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[08/16/12 - 03:36 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Royal Pains" Puts USA Back in Front
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 15, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 34 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Royal Pains - USA
3.948 million viewers, #1; 1.291 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #1

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Cartoon
2.793 million viewers, #2; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
2.530 million viewers, #3; 1.209 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

American Hoggers (10:30) - A&E
2.507 million viewers, #4; 1.096 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.488 million viewers, #5; 0.857 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:00) - TLC
2.059 million viewers, #6; 1.122 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Shark Fight - Discovery
2.023 million viewers, #7; 1.212 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #2

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:30) - TLC
1.943 million viewers, #8; 1.025 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Picked Off - History
1.857 million viewers, #9; 0.668 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

World's Scariest Animal Attacks - Discovery
1.803 million viewers, #10; 1.025 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.673 million viewers, #11; 0.692 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.629 million viewers, #12; 0.705 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Auction Hunters (10:00) - Spike TV
1.627 million viewers, #13; 0.759 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Operation Repo (9:00) - truTV
1.604 million viewers, #14; 0.764 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles - Bravo
1.589 million viewers, #15; 0.864 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
1.324 million viewers, #16; 0.793 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
1.296 million viewers, #17; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Storage Wars: Texas (9:00) - A&E
1.281 million viewers, #18; 0.709 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
1.233 million viewers, #19; 0.836 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Haunted Collector - Syfy
1.224 million viewers, #20; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Futurama - Comedy Central
1.179 million viewers, #21; 0.779 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.169 million viewers, #22; 0.604 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
1.089 million viewers, #23; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

The Soul Man - TV Land
1.030 million viewers, #24; 0.343 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.979 million viewers, #25; 0.679 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

The Exes - TV Land
0.976 million viewers, #26; 0.352 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

MLB Baseball (8:48) - ESPN
0.794 million viewers, #27; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

The Soup - E!
0.639 million viewers, #28; 0.445 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Gossip Girl (9:00) - Style
0.089 million viewers, #29; 0.068 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Gossip Girl (10:00) - Style
0.085 million viewers, #30; 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Gossip Girl (8:00) - Style
0.067 million viewers, #31; 0.057 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #31

The Franchise (10:00) - Showtime
0.033 million viewers, #32; 0.018 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #32

Caught Looking (9:00) - NBCSN
0.031 million viewers, #33; 0.014 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #33

All Access: Ronda Rousey - Showtime
0.016 million viewers, #34; 0.003 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #34

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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