or


[08/17/12 - 06:04 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Suits" Hits Season High for USA in Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, august 16, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Burn Notice - USA
4.356 million viewers, #1; 1.494 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Suits - USA
4.003 million viewers, #2; 1.733 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.433 million viewers, #3; 1.155 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Sullivan & Son (10:00) - TBS
2.429 million viewers, #4; 1.198 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Great White Highway - Discovery
2.125 million viewers, #5; 1.214 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
2.052 million viewers, #6; 1.182 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Awkward - MTV
1.947 million viewers, #7; 1.130 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Shark Week's 25 Best Bites - Discovery
1.918 million viewers, #8; 1.158 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Snooki & JWOWW - MTV
1.587 million viewers, #9; 0.981 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Cajun Justice (10:30) - A&E
1.537 million viewers, #10; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

The First 48 - A&E
1.535 million viewers, #11; 0.793 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Cajun Justice (10:00) - A&E
1.489 million viewers, #12; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.456 million viewers, #13; 0.597 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
1.264 million viewers, #14; 0.699 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Four Weddings (10:00) - TLC
1.226 million viewers, #15; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Extreme Chef - Food
1.193 million viewers, #16; 0.680 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
1.167 million viewers, #17; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Wilfred - FX
1.052 million viewers, #18; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Louie - FX
0.844 million viewers, #19; 0.489 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

The Real L Word - Showtime
0.208 million viewers, #20; 0.163 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [august 2012]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
   


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[07/03/25 - 02:33 PM]
ABC News Same-Day Primetime Special "Verdict: The Diddy Trial" Is No. 1 in Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54
Versus the competition in the time period, "Verdict: The Diddy Trial" outperformed NBC by +40% in Adults 18-49 (212,000 vs. 151,000) and +22% in Adults 25-54.

[07/02/25 - 06:44 PM]
Tyler Perry's "Divorced Sistas" Quickly Rises to Become BET+'s Most Watched Original Series in Platform History
Just halfway through the eight-episode season, existing subscribers and new fans of the show have boosted the drama series to the most-watched series premiere on BET+ in just three weeks.

[07/02/25 - 02:38 PM]
Hallmark Channel Earns #1 Most-Watched Network on Weekends Throughout June with "Passport to Love" Programming Event
"Passport to Love" helped elevate Hallmark Channel to be the #1 most-watched network on weekends throughout the month of June.

[07/01/25 - 12:01 PM]
Top 10 Week of June 23: "Squid Game" Season 3 Takes Over with Record-Breaking Global Debut at No. 1
"The Waterfront" was a Top 10 hit once more as the No. 1 series on the English TV list (11.6 million views).

[07/01/25 - 10:26 AM]
ESPN Formula 1 Viewership Notes After Austrian Grand Prix
ESPN's live telecast on Sunday, June 29, averaged 1.1 million viewers, a two percent gain over last year's race and the largest audience ever for the event on U.S. television.

[07/01/25 - 09:16 AM]
ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" Featuring the Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers Averaged 2 Million Viewers - Up 66% from Last Year's Comparable Game
The audience peaked with 2,304,000 viewers in the 9:15 p.m. ET quarter hour.

[06/27/25 - 02:29 PM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Gears Up for Summer Rising Week to Week in All Key Measures
Wednesday, June 11, was the most-viewed day of the week among Total Viewers (2.164 million).

[06/27/25 - 10:31 AM]
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" Tops Late-Night in Adults 18-49 for Third Week in a Row
Winning three of five nights in Kimmel's final week before summer guest hosts, Thursday, June 19, was the show's strongest night among Adults 18-49 (0.35 rating).

[06/25/25 - 11:55 AM]
Prime Video Finishes Groundbreaking First Season of Exclusive NASCAR Coverage
According to Nielsen, NASCAR on Prime posted a season average of 2.16 million viewers (AMA P2+) across five events, and attracted droves of younger viewers to its live coverage.

[06/25/25 - 07:58 AM]
ABC News Primetime Special "Karen Read: The Verdict - A Special Edition of 20/20" Ranks #1 Across All of Broadcast and Cable in Adults 18-49
Plus: "Karen Read: The Verdict" placed No. 1 based on views among all titles on Hulu on Thursday (6/19), Friday (6/20) and Saturday (6/21).

[06/24/25 - 03:03 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in All Key Target Demos 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" for 2nd Consecutive Week, and Claims Top Spot in Total Viewers for the 5th Straight Week
On Monday (6/16/25), "Nightline" scored its most-watched telecast (1.112 million) in 5 months.

[06/24/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of June 16: "Tyler Perry's Straw" Leads Top 10 for Third Week, "The Waterfront" Swims to No. 1
Plus: "Ginny & Georgia" Season 3 racked up another 8.1 million views and felt peachy keen at No. 2, while Season 2 landed at No. 8 and Season 1 at No. 10, with an additional 2.7 million views each.

[06/24/25 - 08:42 AM]
Third Most-Watched WNBA Game Ever on ESPN: Indiana Fever vs Las Vegas Aces Averaged 1.7 Million Viewers, Up 52% from Last Year's ESPN Average
Said coverage peaked at 2.2 million viewers.

[06/23/25 - 12:09 PM]
Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 7 on ABC and ESPN+ Is Most-Watched NBA Finals Game in Six Years
The seven-game series averaged 10,266,000 viewers and delivered the seven most-watched broadcasts on all of television since the first week of May.

[06/18/25 - 09:01 AM]
Murder Mystery May Drives Acorn TV to the Most Successful Month In Its History
Total hours watched surpassed 20 million for the first time in Acorn TV history, with unique engaged subscribers also achieving an all-time high, up double digits from the streamer's average over the past 12 months.