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[07/26/12 - 05:50 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Royal Pains" Tops Viewers, Demos for Second Week in a Row
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, july 25, 2012)

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

Royal Pains - USA
3.916 million viewers, #1; 1.329 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #1

Dallas - TNT
3.253 million viewers, #2; 0.955 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #2

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.759 million viewers, #3; 0.853 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Cartoon
2.268 million viewers, #4; 0.407 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
2.019 million viewers, #5; 0.714 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
1.996 million viewers, #6; 0.708 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Picked Off - History
1.751 million viewers, #7; 0.783 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Restaurant: Impossible - Food
1.729 million viewers, #8; 0.867 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Sons of Guns - Discovery
1.499 million viewers, #9; 0.862 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.392 million viewers, #10; 0.871 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Barter Kings (10:00) - A&E
1.385 million viewers, #11; 0.667 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Barter Kings (10:30) - A&E
1.327 million viewers, #12; 0.679 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles - Bravo
1.269 million viewers, #13; 0.806 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.245 million viewers, #14; 0.782 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Haunted Collector - Syfy
1.238 million viewers, #15; 0.562 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Futurama - Comedy Central
1.187 million viewers, #16; 0.819 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
1.186 million viewers, #17; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
1.159 million viewers, #18; 0.736 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

The Soul Man - TV Land
1.117 million viewers, #19; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
1.112 million viewers, #20; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

American Guns - Discovery
1.058 million viewers, #21; 0.518 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.977 million viewers, #22; 0.728 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

School Spirits - Syfy
0.968 million viewers, #23; 0.509 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

The Exes - TV Land
0.922 million viewers, #24; 0.381 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

The Soup - E!
0.717 million viewers, #25; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.714 million viewers, #26; 0.164 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Virgin Diaries - TLC
0.710 million viewers, #27; 0.472 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Beverly Hills Nannies - ABC Family
0.671 million viewers, #28; 0.430 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Diamond Divers - Spike TV
0.556 million viewers, #29; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

The Franchise (10:00) - Showtime
0.066 million viewers, #30; 0.029 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #30

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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