Saturday December 1, 2018 Nielsen Finals

ESPN's 9am program 'College Gameday' led a very slow day on Saturday cable, averaging a 0.58 A18-49 rating with 1.8 million viewers, while A&E's 'Live PD' took the second spot with a 0.57 and 1.87 million viewers. Christmas-themed movies were highly prevalent with Hallmark's 'Mingle All the Way' pulling the day's best numbers in women 18-49 (0.83 rating), females 12-34 (0.48), people over 50 (2.64), and total viewers (3.87 million). On Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, original movie 'Christmas Wonderland' was at 0.23/0.09/1.08 in those demos with 1.49 million viewers, on Lifetime, 'A Twist of Christmas' was at 0.25/0.16/0.91 with 1.33 million viewers, and on BET, 'Running Out of Time' notched 0.21/0.19/0.31 with 603,000 viewers. Other basic cable offerings included: Bravo's 'Married to Medicine' (622,000), Animal Planet's 'Pitbulls and Parolees' (675,000), and OWN's 'Ready to Love' (328,000). Finally, 'Versailles,' on Ovation, found 129,000. 

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (000)
COLLEGE GAMEDAY (9AM)	ESPN	0.58	1,796
LIVE PD: 166	A&E NETWORK	0.57	1,867
MOVIE: MINGLE ALL THE WAY	HALLMARK CHANNEL	0.56	3,870
RAMPAGE (2018)	HBO PRIME	0.47	1,561
GHOST ADVENTURES	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.33	810
PIONEER WOMAN	FOOD NETWORK	0.27	1,258
DRAGON BALL SUPER	ADULT SWIM	0.27	558
COLL FOOTBALL: FRESNO ST/BOISE ST	ESPN	0.26	1,036
COLL FOOTBALL: LOUISIANA/APP ST	ESPN	0.25	898
RIDICULOUS CAKES	FOOD NETWORK	0.24	901
RISE OF THE TMNT	NICKELODEON	0.24	951
GUYS RANCH KITCHEN	FOOD NETWORK	0.23	957
KITCHEN AT FN, THE	FOOD NETWORK	0.23	1,213
KILLER UNKNOWN	ID	0.23	979
MARRIED TO MEDICINE	BRAVO	0.23	622
TRISHAS SOUTHERN KITCHEN	FOOD NETWORK	0.23	1,082
HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION	HGTV	0.20	1,103
LOG CABIN LIVING (11PM)	HGTV	0.19	909
POWER RANGERS SNS	NICKELODEON	0.19	782
LOG CABIN LIVING (11:30PM)	HGTV	0.18	875
PITBULLS AND PAROLEES	ANIMAL PLANET	0.18	675
MOVIE: TWIST OF CHRISTMAS, A	LIFETIME	0.17	1,334
MOVIE: RUNNING OUT OF TIME	BET	0.16	603
MOVIE: CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND	HALLMARK MOVIES	0.16	1,486
TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE	CARTOON NET	0.14	340
MY BIG FAT AMERICAN GYPSY	TLC	0.14	438
COLL BKBL: STANFORD/KANSAS	ESPN	0.14	545
TOTAL DRAMARAMA	CARTOON NET	0.13	596
COLL BKBL: PURDUE/MICHIGAN	ESPN	0.13	529
COLL BKBL: UNC GREENSB/KNTCKY	ESPN2	0.11	477
MONSTER FISH	NAT GEO	0.09	377
NBA: BOSTON/MINNESOTA	NBA-TV	0.09	249
SPONGEBOB	NICKTOONS	0.09	361
READY TO LOVE	OWN	0.09	328
MILO MURPHYS LAW	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.08	382
CRIMINAL CONFESSIONS	OXYGEN	0.06	299
FOOD PARADISES	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.06	252
SPONGEBOB	NICKTOONS	0.06	260
SESAME STREET	HBO PRIME	0.06	143
CAR FIX	MOTOR TREND	0.05	301
CHAD LOVES MICHELLE	OWN	0.05	178
ALL GIRLS GARAGE	MOTOR TREND	0.05	279
BELLATOR MMA LIVE	PARAMOUNT	0.05	207
COLL BKBL: VILLANOVA/LASALLE	ESPN2	0.04	188
POKEMON	DISNEY XD	0.03	179
LEGO STAR WARS: ALL-STARS	DISNEY XD	0.03	165
YO-KAI WATCH	DISNEY XD	0.02	110
MURDER MADE ME FAMOUS	REELZCHANNEL	0.02	187
YU-GI-OH	NICKTOONS	0.02	107
VERSAILLES	OVATION	0.02	129

Source: Nielsen Media Research