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[03/22/12 - 04:10 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "South Park" Continues Demo Reign
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, march 21, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 33 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Psych - USA
2.730 million viewers, #1; 1.351 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Cartoon
2.616 million viewers, #2; 0.488 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

NBA Basketball: L.A. Lakers/Dallas - ESPN
2.520 million viewers, #3; 1.437 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

South Park - Comedy Central
2.312 million viewers, #4; 1.705 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

Dog the Bounty Hunter (9:30) - A&E
1.963 million viewers, #5; 1.204 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

NBA Basketball: New York/Philadelphia - ESPN
1.921 million viewers, #6; 1.097 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Sons of Guns - Discovery
1.853 million viewers, #7; 1.185 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Dog the Bounty Hunter (9:00) - A&E
1.818 million viewers, #8; 1.068 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
1.813 million viewers, #9; 1.000 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

The Challenge: Battle of the Exes - MTV
1.810 million viewers, #10; 1.414 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
1.670 million viewers, #11; 0.997 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Auction Hunters: Live - Spike TV
1.631 million viewers, #12; 0.838 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Only in America With Larry the Cable Guy - History
1.591 million viewers, #13; 0.630 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.446 million viewers, #14; 0.409 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Restaurant Stakeout - Food
1.411 million viewers, #15; 0.757 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.253 million viewers, #16; 0.368 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

American Digger (10:00) - Spike TV
1.225 million viewers, #17; 0.590 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Rip the Runway - BET
1.217 million viewers, #18; 0.724 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Operation Repo (9:30) - truTV
1.213 million viewers, #19; 0.544 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Ghost Hunters International - Syfy
1.201 million viewers, #20; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

South Beach Tow (10:00) - truTV
1.185 million viewers, #21; 0.579 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Doomsday Bunkers - Discovery
1.133 million viewers, #22; 0.710 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

My Crazy Obsession (10:30) - TLC
0.951 million viewers, #23; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

My Crazy Obsession (10:00) - TLC
0.918 million viewers, #24; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Million Dollar Listing New York - Bravo
0.836 million viewers, #25; 0.441 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis - Bravo
0.758 million viewers, #26; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Ugly Americans - Comedy Central
0.751 million viewers, #27; 0.579 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Monster Man - Syfy
0.746 million viewers, #28; 0.427 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

American Digger (10:30) - Spike TV
0.667 million viewers, #29; 0.336 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

The Soup - E!
0.607 million viewers, #30; 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.395 million viewers, #31; 0.280 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

House of Consignment (10:00) - VH1
0.222 million viewers, #32; 0.129 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

House of Consignment (10:30) - VH1
0.156 million viewers, #33; 0.108 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #33

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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