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[06/08/12 - 03:04 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: Another 11 Million for Heat/Celtics Semi-Finals on ESPN
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, june 7, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 30 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Miami/Boston - ESPN
11.068 million viewers, #1; 6.177 million adults 18-49 (4.8 rating), #1

Swamp People - History
3.892 million viewers, #2; 1.771 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Mountain Men - History
3.465 million viewers, #3; 1.568 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Men at Work (10:00) - TBS
1.870 million viewers, #4; 1.167 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding (9:30) - Bravo
1.757 million viewers, #5; 1.069 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Cajun Justice (10:30) - A&E
1.468 million viewers, #6; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

The First 48 - A&E
1.420 million viewers, #7; 0.599 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Auction Kings (9:30) - Discovery
1.414 million viewers, #8; 0.636 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Cajun Justice (10:00) - A&E
1.394 million viewers, #9; 0.558 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.252 million viewers, #10; 0.574 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.214 million viewers, #11; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

The Pauly D Project - MTV
1.094 million viewers, #12; 0.639 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
1.040 million viewers, #13; 0.490 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Sweet Genius - Food
1.036 million viewers, #14; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Final Offer - Discovery
1.018 million viewers, #15; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Punk'd - MTV
0.909 million viewers, #16; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Clipaholics - truTV
0.792 million viewers, #17; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Kathy - Bravo
0.731 million viewers, #18; 0.521 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

On the Fly (9:00) - TLC
0.664 million viewers, #19; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

On the Fly (9:30) - TLC
0.587 million viewers, #20; 0.296 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Tron: Uprising (9:00) - Disney XD
0.580 million viewers, #21; 0.160 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Tattoo School (10:00) - TLC
0.488 million viewers, #22; 0.269 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Tattoo School (10:30) - TLC
0.487 million viewers, #23; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Lab Rats (8:30) - Disney XD
0.478 million viewers, #24; 0.079 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Yo: The Story of Yo! MTV Raps - VH1
0.250 million viewers, #25; 0.158 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Motorcity (9:30) - Disney XD
0.228 million viewers, #26; 0.053 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

E3 2012 (6:00) - G4
0.199 million viewers, #27; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

No Look Pass - Showtime
0.060 million viewers, #28; 0.035 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #28

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston - Showtime
0.049 million viewers, #29; 0.030 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #29

E3 2012 (10:00) - G4
0.047 million viewers, #30; 0.015 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #30

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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