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[09/06/12 - 02:36 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Honey Boo Boo" Once Again Tops Demos; MSNBC Leads DNC Coverage
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, september 5, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Democratic National Convention (10:00) - MSNBC
4.388 million viewers, #1; 1.153 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Democratic National Convention (10:00) - CNN
4.135 million viewers, #2; 1.401 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

Royal Pains - USA
3.592 million viewers, #3; 1.207 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Democratic National Convention (9:00) - MSNBC
3.116 million viewers, #4; 0.739 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Democratic National Convention (10:00) - FNC
3.103 million viewers, #5; 0.620 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Democratic National Convention (9:00) - CNN
2.799 million viewers, #6; 0.728 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Democratic National Convention (8:00) - MSNBC
2.420 million viewers, #7; 0.552 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:00) - TLC
2.396 million viewers, #8; 1.442 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.910 million viewers, #9; 0.861 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
1.834 million viewers, #10; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Democratic National Convention (8:00) - CNN
1.824 million viewers, #11; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.587 million viewers, #12; 0.699 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.456 million viewers, #13; 0.365 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #21

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
1.346 million viewers, #14; 0.573 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.318 million viewers, #15; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

American Guns - Discovery
1.191 million viewers, #16; 0.630 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
1.064 million viewers, #17; 0.763 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

The Soul Man - TV Land
0.992 million viewers, #18; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

The Exes - TV Land
0.928 million viewers, #19; 0.350 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
0.874 million viewers, #20; 0.538 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
0.868 million viewers, #21; 0.462 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Dirty Jobs - Discovery
0.787 million viewers, #22; 0.421 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

True Life (9:00) - MTV
0.587 million viewers, #23; 0.431 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

The Soup - E!
0.575 million viewers, #24; 0.349 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

NFL Kickoff Simulcast - NFL
0.552 million viewers, #25; 0.307 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

All Access: Canelo vs. Lopez - Showtime
0.020 million viewers, #26; 0.060 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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