom's Got Game (10:00)* - OWN
0.464 million viewers, #25; 0.171 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #25

Black Sails (9:00)* - Starz
0.390 million viewers, #26; 0.154 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #26

Toni & Babyface Live (10:00)* - TV One
0.285 million viewers, #27; 0.133 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #27

The Moaning of Life (10:00)* - Science
0.235 million viewers, #28; 0.060 million adults 18-49 (0.05 rating), #30

Atlantis (9:00)* - BBCA
0.222 million viewers, #29; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #28

The Graham Norton Show (10:00)* - BBCA
0.222 million viewers, #30; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #29

[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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