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[07/11/12 - 03:51 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Rizzoli & Isles" Tops Originals, "Storage Wars" Wins Demo Race
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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

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

Rizzoli & Isles - TNT
5.516 million viewers, #1; 1.517 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #6

Storage Wars (10:30) - A&E
4.656 million viewers, #2; 2.216 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

Storage Wars (10:00) - A&E
4.313 million viewers, #3; 2.065 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Covert Affairs - USA
3.504 million viewers, #4; 1.170 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

White Collar - USA
3.207 million viewers, #5; 1.338 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Franklin & Bash - TNT
2.720 million viewers, #6; 1.099 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #13

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
2.705 million viewers, #7; 1.516 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #7

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.531 million viewers, #8; 1.171 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Real Housewives of Orange County Reunion - Bravo
2.513 million viewers, #9; 1.560 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Pretty Little Liars - ABC Family
2.380 million viewers, #10; 1.111 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #12

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.241 million viewers, #11; 1.751 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.083 million viewers, #12; 1.060 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

Teen Mom (10:00) - MTV
2.079 million viewers, #13; 1.527 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

After the Catch (10:00) - Discovery
1.645 million viewers, #14; 0.881 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Workaholics - Comedy Central
1.491 million viewers, #15; 1.163 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Jane by Design - ABC Family
1.308 million viewers, #16; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Destination Truth (8:00) - Syfy
1.066 million viewers, #17; 0.440 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

What Not to Wear (9:00) - TLC
1.041 million viewers, #18; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

World's Worst Tenants (10:00) - Spike TV
0.984 million viewers, #19; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Haunted Highway - Syfy
0.956 million viewers, #20; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Destination Truth (9:00) - Syfy
0.951 million viewers, #21; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Craft Wars - TLC
0.876 million viewers, #22; 0.345 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Pregnant in Heels - Bravo
0.815 million viewers, #23; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

The Glee Project - Oxygen
0.507 million viewers, #24; 0.191 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Retired at 35 - TV Land
0.450 million viewers, #25; 0.135 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.343 million viewers, #26; 0.044 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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