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[02/19/14 - 11:17 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: Olympic Winter Games Continue Their Reign
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, february 15, 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 (8:30) - NBC
17.097 million viewers, #1; 5.526 million adults 18-49 (4.35 rating), #1

State Farm All-Star Saturday Night (8:30) - TNT
5.693 million viewers, #2; 3.335 million adults 18-49 (2.63 rating), #2

NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing - FS1
3.526 million viewers, #3; 1.167 million adults 18-49 (0.92 rating), #4

NBA Tip-Off presented by AutoTrader.com (8:00) - TNT
2.767 million viewers, #4; 1.620 million adults 18-49 (1.28 rating), #3

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.497 million viewers, #5; 0.486 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #12

The Good Mistress (8:00) - Lifetime
2.256 million viewers, #6; 0.753 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #7

College Basketball (9:00) - ESPN
1.865 million viewers, #7; 0.629 million adults 18-49 (0.50 rating), #9

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.843 million viewers, #8; 0.332 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #18

The Thundermans (9:00)* - Nickelodeon
1.787 million viewers, #9; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #19

48 Hours (9:00, 120 Minutes) - CBS
1.658 million viewers, #10; 0.471 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #13

Cops (8:00) - Spike TV
1.599 million viewers, #11; 0.872 million adults 18-49 (0.69 rating), #5

UFC Fight Night - FS1
1.400 million viewers, #12; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.63 rating), #6

College Basketball (6:09) - ESPN
1.379 million viewers, #13; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #14

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
1.284 million viewers, #14; 0.701 million adults 18-49 (0.55 rating), #8

When Calls the Heart (9:00)* - Hallmark
1.149 million viewers, #15; 0.089 million adults 18-49 (0.07 rating), #28

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.149 million viewers, #16; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #10

Pit Bulls & Parolees (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.051 million viewers, #17; 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.43 rating), #11

Scorned: Love Kills (10:00) - ID
0.925 million viewers, #18; 0.367 million adults 18-49 (0.29 rating), #16

Thrift Hunters (9:30) - Spike TV
0.895 million viewers, #19; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #15

Deadly Sins (9:00) - ID
0.818 million viewers, #20; 0.290 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #21

Too Cute! (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.813 million viewers, #21; 0.323 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #20

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
0.807 million viewers, #22; 0.360 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #17

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00)* - Science
0.562 million viewers, #23; 0.162 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #26

Raising Whitley (9:00)* - OWN
0.505 million viewers, #24; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #24

Mom's Got Game (10:00)* - OWN
0.505 million viewers, #25; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #25

Swamp Pawn (9:00)* - CMT
0.444 million viewers, #26; 0.177 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #22

My Big Redneck Family (10:00)* - CMT
0.444 million viewers, #27; 0.177 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #23

Black Sails (9:00)* - Starz
0.354 million viewers, #28; 0.158 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #27

Atlantis (9:00)* - BBCA
0.235 million viewers, #29; 0.079 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #29

The Graham Norton Show (10:00)* - BBCA
0.235 million viewers, #30; 0.079 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #30

[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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