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[05/14/12 - 04:03 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: NBA's Nuggets/Lakers Big for TNT
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, may 10, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Denver/L.A. Lakers - TNT
4.339 million viewers, #1; 2.721 million adults 18-49 (2.1 rating), #1

Swamp People - History
3.836 million viewers, #2; 1.761 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

NBA Playoffs: Atlanta/Boston - TNT
3.627 million viewers, #3; 2.000 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.533 million viewers, #4; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

The First 48 - A&E
1.476 million viewers, #5; 0.802 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding (9:30) - Bravo
1.263 million viewers, #6; 0.734 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

After the First 48 - A&E
1.187 million viewers, #7; 0.661 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

The Pauly D Project - MTV
1.110 million viewers, #8; 0.787 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Punk'd - MTV
1.041 million viewers, #9; 0.632 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Sweet Genius - Food
0.999 million viewers, #10; 0.503 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
0.960 million viewers, #11; 0.548 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Kathy - Bravo
0.639 million viewers, #12; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

7 Days of Sex - Lifetime
0.473 million viewers, #13; 0.272 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #13

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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