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[07/27/12 - 04:07 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Burn Notice," "Suits" Top Charts for USA
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, july 26, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Burn Notice - USA
4.858 million viewers, #1; 1.741 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

Suits - USA
3.887 million viewers, #2; 1.530 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Phineas & Ferb (9:00, 30 Minutes) - Disney
3.733 million viewers, #3; 0.715 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Jessie (8:30) - Disney
3.513 million viewers, #4; 0.636 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Code 9 (8:00) - Disney
2.735 million viewers, #5; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Sullivan & Son (10:00) - TBS
2.475 million viewers, #6; 1.201 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
2.407 million viewers, #7; 1.294 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.032 million viewers, #8; 0.940 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Snooki & JWOWW - MTV
1.814 million viewers, #9; 1.145 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

After the First 48 - A&E
1.812 million viewers, #10; 0.996 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Awkward - MTV
1.787 million viewers, #11; 1.022 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Cajun Justice (10:00) - A&E
1.732 million viewers, #12; 0.776 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Cajun Justice (10:30) - A&E
1.671 million viewers, #13; 0.788 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.578 million viewers, #14; 0.700 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Property Wars (10:30) - Discovery
1.486 million viewers, #15; 0.873 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Great Lake Warriors - History
1.346 million viewers, #16; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Property Wars (10:00) - Discovery
1.332 million viewers, #17; 0.748 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Wilfred - FX
1.276 million viewers, #18; 0.819 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Chef Wanted With Anne Burrell - Food
1.272 million viewers, #19; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
1.127 million viewers, #20; 0.620 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Clipaholics - truTV
1.081 million viewers, #21; 0.608 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.933 million viewers, #22; 0.207 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Four Weddings (10:00) - TLC
0.885 million viewers, #23; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Louie - FX
0.824 million viewers, #24; 0.558 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
0.796 million viewers, #25; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class - Bravo
0.613 million viewers, #26; 0.381 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

The Real L Word - Showtime
0.133 million viewers, #27; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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