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[03/16/12 - 03:34 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Swamp People" Tops Viewers for Second Straight Week
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, march 15, 2012)

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

Swamp People - History
5.229 million viewers, #1; 2.579 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #2

Jersey Shore - MTV
4.990 million viewers, #2; 3.484 million adults 18-49 (2.7 rating), #1

Mudcats - History
3.013 million viewers, #3; 1.455 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

NCAA Basketball: Iowa State vs. Connecticut - TBS
2.539 million viewers, #4; 1.262 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

NCAA Basketball: Kentucky vs. Mississippi Valley State - TBS
2.339 million viewers, #5; 1.268 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Project Runway: All Stars - Lifetime
2.004 million viewers, #6; 0.921 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

NCAA Basketball: Ohio State vs. Loyola Maryland - TNT
1.779 million viewers, #7; 0.848 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

The First 48 - A&E
1.586 million viewers, #8; 0.802 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

NCAA Basketball: Baylor vs. South Dakota State - truTV
1.514 million viewers, #9; 0.726 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

NCAA Basketball: Gonzaga vs. West Virginia - TNT
1.512 million viewers, #10; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

NCAA Basketball: UNLV vs. Colorado - truTV
1.456 million viewers, #11; 0.764 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.448 million viewers, #12; 0.697 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

The First 48: Missing Persons - A&E
1.427 million viewers, #13; 0.746 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Sweet Genius - Food
1.267 million viewers, #14; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Archer - FX
1.157 million viewers, #15; 0.863 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Project Runway: All Stars - After the Runway - Lifetime
1.128 million viewers, #16; 0.407 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

24 Hour Catwalk - Lifetime
0.634 million viewers, #17; 0.200 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Unsupervised - FX
0.588 million viewers, #18; 0.461 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Behind the Music - VH1
0.579 million viewers, #19; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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