CBS's 48 HOURS: THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER Was Saturday's No. 1 Program

48 HOURS: THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER was Saturday's #1 program with viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for April 22. The broadcast delivered 4.03 million viewers and a 0.9/03 with adults 25-54, the demographic that matters most to those who advertise in news. Compared to the previous week, 48 HOURS added +250,000 viewers (+7% from 3.78m) and was up +13% in adults 24-54 (from 0.8/03).

Saturday's broadcast featured Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS' investigation into a serial rapist and killer who had been dubbed "The Golden State Killer" by the late true crime writer Michelle McNamara. The suspect had raped 50 women and killed 12 people between 1976 and 1986 before he vanished. McNamara, the wife of comic Patton Oswalt, was on THE HUNT for the killer and writing a book on the case at the time she died on April 21, 2016. The broadcast featured Oswalt's first in-depth television interview about his wife's reporting on the case. Oswalt is committed to completing McNamara's unfinished book and is hopeful "The Golden State Killer" will finally be found.

48 HOURS: "The Golden State Killer" is produced by Susan Mallie, Lourdes Aguiar, Gayane Keshishyan Mendez and Lauren Clark. Atticus Brady is producer-editor. Michael Baluzy and Jud Johnston are the editors. Peter Schweitzer is the senior producer. Susan Zirinsky is the senior executive producer.

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