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[10/28/11 - 03:30 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Beavis and Butt-Head" Tops the Competition
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, october 27, 2011)

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

Beavis and Butt-Head (3.286 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.8, #1)

Project Runway (2.997 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #2)

The First 48 (1.605 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Good Vibes (1.598 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #4)

Bordertown: Laredo (10:30) (1.559 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #5)

Impact Wrestling (1.522 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1.384 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.9, #3)

Bordertown: Laredo (10:00) (1.360 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Project Accessory (1.277 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (1.085 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T11)

Sweet Genius (0.948 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T11)

Stan Lee's Superhumans (0.923 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #15)

The League (0.907 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution (0.861 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T11)

Top 20 Most Shocking (0.836 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T11)

Oprah's Lifeclass (0.361 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T16)

Don't Tell the Bride (0.236 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T16)

The Education of Dee Dee Ricks (0.145 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T16)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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