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[08/20/12 - 06:40 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: "Shake It Up," "Gold Rush" Lead Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, august 17, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 16 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Shake It Up: Made in Japan - Disney
4.535 million viewers, #1; 0.673 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

Gravity Falls (9:30) - Disney
3.869 million viewers, #2; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Gold Rush: The Jungle - Discovery
2.663 million viewers, #3; 1.357 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.612 million viewers, #4; 0.879 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Gold Rush: Aftershow - Discovery
2.030 million viewers, #5; 1.072 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) - TLC
1.455 million viewers, #6; 0.526 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Say Yes to the Dress: The Big Day - TLC
1.418 million viewers, #7; 0.576 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) - TLC
1.288 million viewers, #8; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.268 million viewers, #9; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

For Better or Worse (9:30) - TBS
1.255 million viewers, #10; 0.618 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

Lost Girl - Syfy
1.209 million viewers, #11; 0.498 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

For Better or Worse (9:00) - TBS
1.180 million viewers, #12; 0.583 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.764 million viewers, #13; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
0.747 million viewers, #14; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

NFL Preseason Live - NFL
0.574 million viewers, #15; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

Inocente - MTV
0.392 million viewers, #16; 0.232 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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