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[08/29/12 - 03:07 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: Fox News Tops Viewers, MTV's "Teen Mom" Wins Demo Race
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, august 28, 2012)

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

Republican National Convention (10:00) - FNC
6.879 million viewers, #1; 1.075 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Storage Wars (10:30) - A&E
4.050 million viewers, #2; 1.913 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

Storage Wars (10:00) - A&E
3.944 million viewers, #3; 1.854 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

White Collar - USA
3.357 million viewers, #4; 1.189 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Covert Affairs - USA
3.234 million viewers, #5; 0.944 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Pretty Little Liars - ABC Family
2.977 million viewers, #6; 1.607 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

Teen Mom (10:00, 94 Minutes) - MTV
2.899 million viewers, #7; 2.206 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.650 million viewers, #8; 1.157 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island - Cartoon
2.264 million viewers, #9; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.243 million viewers, #10; 1.040 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Counting Cars (10:00) - History
2.204 million viewers, #11; 1.023 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Counting Cars (10:30) - History
2.148 million viewers, #12; 1.039 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Shipping Wars (9:30) - A&E
2.043 million viewers, #13; 1.077 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Shipping Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.940 million viewers, #14; 1.008 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Abby & Brittany (10:00) - TLC
1.731 million viewers, #15; 0.878 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

19 Kids & Counting (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
1.660 million viewers, #16; 0.823 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #17

Face Off - Syfy
1.583 million viewers, #17; 0.899 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Top Gear - History
1.573 million viewers, #18; 0.921 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Abby & Brittany (10:30) - TLC
1.531 million viewers, #19; 0.721 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Republican National Convention (10:00) - CNN
1.474 million viewers, #20; 0.343 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Republican National Convention (10:00) - MSNBC
1.468 million viewers, #21; 0.296 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Republican National Convention (9:00) - MSNBC
1.288 million viewers, #22; 0.186 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Republican National Convention (8:00) - MSNBC
1.193 million viewers, #23; 0.223 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Republican National Convention (9:00) - CNN
1.168 million viewers, #24; 0.307 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

The Week the Women Went - Lifetime
0.979 million viewers, #25; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Republican National Convention (8:00) - CNN
0.960 million viewers, #26; 0.261 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Tosh.0 (Repeat) - Comedy Central
0.947 million viewers, #27; 0.649 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Hard Knocks - HBO
0.890 million viewers, #28; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Beverly Hills Nannies - ABC Family
0.856 million viewers, #29; 0.491 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Collection Intervention - Syfy
0.733 million viewers, #30; 0.379 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

The Burn - Comedy Central
0.725 million viewers, #31; 0.533 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

TV Guide Magazine's Top 25 Best Oprah Show Moments (10:00) - OWN
0.271 million viewers, #32; 0.145 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

TV Guide Magazine's Top 25 Best Oprah Show Moments (9:00) - OWN
0.168 million viewers, #33; 0.060 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #33

All the Right Moves - Oxygen
0.115 million viewers, #34; 0.053 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #34

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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