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[01/05/12 - 01:09 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: Sugar Bowl Triumphs for ESPN
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, january 3, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 19 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Allstate Sugar Bowl (9.572 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.4, #1)

Storage Wars (10:30) (4.898 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.1, #2)

Storage Wars (10:00) (4.489 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.9, #T3)

Teen Mom 2 (3.165 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.9, #T3)

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) (2.742 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.2, #5)

Switched at Birth (2.739 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.0, #6)

Storage Hunters (9:30) (1.988 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T7)

Chopped (1.754 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T7)

Jane by Design (1.612 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #9)

What Not to Wear (9:00) (1.545 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Dirty Jobs (1.226 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Swamp Loggers (1.188 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

America's Supernanny (0.976 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #13)

Extreme Couponing: All Stars (10:00) (0.742 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14)

One Born Every Minute (0.707 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14)

Extreme Couponing: All Stars (10:30) (0.618 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14)

Flip Men (10:00) (0.475 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T17)

Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood (0.396 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T17)

Campus PD (0.137 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.0, #19)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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