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[04/07/11 - 03:40 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Storage Wars," "Extreme Couponing" Split 18-49 Crown
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, april 6, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 18 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Storage Wars (10:30) (2.880 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T1)

Justified (2.787 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T5)

Extreme Couponing (9:30) (2.602 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T1)

ESPN NBA Game #2 (2.416 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.1, #4)

Real World: Las Vegas (2.022 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.2, #3)

Mythbusters (1.782 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T7)

House of Payne (10:30) (1.767 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T7)

House of Payne (10:00) (1.739 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T10)

ESPN NBA Game #1 (1.718 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T7)

Dog the Bounty Hunter (9:00) (1.717 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T10)

Top Chef Reunion (1.678 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T5)

Ghost Hunters (1.478 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T13)

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files (1.316 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T13)

The Ultimate Fighter (1.188 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T10)

Restaurant: Impossible (Repeat) (1.059 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #16)

Workaholics (0.942 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.5, #15)

Coal (0.836 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.3, #17)

Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings (0.341 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.2, #18)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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