Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):
It was a sports-heavy Top 10 on Saturday cable, with college football (topped by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.57) and UFC (led by the 11:50PM segment of Spike’s coverage at 0.89) taking up 8 of the slots. The exceptions were both on Lifetime, the network’s AALIYAH: THE PRINCESS OF R&B at 1.35, and the BEYOND THE HEADLINES special that followed at 1.08, which ranked #2-3 for the night. Elsewhere, BLACK DYNAMITE (Adult Swim) gained 0.02 to 0.34, and HELL ON WHEELS (AMC) was also up 0.02 to 0.31. 2 hours of THE TRANSPORTER (TNT) were down marginally to twin 0.16s. Despite sensational reviews, Starz’s THE MISSING only managed 0.05 in the demo, with 268K total viewers.
A few responses to reader requests: OUTRAGEOUS THANKSGIVING (Food) actually rated better in its midnight rerun (0.25/810K) than at 9PM (0.24/750K). The HALLMARK ORIGINAL MOVIE (which presumably was “North Pole”) was at 0.69/4M. WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING (NBCSN) also did better in its rerun (0.10/191K) than its primetime run (0.07/179K).
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