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[08/23/11 - 04:56 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: "The Lying Game," "Millionaire Matchmaker" Climb for ABC Family, Bravo
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, august 22, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Closer (6.573 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T5)

Rizzoli & Isles (6.274 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T5)

NFL Preseason: Bears/Giants (5.853 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.2, #1)

WWE Raw (10:00) (4.662 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.8, #2)

WWE Raw (9:00) (4.611 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.7, #3)

Basketball Wives Reunion (2.873 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.4, #4)

Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.510 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T7)

Mad (9:00) (2.331 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T23)

Adventure Time (2.292 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T23)

Warehouse 13 (2.253 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T11)

Lizard Lick Towing (9:30) (2.247 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

Eureka (2.032 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

Intervention (1.897 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T7)

Alphas (1.879 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

La La's Full Court Life (1.808 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

Hoarders (1.666 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T16)

Bear Swamp Recovery (10:00) (1.561 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T16)

The T.O. Show (1.508 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T11)

The Lying Game (1.470 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.5, #20)

Bear Swamp Recovery (10:30) (1.348 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T16)

The Bad Girls Club (1.287 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T16)

Millionaire Matchmaker (1.188 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

Kate Plus 8 (1.038 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T23)

Surprise Homecoming (0.989 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T23)

Best Thing I Ever Ate (0.982 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T21)

Most Eligible Dallas (0.860 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T21)

Pair of Kings (0.748 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T30)

Weeds (0.722 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T23)

The Big C (0.624 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T28)

Hair Battle Spectacular (0.618 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T28)

Zeke & Luther (0.617 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T30)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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