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[08/30/12 - 04:59 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: TLC's "Honey Boo Boo" Wins Demos, Fox News Tops Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 29, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Republican National Convention (10:00) - FNC
7.703 million viewers, #1; 1.531 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Royal Pains - USA
3.781 million viewers, #2; 1.158 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:00) - TLC
2.992 million viewers, #3; 1.668 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
2.877 million viewers, #4; 1.279 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.865 million viewers, #5; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Storage Wars: Texas (9:00) - A&E
2.669 million viewers, #6; 1.199 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
2.030 million viewers, #7; 1.005 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

American Hoggers (10:30) - A&E
2.005 million viewers, #8; 1.003 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.714 million viewers, #9; 0.847 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.697 million viewers, #10; 0.755 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
1.611 million viewers, #11; 0.770 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Operation Repo (9:00) - truTV
1.599 million viewers, #12; 0.737 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.500 million viewers, #13; 0.945 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Republican National Convention (10:00) - MSNBC
1.441 million viewers, #14; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.392 million viewers, #15; 0.898 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.368 million viewers, #16; 0.775 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Futurama (10:30) - Comedy Central
1.365 million viewers, #17; 0.833 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Futurama (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.352 million viewers, #18; 0.961 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Republican National Convention (10:00) - CNN
1.340 million viewers, #19; 0.409 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Auction Hunters (10:30) - Spike TV
1.336 million viewers, #20; 0.561 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Haunted Collector - Syfy
1.315 million viewers, #21; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Republican National Convention (9:00) - MSNBC
1.297 million viewers, #22; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

Auction Hunters (10:00) - Spike TV
1.278 million viewers, #23; 0.596 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Republican National Convention (8:00) - MSNBC
1.159 million viewers, #24; 0.226 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Republican National Convention (9:00) - CNN
1.109 million viewers, #25; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
1.090 million viewers, #26; 0.829 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Dirty Jobs - Discovery
1.085 million viewers, #27; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
1.047 million viewers, #28; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

American Guns - Discovery
1.014 million viewers, #29; 0.524 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

The Soul Man - TV Land
1.014 million viewers, #30; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.966 million viewers, #31; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

The Exes - TV Land
0.951 million viewers, #32; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Republican National Convention (8:00) - CNN
0.897 million viewers, #33; 0.198 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #35

The Soup - E!
0.657 million viewers, #34; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.469 million viewers, #35; 0.241 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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