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[08/15/12 - 04:37 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Rizzoli & Isles," "Teen Mom" Once Again Top Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, august 14, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Rizzoli & Isles - TNT
6.038 million viewers, #1; 1.650 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Storage Wars (10:00) - A&E
3.387 million viewers, #2; 1.575 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Covert Affairs - USA
3.254 million viewers, #3; 1.172 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

White Collar - USA
2.929 million viewers, #4; 1.187 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Franklin & Bash - TNT
2.824 million viewers, #5; 1.113 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.633 million viewers, #6; 1.278 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Teen Mom (10:00) - MTV
2.632 million viewers, #7; 2.005 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #1

Counting Cars (10:30) - History
2.588 million viewers, #8; 1.230 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Pretty Little Liars - ABC Family
2.265 million viewers, #9; 1.215 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Counting Cars (10:00) - History
2.124 million viewers, #10; 1.001 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #15

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.081 million viewers, #11; 1.099 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #12

How Jaws Changed the World - Discovery
2.047 million viewers, #12; 1.218 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Shipping Wars (9:30) - A&E
1.970 million viewers, #13; 1.167 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Top Gear - History
1.700 million viewers, #14; 1.020 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

Chopped - Food
1.666 million viewers, #15; 0.822 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Shipping Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.529 million viewers, #16; 0.886 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Adrift: 47 Days with Sharks - Discovery
1.525 million viewers, #17; 1.019 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

Level Up (8:00) - Cartoon
1.312 million viewers, #18; 0.181 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

World's Worst Tenants (10:00) - Spike TV
1.202 million viewers, #19; 0.681 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

The Week the Women Went - Lifetime
1.166 million viewers, #20; 0.674 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Destination Truth (9:00) - Syfy
1.146 million viewers, #21; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Tosh.0 (Repeat) - Comedy Central
1.074 million viewers, #22; 0.773 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Hard Knocks - HBO
0.984 million viewers, #23; 0.703 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

The Burn - Comedy Central
0.926 million viewers, #24; 0.691 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

What Not to Wear (10:00) - TLC
0.907 million viewers, #25; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

The Glee Project - Oxygen
0.821 million viewers, #26; 0.385 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Beverly Hills Nannies - ABC Family
0.765 million viewers, #27; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Craft Wars (8:00) - TLC
0.736 million viewers, #28; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Collection Intervention - Syfy
0.564 million viewers, #29; 0.297 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

E! Investigates: Bullying: Celebs Speak Out - E!
0.512 million viewers, #30; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Our America With Lisa Ling - OWN
0.373 million viewers, #31; 0.194 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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