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[09/18/12 - 11:45 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Kardashians" Wraps Season on Top for E!
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, september 16, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 29 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Good Luck Charlie (8:00) - Disney
3.737 million viewers, #1; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
3.567 million viewers, #2; 2.328 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #1

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
3.120 million viewers, #3; 1.386 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Breaking Amish - TLC
2.888 million viewers, #4; 1.371 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Boardwalk Empire - HBO
2.886 million viewers, #5; 1.469 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

My Babysitter's a Vampire (8:30) - Disney
2.835 million viewers, #6; 0.528 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.744 million viewers, #7; 1.468 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Hell on Wheels - AMC
2.695 million viewers, #8; 0.798 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
2.627 million viewers, #9; 1.262 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Leverage (9:00) - TNT
2.625 million viewers, #10; 0.920 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Leverage (10:00) - TNT
2.447 million viewers, #11; 0.833 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Married to Jonas - E!
2.210 million viewers, #12; 1.450 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

The Great Food Truck Race - Food
1.988 million viewers, #13; 0.933 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Ice Road Truckers (10:00) - History
1.630 million viewers, #14; 0.571 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Iyanla, Fix My Life - OWN
1.590 million viewers, #15; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
1.520 million viewers, #16; 0.892 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.287 million viewers, #17; 0.814 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.136 million viewers, #18; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.090 million viewers, #19; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

E! Special: Carly Rae Jepsen - E!
0.962 million viewers, #20; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Flip Men (10:00) - Spike TV
0.895 million viewers, #21; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Weeds (10:00, 60 Minutes) - Showtime
0.864 million viewers, #22; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Survivorman's Top 10 - Discovery
0.800 million viewers, #23; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Eating Giants: Hippo - Animal Planet
0.647 million viewers, #24; 0.349 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Snapped - Oxygen
0.636 million viewers, #25; 0.280 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Rehab with Dr. Drew - VH1
0.618 million viewers, #26; 0.407 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

One Car Too Far - Discovery
0.579 million viewers, #27; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Off the Hook: Extreme Catches (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.448 million viewers, #28; 0.212 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Behind the Music - VH1
0.246 million viewers, #29; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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