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[10/31/11 - 05:13 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: Discovery's "Gold Rush" Returns as Demo King
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, october 28, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Jessie (3.934 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Wizards of Waverly Place (3.435 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

Gold Rush (3.327 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1)

A.N.T. Farm (3.221 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

WWE Smackdown (2.843 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #3)

Gold Rush: The Off-Season (2.289 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.0, #2)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (1.776 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

American Restoration (9:30) (1.649 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Flying Wild Alaska (1.621 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

ThunderCats (1.576 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

American Restoration (9:00) (1.524 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) (1.441 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) (1.410 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

House of Payne (9:30) (1.313 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

Brides of Beverly Hills (10:00) (1.288 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

House of Payne (9:00) (1.228 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

Sanctuary (1.201 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Brides of Beverly Hills (10:30) (1.189 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Hairy Bikers (10:00) (1.119 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Real Time With Bill Maher (0.929 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Meet the Browns (8:30) (0.916 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Meet the Browns (8:00) (0.854 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

The Soup (0.840 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Fashion Police (0.751 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Boss (0.391 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: N/A, #)

Oprah's Lifeclass (0.181 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.1, #25)

Ask Oprah's All-Stars (0.171 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T26)

Oprah's Lifeclass Live (0.161 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T26)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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