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[09/18/12 - 05:40 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Overshadows Broadcast, Cable with "MNF"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, september 17, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
15.515 million viewers, #1; 8.100 million adults 18-49 (6.4 rating), #1

Major Crimes (9:00) - TNT
4.672 million viewers, #2; 0.951 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.119 million viewers, #3; 1.857 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
4.111 million viewers, #4; 1.774 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.925 million viewers, #5; 1.852 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Perception - TNT
3.485 million viewers, #6; 0.815 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.975 million viewers, #7; 1.659 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #5

Real Housewives of New York City - Bravo
1.989 million viewers, #8; 1.026 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.761 million viewers, #9; 1.260 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.639 million viewers, #10; 0.863 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.587 million viewers, #11; 0.868 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
1.503 million viewers, #12; 0.735 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.453 million viewers, #13; 1.018 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Annoying Orange (8:30, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.437 million viewers, #14; 0.404 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Warehouse 13 - Syfy
1.320 million viewers, #15; 0.530 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Alphas (8:00) - Syfy
1.307 million viewers, #16; 0.558 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Hoarders (9:00) - A&E
1.275 million viewers, #17; 0.570 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

The Bad Girls Club - Oxygen
1.274 million viewers, #18; 0.823 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
1.216 million viewers, #19; 0.716 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Nick News (8:00) - Nickelodeon
0.754 million viewers, #20; 0.185 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Ridiculousness - MTV
0.738 million viewers, #21; 0.345 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.715 million viewers, #22; 0.108 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Gallery Girls - Bravo
0.632 million viewers, #23; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Alphas (10:00, Repeat) - Syfy
0.538 million viewers, #24; 0.248 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

The Inbetweeners - MTV
0.533 million viewers, #25; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Mr. Young (8:30) - Disney XD
0.368 million viewers, #26; 0.024 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Lovetown, USA - OWN
0.174 million viewers, #27; 0.059 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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