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[04/15/14 - 11:24 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: FOX Tops Charts with NASCAR Sprint Cup
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, april 12, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NASCAR Sprint Cup Overrun (10:44) - FOX
6.233 million viewers, #1; 2.052 million adults 18-49 (1.62 rating), #1

NASCAR Sprint Cup (6:48) - FOX
6.039 million viewers, #2; 1.854 million adults 18-49 (1.46 rating), #2

48 Hours (10:00) - CBS
4.511 million viewers, #3; 1.001 million adults 18-49 (0.79 rating), #4

Dateline NBC (8:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
4.387 million viewers, #4; 0.894 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #5

NASCAR Sprint Cup Post-Race (10:52) - FOX
3.891 million viewers, #5; 1.216 million adults 18-49 (0.96 rating), #3

Nightline Prime (10:00) - ABC
3.052 million viewers, #6; 0.884 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #6

20/20 (9:00) - ABC
2.623 million viewers, #7; 0.688 million adults 18-49 (0.54 rating), #7

Sam & Cat (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.190 million viewers, #8; 0.490 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #11

Bermuda Tentacles (9:00) - Syfy
1.705 million viewers, #9; 0.433 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #14

The Haunted Hathaways (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.687 million viewers, #10; 0.308 million adults 18-49 (0.24 rating), #18

Death Clique (8:00) - Lifetime
1.529 million viewers, #11; 0.574 million adults 18-49 (0.45 rating), #8

House Hunters Renovation (10:00) - HGTV
1.248 million viewers, #12; 0.336 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #17

Sex Sent Me to the ER (9:00) - TLC
1.138 million viewers, #13; 0.531 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #9

Flipping Vegas (10:00) - A&E
1.006 million viewers, #14; 0.500 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #10

Timber Kings (10:00) - Discovery
0.895 million viewers, #15; 0.433 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #13

How (Not) to Kill Your Husband (10:30) - ID
0.884 million viewers, #16; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #15

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.845 million viewers, #17; 0.471 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #12

How (Not) to Kill Your Husband (10:00) - ID
0.823 million viewers, #18; 0.284 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #19

NCAA Hockey Championship (7:30) - ESPN
0.717 million viewers, #19; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #16

Evil In-Law (9:00) - ID
0.708 million viewers, #20; 0.239 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #21

Outrageous Acts of Science (10:00) - Science
0.665 million viewers, #21; 0.264 million adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), #20

Too Cute! (8:00)* - Animal Planet
0.619 million viewers, #22; 0.188 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #24

Celebrity Ghost Stories (10:00) - LMN
0.485 million viewers, #23; 0.225 million adults 18-49 (0.18 rating), #22

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (9:00)* - OWN
0.452 million viewers, #24; 0.154 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #26

Love in the City (10:00)* - OWN
0.452 million viewers, #25; 0.154 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #27

Dr. Oakley Yukon Vet (9:00)* - Nat Geo WILD
0.407 million viewers, #26; 0.075 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #31

Glory 15 (9:00)* - Spike TV
0.358 million viewers, #27; 0.193 million adults 18-49 (0.15 rating), #23

Da Vinci's Demons (9:00)* - Starz
0.317 million viewers, #28; 0.165 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #25

Guntucky (9:00)* - CMT
0.289 million viewers, #29; 0.129 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #28

America's Book of Secrets (10:00)* - H2
0.266 million viewers, #30; 0.048 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #34

Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (10:00)* - WE tv
0.232 million viewers, #31; 0.128 million adults 18-49 (0.10 rating), #29

Orphan Black: The Cloneversation (8:00)* - BBCA
0.188 million viewers, #32; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #32

Ripper Street (9:00)* - BBCA
0.188 million viewers, #33; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #33

NHL Regular Season: Blackhawks at Predators* - NBCSN
0.159 million viewers, #34; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 rating), #30

Launch My Restaurant (10:00)* - Bio
0.106 million viewers, #35; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.03 rating), #35

[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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