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[05/16/11 - 05:56 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: No Stopping NBA Playoffs
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, may 13, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 22 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of SonoftheBronx & TVBill while TravisYanan is on hiatus:

ESPN NBA Playoffs (4.750 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.9, #1)

Wizards of Waverly Place (2.719 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5)

WWE Smackdown (2.635 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #3)

Phineas & Ferb (2.562 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11)

Big Time Rush (2.505 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T7)

American Restoration (10:00) (2.466 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.9, #2)

Supah Ninjas (2.307 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T7)

Shake It Up (2.194 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11)

Fish Hooks (2.055 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11)

American Restoration (10:30) (1.630 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #4)

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (7:30) (1.239 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T17)

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (8:00) (1.227 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11)

Young Justice (Repeat) (1.209 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T17)

Urban Legends (10:00) (1.152 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11)

Real Time With Bill Maher (1.142 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T7)

Batman: Brave & The Bold (1.040 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T17)

Generator Rex (0.988 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T17)

The Soup (0.919 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5)

Camelot (0.845 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T7)

Urban Legends (10:30) (0.755 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T17)

Fashion Police (0.688 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T11)

ESPN2 Boxing (0.347 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.1, #22)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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