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[02/23/12 - 11:51 AM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Teen Mom 2 Finale Special" Holds Off "Tosh.0"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, february 21, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Teen Mom 2 Finale Special - MTV
3.015 million viewers, #1; 2.231 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.704 million viewers, #2; 2.141 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #2

Dance Moms - Lifetime
2.496 million viewers, #3; 1.352 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.326 million viewers, #4; 1.063 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

White Collar - USA
2.313 million viewers, #5; 0.939 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Real Housewives of Orange County - Bravo
2.056 million viewers, #6; 1.328 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Justified - FX
2.015 million viewers, #7; 0.980 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Chopped - Food
1.926 million viewers, #8; 1.030 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.791 million viewers, #9; 1.041 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.739 million viewers, #10; 1.359 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Level Up - Cartoon
1.699 million viewers, #11; 0.286 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Caught Red Handed (9:30) - truTV
1.673 million viewers, #12; 0.754 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Top Gear - History
1.640 million viewers, #13; 0.988 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Southland - TNT
1.637 million viewers, #14; 0.824 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Ink Master - Spike TV
1.552 million viewers, #15; 1.223 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Caught Red Handed (9:00) - truTV
1.531 million viewers, #16; 0.702 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

19 Kids & Counting (9:00) - TLC
1.510 million viewers, #17; 0.832 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

19 Kids & Counting (9:30) - TLC
1.506 million viewers, #18; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Top Shot - History
1.494 million viewers, #19; 0.869 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Jane by Design - ABC Family
1.348 million viewers, #20; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Tabatha Takes Over - Bravo
1.056 million viewers, #21; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Dirty Jobs - Discovery
0.757 million viewers, #22; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Campus PD - G4
0.212 million viewers, #23; 0.170 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Jersey Couture (10:00) - Oxygen
0.156 million viewers, #24; 0.078 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Jersey Couture (10:30) - Oxygen
0.139 million viewers, #25; 0.079 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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