Preliminary Ratings: Saturday 04/26/14

FOX raced it's way to a Saturday night victory as the Richmond NASCAR Race dew over five million viewers and a relatively decent 1.2 rating in Adults 18-49.  The race, individually, was not the most watched, as 48 HOURS drew more, during the 10 p.m. hour. But, the 3+ hours race gave FOX the best average on the night.

Sports is about the only thing that works on Saturday night, and I am surprised one of the other networks, other than FOX, has not tried to have a weekly sports event on the night, each week. Even some low rated college games usually do better then the repeat episodes of a comedy or drama.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 3.1 million viewers, 0.8 rating in A18-49

CBS - 3.9 million viewers, 0.6 rating in A18-49

FOX - 5.2 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

NBC - 4.4 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Movie: Despicable Me	3.10	0.9
10:00	ABC	Nightline Primetime	3.00	0.6	-3%
8:00	CBS	Two And A Half Men [R]	2.60	0.5
8:30	CBS	Bad Teacher [R]	2.10	0.4	-19%
9:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	3.70	0.5	76%
10:00	CBS	48 Hours	5.50	0.9	49%
8:00	FOX	NASCAR Spring Cup Racing	5.20	1.2
8:00	NBC	Dateline Saturday Mystery	5.20	0.9
10:00	NBC	SNL [R]	2.70	0.9	-48%

* - in millions