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[08/10/12 - 04:30 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: USA Dramas Top Viewers, NFL Preseason on ESPN Wins Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, august 9, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 22 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Burn Notice - USA
4.036 million viewers, #1; 1.439 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

Suits - USA
3.423 million viewers, #2; 1.380 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

NFL Preseason: Packers/Chargers - ESPN
3.386 million viewers, #3; 1.740 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
2.100 million viewers, #4; 1.153 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.027 million viewers, #5; 0.935 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Sullivan & Son (10:00) - TBS
1.948 million viewers, #6; 1.015 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Awkward - MTV
1.815 million viewers, #7; 1.032 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Snooki & JWOWW - MTV
1.614 million viewers, #8; 0.952 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Cajun Justice (10:30) - A&E
1.440 million viewers, #9; 0.725 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Cajun Justice (10:00) - A&E
1.339 million viewers, #10; 0.683 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

After the First 48 - A&E
1.307 million viewers, #11; 0.665 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.249 million viewers, #12; 0.570 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.210 million viewers, #13; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
0.956 million viewers, #14; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Wilfred - FX
0.947 million viewers, #15; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Great Lake Warriors - History
0.868 million viewers, #16; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
0.858 million viewers, #17; 0.420 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Four Weddings (10:00) - TLC
0.819 million viewers, #18; 0.415 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

NFL Preseason Live - NFL
0.736 million viewers, #19; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Louie - FX
0.703 million viewers, #20; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.691 million viewers, #21; 0.129 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

The Real L Word - Showtime
0.179 million viewers, #22; 0.123 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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