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[09/10/12 - 02:59 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: "WWE Smackdown," Disney Originals Lead the Night
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, september 7, 2012)

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

Phineas & Ferb (9:00, 15 Minutes) - Disney
3.614 million viewers, #1; 0.620 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Jessie (8:30) - Disney
3.592 million viewers, #2; 0.706 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Fish Hooks (9:15, 15 Minutes) - Disney
3.025 million viewers, #3; 0.561 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.954 million viewers, #4; 1.007 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #1

A.N.T. Farm (8:00) - Disney
2.439 million viewers, #5; 0.506 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

NASCAR Nationwide Series - ESPN
1.857 million viewers, #6; 0.576 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

College Football: Utah at Utah State - ESPN2
1.560 million viewers, #7; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

Yukon Men - Discovery
1.518 million viewers, #8; 0.727 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

Bering Sea Gold - Discovery
1.480 million viewers, #9; 0.809 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #2

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.475 million viewers, #10; 0.652 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Lost Girl - Syfy
1.368 million viewers, #11; 0.482 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.299 million viewers, #12; 0.535 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.292 million viewers, #13; 0.536 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
1.278 million viewers, #14; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

For Better or Worse (9:30) - TBS
1.195 million viewers, #15; 0.557 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

I Found the Gown (10:30) - TLC
1.159 million viewers, #16; 0.469 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
1.085 million viewers, #17; 0.482 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

For Better or Worse (9:00) - TBS
1.021 million viewers, #18; 0.502 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.748 million viewers, #19; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Law on the Border (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.518 million viewers, #20; 0.193 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Boss - Starz
0.387 million viewers, #21; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

Stand Up to Cancer - TBS
0.375 million viewers, #22; 0.149 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Stand Up to Cancer - E!
0.140 million viewers, #23; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Stand Up to Cancer - VH1
0.134 million viewers, #24; 0.062 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #24

Stand Up to Cancer - HBO
0.088 million viewers, #25; 0.061 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

Stand Up to Cancer - Showtime
0.037 million viewers, #26; 0.015 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Stand Up to Cancer - Starz
0.020 million viewers, #27; 0.004 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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