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[03/01/12 - 03:39 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Psych" Returns on Top for USA
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, february 29, 2012)

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

Psych - USA
2.455 million viewers, #1; 1.031 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Sons of Guns - Discovery
2.222 million viewers, #2; 1.405 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

The Challenge: Battle of the Exes - MTV
1.900 million viewers, #3; 1.526 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #1

Top Chef: Texas - Bravo
1.848 million viewers, #4; 1.225 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Face Off - Syfy
1.781 million viewers, #5; 1.088 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Restaurant: Impossible - Food
1.734 million viewers, #6; 1.014 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

NBA Basketball: Chicago/San Antonio - ESPN
1.601 million viewers, #7; 0.960 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Only in America With Larry the Cable Guy - History
1.588 million viewers, #8; 0.687 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Operation Repo (9:30) - truTV
1.201 million viewers, #9; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Ghost Hunters International - Syfy
1.173 million viewers, #10; 0.536 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

South Beach Tow (10:00) - truTV
1.169 million viewers, #11; 0.595 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Top 10 Shootouts - Discovery
1.137 million viewers, #12; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Breathless Bride: Dying to Live - TLC
0.762 million viewers, #13; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #14

The Soup - E!
0.747 million viewers, #14; 0.530 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

1000 Ways to Die (10:30) - Spike TV
0.488 million viewers, #T15; 0.285 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

1000 Ways to Die (10:00) - Spike TV
0.488 million viewers, #T15; 0.261 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

Inside NASCAR: Dayton 500 - Showtime
0.053 million viewers, #17; 0.020 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #17

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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