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[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





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