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[08/21/12 - 12:28 PM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings: Food Network Tops Originals with "Wedding Impossible"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for saturday, august 18, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 10 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Wedding Impossible - Food
2.167 million viewers, #1; 0.784 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #2

How to Rock (8:00, 60 Minutes) - Nickelodeon
2.115 million viewers, #2; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #7

You Gotta See This! (9:00) - Nickelodeon
1.916 million viewers, #3; 0.425 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #6

NFL Preseason: Giants/Jets - NFL
1.896 million viewers, #4; 0.897 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #1

NFL Preseason: Cowboys/Chargers - NFL
1.384 million viewers, #5; 0.637 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #3

Tanked - Animal Planet
1.243 million viewers, #6; 0.623 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

Smart Cookies - Hallmark
1.045 million viewers, #7; 0.189 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #8

My Cat from Hell - Animal Planet
1.020 million viewers, #8; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #5

10 Kids 2 Dads (10:30) - OWN
0.287 million viewers, #9; 0.134 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #9

10 Kids 2 Dads (10:00) - OWN
0.211 million viewers, #10; 0.104 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #10

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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