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[07/20/12 - 03:33 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: USA Wins Demos, Total Viewers With "Burn Notice"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, july 19, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Burn Notice - USA
4.974 million viewers, #1; 1.658 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

Suits - USA
3.725 million viewers, #2; 1.520 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Mountain Men - History
3.591 million viewers, #3; 1.560 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
2.647 million viewers, #4; 1.418 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Sullivan & Son (10:00) - TBS
2.501 million viewers, #5; 1.257 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Great Lake Warriors - History
2.089 million viewers, #6; 0.952 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Sullivan & Son (10:30) - TBS
2.034 million viewers, #7; 1.041 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.013 million viewers, #8; 1.010 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Snooki & JWOWW - MTV
1.726 million viewers, #9; 1.171 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

The First 48 - A&E
1.643 million viewers, #10; 0.841 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Awkward - MTV
1.582 million viewers, #11; 0.943 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Cajun Justice (10:00) - A&E
1.533 million viewers, #12; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.506 million viewers, #13; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Property Wars (10:30) - Discovery
1.465 million viewers, #14; 0.763 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Cajun Justice (10:30) - A&E
1.434 million viewers, #15; 0.598 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Property Wars (10:00) - Discovery
1.376 million viewers, #16; 0.705 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Wilfred - FX
1.339 million viewers, #17; 0.831 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.316 million viewers, #18; 0.574 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Project Runway: Road to the Runway - Lifetime
1.194 million viewers, #19; 0.592 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Chef Wanted With Anne Burrell - Food
1.191 million viewers, #20; 0.598 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
1.155 million viewers, #21; 0.667 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Four Weddings (10:00) - TLC
0.964 million viewers, #22; 0.421 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Louie - FX
0.961 million viewers, #23; 0.627 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
0.948 million viewers, #24; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Clipaholics - truTV
0.889 million viewers, #25; 0.504 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.590 million viewers, #26; 0.117 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Motorcity (8:30) - Disney XD
0.309 million viewers, #27; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

The Real L Word - Showtime
0.220 million viewers, #28; 0.177 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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