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[03/31/11 - 03:33 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Top Chef" Goes Out on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, march 30, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Top Chef (2.774 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1)

Storage Wars (10:30) (2.755 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.3, #2)

Justified (2.642 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #4)

House of Payne (10:30) (2.003 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Sons of Guns (9:00) (1.972 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Ghost Hunters (1.800 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

House of Payne (10:00) (1.738 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

Real World: Las Vegas (1.690 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.1, #3)

Operation Repo (1.649 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Dog the Bounty Hunter (9:00) (1.510 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

ESPN NBA Game (1.490 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

The Ultimate Fighter (1.484 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files (1.287 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Coal (1.234 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Hoarding: Buried Alive (0.943 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T13)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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