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[06/25/12 - 01:20 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Dallas" Holds Onto Top Spot in Second Week
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, june 20, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Dallas - TNT
4.755 million viewers, #1; 1.613 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

Royal Pains - USA
3.874 million viewers, #2; 1.245 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

Necessary Roughness - USA
3.011 million viewers, #3; 1.008 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

American Restoration (10:30) - History
2.430 million viewers, #4; 0.856 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.364 million viewers, #5; 0.874 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
2.124 million viewers, #6; 0.764 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
2.029 million viewers, #7; 0.757 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

The Soul Man - TV Land
1.924 million viewers, #8; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Barter Kings (10:30) - A&E
1.795 million viewers, #9; 1.080 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Barter Kings (10:00) - A&E
1.786 million viewers, #10; 1.023 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.654 million viewers, #11; 0.935 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Futurama (10:30) - Comedy Central
1.645 million viewers, #12; 0.966 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Futurama (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.574 million viewers, #13; 0.957 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Auction Hunters (9:30) - Spike TV
1.530 million viewers, #14; 0.575 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.491 million viewers, #15; 0.937 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.431 million viewers, #16; 0.470 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
1.392 million viewers, #17; 0.736 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

The Exes - TV Land
1.241 million viewers, #18; 0.488 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.186 million viewers, #19; 0.529 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

American Guns - Discovery
1.164 million viewers, #20; 0.582 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Bubble Skin Man - TLC
1.060 million viewers, #21; 0.438 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Haunted Collector - Syfy
1.027 million viewers, #22; 0.399 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

School Spirits - Syfy
0.923 million viewers, #23; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles - Bravo
0.844 million viewers, #24; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Around the World in 80 Plates - Bravo
0.831 million viewers, #25; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Health Inspectors - Food
0.815 million viewers, #26; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Diamond Divers - Spike TV
0.803 million viewers, #27; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

The Soup - E!
0.670 million viewers, #28; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.451 million viewers, #29; 0.156 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN2
0.343 million viewers, #30; 0.087 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (10:00) - NBCSN
0.210 million viewers, #31; 0.115 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

NHL Awards - NBCSN
0.183 million viewers, #32; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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