Preliminary Ratings: Saturday 03/08/14

The premiere of DATELINE SATURDAY NIGHT MYSTERY helped NBC top the low rated night. The new edition of the news magazine drew 4 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in Adults 18-49. It won all two hours it aired.

CBS' 40 HOURS was still the most watched show of the night, but the veteran news magazine did come in third, behind both NBC programs.

FOX and ABC were not a factor on Saturday night as between the two networks, they barely averaged 3 million viewers, combined.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 1.5 million viewers, 0.3 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 3.0 million viewers, 0.6 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 1.6 million viewers, 0.4 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 4.5 million viewers, 0.9 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Jimmy Kimmel Live/Oscars [R]	2.00	0.4
9:00	ABC	Once Upon A Time [R]	1.30	0.3	-35%
10:00	ABC	Once Upon A Time [R]	1.40	0.3	8%
8:00	CBS	The Amazing Race [R]	1.90	0.5
9:00	CBS	The Amazing Race [R]	2.10	0.6	11%
10:00	CBS	48 Hours	5.10	0.8	143%
8:00	FOX	Almost Human [R]	1.90	0.4
9:00	CW	The Following [R]	1.20	0.3	-37%
8:00	NBC	Dateline Saturday Night Mystery	4.00	0.9
8:00	NBC	SNL [R]	3.30	0.9	-17%

* - in millions