College sports controlled 5 of the top 6 slots on Saturday cable, with ESPN’s COLLEGE BOWL games led by the primetime game at 1.72, with afternoon games at 0.92 and 0.63, and COLLEGE BASKETBALL on ESPN2 at 1.08 and 0.41. (Plus another college basketball game at 0.33.) The sports was broken up by a 5th place showing for Lifetime’s original movie at 0.62. TLC had 3 of the remaining Top 10 slots, with 2 episodes of SEX SENT ME TO THE ER at 0.38/0.36 (up 0.08 from last week) and UNTOLD STORIES OF THE ER at 0.35, plus another UNTOLD STORIES episode at 0.26. THE TRANSPORTER (TNT) was up 0.02 to 0.22.
Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):
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