or


[09/06/12 - 12:03 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: MSNBC Tops Viewers with DNC; "Counting Cars" Wins Demos for History
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, september 4, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 33 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Democratic National Convention (10:00) - MSNBC
4.107 million viewers, #1; 1.374 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Democratic National Convention (10:00) - CNN
3.888 million viewers, #2; 1.196 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Covert Affairs - USA
3.439 million viewers, #3; 0.989 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

White Collar - USA
3.381 million viewers, #4; 1.214 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Democratic National Convention (9:00) - MSNBC
3.342 million viewers, #5; 1.035 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Counting Cars (10:30) - History
3.128 million viewers, #6; 1.485 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #1

Democratic National Convention (9:00) - CNN
3.019 million viewers, #7; 0.847 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Counting Cars (10:00) - History
3.002 million viewers, #8; 1.382 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.786 million viewers, #9; 1.162 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Democratic National Convention (8:00) - MSNBC
2.446 million viewers, #10; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Democratic National Convention (10:00) - FNC
2.398 million viewers, #11; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.307 million viewers, #12; 1.211 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Democratic National Convention (8:00) - CNN
2.103 million viewers, #13; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Top Gear - History
2.020 million viewers, #14; 1.108 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Teen Mom Series Finale Special: Check Up with Dr. Drew, Part 1 - MTV
1.960 million viewers, #15; 1.435 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

Face Off - Syfy
1.759 million viewers, #16; 1.014 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Chopped - Food
1.533 million viewers, #17; 0.741 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Coma, Part 2 - A&E
1.516 million viewers, #18; 0.593 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Flipping Out - Bravo
1.346 million viewers, #19; 0.689 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Level Up (8:00) - Cartoon
1.252 million viewers, #20; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Abby & Brittany (10:00) - TLC
1.161 million viewers, #21; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Abby & Brittany (10:30) - TLC
1.148 million viewers, #22; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Tosh.0 (Repeat) - Comedy Central
1.027 million viewers, #23; 0.692 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

19 Kids & Counting (9:00) - TLC
1.026 million viewers, #24; 0.434 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

The Week the Women Went - Lifetime
0.951 million viewers, #25; 0.526 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

19 Kids & Counting (9:30) - TLC
0.951 million viewers, #26; 0.424 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.836 million viewers, #27; 0.360 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

The Burn - Comedy Central
0.762 million viewers, #28; 0.578 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Collection Intervention - Syfy
0.749 million viewers, #29; 0.385 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Hard Knocks - HBO
0.643 million viewers, #30; 0.507 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

MLB Baseball (10:12) - ESPN
0.496 million viewers, #31; 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Beverly Hills Nannies Reunion (10:00) - ABC Family
0.484 million viewers, #32; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Beverly Hills Nannies (9:00) - ABC Family
0.473 million viewers, #33; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

Opening Act (8:00) - E!
0.387 million viewers, #34; 0.212 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

TV Guide Magazine's Top 25 Best Oprah Show Moments (10:00) - OWN
0.205 million viewers, #35; 0.093 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

All the Right Moves - Oxygen
0.075 million viewers, #36; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #36

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [september 2012]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
      


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[10/16/25 - 06:01 AM]
ESPN's Monumental 2025 WNBA Season Sets New Viewership Records
Across all networks, the 2025 WNBA Postseason was the most-viewed since 1999.

[10/15/25 - 04:02 PM]
"20/20" Is Friday's No. 1 Program on Broadcast TV
"20/20" increased its lead week to week over "Dateline" in Total Viewers to post its largest of the season.

[10/15/25 - 04:01 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, Leading NBC in All Key Demos for the 3rd Straight Week
"Nightline" saw double-digit gains in the year-ago week in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

[10/14/25 - 03:06 PM]
ESPN Records the Most-Watched WNBA Postseason Ever Across Its Networks
Across 24 games, the '25 WNBA postseason averaged 1.2 million viewers, up 5% from last year.

[10/14/25 - 03:03 PM]
"College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" Delivers Most-Watched West Coast Episode Ever; ESPN College Football on ABC Scores Top Three Programs Across All Networks and Content for Saturday, Oct. 11
The Texas Longhorns' upset victory over the Oklahoma Sooners averaged 8.7 million viewers.

[10/14/25 - 02:50 PM]
ALCS Game 1 on FOX and FOX Deportes Draws 5.3 Million Viewers
The Mariners victory over the Blue Jays averaged 5,310,000 viewers across FOX, FOX Deportes and FOX Sports streaming services.

[10/14/25 - 02:39 PM]
FOX Sports Delivers Most-Watched LDS on FOX/FS1 Since Launch of Postseason Baseball on FS1 in 2014
On Friday, 8,723,000 viewers tuned in for the Mariners' historic 15-inning ALDS Game 5 victory.

[10/14/25 - 02:15 PM]
"Sunday Night Football" Registers Record Fourth Blockbuster Audience of 25+ Million Viewers This Season, As Lions-Chiefs Averages 27.3 Million Viewers on NBC & Peacock
Lions-Chiefs averaged 27.3 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, based on official Nielsen Big Data + Panel and digital data from Adobe Analytics, marking the second-most watched October audience in the history of NBC "SNF."

[10/14/25 - 01:45 PM]
ABC Wednesday Comedies Return Strong for New Seasons
"Shifting Gears" earned the biggest audience since the show's Valentine's Day episode; while "Abbott Elementary" jumped over the show's season four premiere among Total Viewers as well as the season four average.

[10/14/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of October 6: "The Woman in Cabin 10" Rocks the Boat as No. 1 Debut in This Week's Top 10
In the spirit of the season of chills, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" claimed the No. 1 spot on the English TV list, rising to the top in its second week with 20.7 million views.

[10/10/25 - 03:07 PM]
3,287,000 Viewers Tuned in on Average Through Game 4 of the ALDS Across FOX, FS1 and FS2
Through Game 4, coverage of the ALDS across FOX, FS1 and FS2 is up +11% from 2024 and +31% over 2023.

[10/10/25 - 09:04 AM]
"Dancing with the Stars" Scores Historic Growth in Week Four
"Dancing with the Stars" rose for the third straight week following its season premiere, for the first time in the show's history, in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

[10/09/25 - 05:01 PM]
3,177,000 Viewers Tuned in on Average Through Game 3 of the ALDS Across FOX, FS1 and FS2
Through Game 3, coverage of the ALDS across FOX, FS1 and FS2 is up +14% from 2024 and +28% over 2023.

[10/09/25 - 03:11 PM]
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" Tops Late-Night with Week of Live Shows from Brooklyn Academy of Music
Continuing the show's momentum this season, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" earned 2.20 million Total Viewers and a 0.22 rating among Adults 18-49, topping late-night for the week in both measures.

[10/09/25 - 01:00 PM]
NBC Wins First Two Weeks of the New TV Season and Sees Year-to-Year Growth
Across all platforms (7-day), "Law & Order" and "SVU" amassed 6 million and 7.6 million viewers, respectively, both showing an increase over last season's premieres.