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[09/05/12 - 01:12 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Pulls in Front with NASCAR Coverage
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, september 2, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NASCAR Sprint Cup - ESPN
5.558 million viewers, #1; 1.803 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

NASCAR Sprint Cup Countdown - ESPN
2.912 million viewers, #2; 1.020 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Breaking Bad - AMC
2.781 million viewers, #3; 1.670 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Sunday Best (9:00) - BET
2.605 million viewers, #4; 1.034 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
2.549 million viewers, #5; 1.545 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Hell on Wheels - AMC
2.472 million viewers, #6; 0.737 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Leverage (9:00) - TNT
2.353 million viewers, #7; 0.871 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Sunday Best (8:00) - BET
2.132 million viewers, #8; 0.793 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Married to Jonas - E!
1.799 million viewers, #9; 1.128 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

The Great Food Truck Race - Food
1.774 million viewers, #10; 0.883 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

MLB Baseball (8:00) - ESPN2
1.688 million viewers, #11; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.687 million viewers, #12; 0.781 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Hoarding: Buried Alive - TLC
1.353 million viewers, #13; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.209 million viewers, #14; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.181 million viewers, #15; 0.514 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Survivorman - Discovery
0.937 million viewers, #16; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

One Car Too Far - Discovery
0.934 million viewers, #17; 0.553 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Big Ang (9:00) - VH1
0.634 million viewers, #18; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Weeds - Showtime
0.605 million viewers, #19; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Off the Hook: Extreme Catches (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.569 million viewers, #20; 0.264 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00) - OWN
0.450 million viewers, #21; 0.228 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Lovetown, USA - OWN
0.250 million viewers, #22; 0.126 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Web Therapy - Showtime
0.196 million viewers, #23; 0.107 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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