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[09/14/12 - 04:19 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: NFL Network's "Thursday Night Football" Tops Broadcast, Cable in Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, september 13, 2012)

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

Thursday Night Football - NFLN
8.559 million viewers, #1; 4.753 million adults 18-49 (3.8 rating), #1

Thursday Night Football Pre-Game - NFLN
4.824 million viewers, #2; 2.500 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #2

Sullivan & Son (10:00) - TBS
2.128 million viewers, #3; 1.088 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.094 million viewers, #4; 1.051 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Awkward - MTV
1.782 million viewers, #5; 1.211 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Snooki & JWOWW - MTV
1.553 million viewers, #6; 1.081 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Impractical Jokers (10:00) - truTV
1.518 million viewers, #7; 0.994 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

The First 48 (10:00) - A&E
1.491 million viewers, #8; 0.805 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

College Football: Rutgers at South Florida - ESPN
1.333 million viewers, #9; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Texas Car Wars - Discovery
1.249 million viewers, #10; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Mad (8:00, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.228 million viewers, #11; 0.179 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.224 million viewers, #12; 0.490 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Real Housewives of Miami (9:00, 75 Minutes) - Bravo
1.066 million viewers, #13; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Auction Kings (9:30) - Discovery
0.985 million viewers, #14; 0.388 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (8:00) - truTV
0.931 million viewers, #15; 0.539 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

The American Bible Challenge - GSN
0.922 million viewers, #16; 0.202 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
0.766 million viewers, #17; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

Wilfred - FX
0.642 million viewers, #18; 0.438 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Louie - FX
0.476 million viewers, #19; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

Beat the Chefs - GSN
0.330 million viewers, #20; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - VH1
0.309 million viewers, #21; 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

2012 Reebok Crossfit Games (8:00) - ESPN2
0.282 million viewers, #22; 0.163 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

2012 Reebok Crossfit Games (8:30) - ESPN2
0.233 million viewers, #23; 0.133 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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