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[01/27/12 - 03:24 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Jersey Shore" Overshadows Competition Once Again
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, january 26, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Jersey Shore - MTV
6.528 million viewers, #1; 4.818 million adults 18-49 (3.8 rating), #1

Project Runway: All Stars - Lifetime
2.208 million viewers, #2; 0.965 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

After the First 48 - A&E
1.982 million viewers, #3; 1.092 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #2

Impractical Jokers (10:00) - truTV
1.695 million viewers, #4; 1.016 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

NBA Basketball: Memphis/L.A. Clippers - TNT
1.680 million viewers, #5; 1.068 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: Boston/Orlando - TNT
1.632 million viewers, #6; 0.855 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.597 million viewers, #7; 0.740 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest - truTV
1.260 million viewers, #8; 0.662 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

NY Ink - TLC
1.196 million viewers, #9; 0.781 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Archer - FX
1.122 million viewers, #10; 0.829 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Fat Chef - Food
1.047 million viewers, #11; 0.512 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

24 Hour Catwalk - Lifetime
0.918 million viewers, #12; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Unsupervised - FX
0.588 million viewers, #13; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Russell Simmons Presents The Ruckus (10:30) - Comedy Central
0.569 million viewers, #14; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

American Stuffers - Animal Planet
0.470 million viewers, #15; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #17

Snake Man of Appalachia - Animal Planet
0.427 million viewers, #16; 0.178 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #16

Russell Simmons Presents The Ruckus (10:00) - Comedy Central
0.399 million viewers, #17; 0.252 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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