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[04/11/12 - 03:31 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Deadliest Catch," NBA Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, april 10, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Deadliest Catch - Discovery
3.142 million viewers, #1; 1.804 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

NBA Basketball: New York/Chicago - ESPN
2.834 million viewers, #2; 1.733 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Justified - FX
2.660 million viewers, #3; 1.344 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

NBA Basketball: Boston/Miami - ESPN
2.405 million viewers, #4; 1.425 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

The Game - BET
2.255 million viewers, #5; 1.491 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.248 million viewers, #6; 1.034 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Deadliest Catch: Deckhands - Discovery
2.171 million viewers, #7; 1.178 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Real Housewives of Orange County - Bravo
1.859 million viewers, #8; 1.178 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Hardcore Pawn (9:30) - truTV
1.857 million viewers, #9; 0.956 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Chopped - Food
1.724 million viewers, #10; 0.887 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Let's Stay Together - BET
1.722 million viewers, #11; 1.105 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Top Shot - History
1.705 million viewers, #12; 1.063 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

16 & Pregnant - MTV
1.638 million viewers, #13; 1.201 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Dream Machines - Syfy
1.209 million viewers, #14; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Level Up - Cartoon
1.184 million viewers, #15; 0.149 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Dance Moms: Miami - Lifetime
0.952 million viewers, #16; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

The Wiener's Circle (10:00) - truTV
0.874 million viewers, #17; 0.434 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

The Little Couple (10:00) - TLC
0.869 million viewers, #18; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

The Little Couple (10:30) - TLC
0.844 million viewers, #19; 0.343 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Big Easy Justice (10:00) - Spike TV
0.626 million viewers, #20; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Big Easy Justice (10:30) - Spike TV
0.574 million viewers, #21; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Best Ink - Oxygen
0.360 million viewers, #22; 0.209 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Love for Sail - Lifetime
0.292 million viewers, #23; 0.140 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Beyond Belief on OWN (10:00) - OWN
0.271 million viewers, #24; 0.089 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Beyond Belief on OWN (9:00) - OWN
0.198 million viewers, #25; 0.077 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan - G4
0.176 million viewers, #26; 0.081 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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