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[05/30/12 - 04:30 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: "WWE Smackdown" Tops Charts for Syfy
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, may 25, 2012)

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

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.626 million viewers, #1; 1.052 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #1

House of Payne (9:30) - TBS
1.463 million viewers, #2; 0.759 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #2

House of Payne (9:00) - TBS
1.416 million viewers, #3; 0.752 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.325 million viewers, #4; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #6

Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids (9:30) - TLC
1.053 million viewers, #5; 0.404 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #8

Insane or Inspired? - Syfy
1.014 million viewers, #6; 0.443 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #7

Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids (9:00) - TLC
0.961 million viewers, #7; 0.386 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #9

The Ultimate Fighter Live - FX
0.875 million viewers, #8; 0.619 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.834 million viewers, #9; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #5

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
0.813 million viewers, #10; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #10

River Monsters (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.555 million viewers, #11; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #11

Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies - A&E
0.417 million viewers, #12; 0.166 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #12

The Ricky Gervais Show - HBO
0.162 million viewers, #13; 0.121 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #13

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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