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[08/10/11 - 07:26 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: TNT's "Closer" Reigns as Most-Watched
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, august 8, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 36 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Closer (6.502 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T9)

Rizzoli & Isles (6.455 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T6)

Pawn Stars (10:00) (6.268 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.3, #1)

Pawn Stars (10:30) (6.082 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.2, #2)

American Pickers (5.353 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.7, #3)

WWE Raw (10:00) (4.605 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.6, #4)

WWE Raw (9:00) (4.479 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.5, #5)

Switched at Birth (2.837 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T6)

Basketball Wives (2.598 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T6)

Warehouse 13 (2.546 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #12)

Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.525 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T9)

Eureka (2.248 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

Single Ladies (2.182 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T9)

Adventure Time (2.089 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Alphas (2.011 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

Family BrainSurge (1.803 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Teen Wolf (1.740 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

Hoarders (1.671 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

Intervention (1.539 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.8, #13)

All Worked Up (10:00) (1.304 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T19)

The Bad Girls Club (1.254 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.6, #18)

Best Thing I Ever Ate (1.171 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T19)

1000 Ways to Die (10:00) (1.116 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T19)

Kate Plus 8 (9:00) (1.092 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Surprise Homecoming (0.951 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Sugar High (0.943 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Kate Plus 8 (9:30) (0.907 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Tia & Tamera (0.757 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Norway Massacre: The Killer's Mind (0.736 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Pair of Kings (0.724 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T35)

Weeds (0.692 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Zeke & Luther (0.570 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T35)

Giuliana & Bill (0.547 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T31)

The Big C (0.492 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T31)

I'm in the Band (0.452 million viewers, #35; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T33)

Superheroes (0.287 million viewers, #36; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T33)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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