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[09/27/12 - 02:41 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Honey Boo Boo" Spoils Return of "South Park"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, september 26, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.756 million viewers, #1; 1.718 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out - Cartoon
2.021 million viewers, #2; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

South Park - Comedy Central
1.845 million viewers, #3; 1.314 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.834 million viewers, #4; 0.864 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

American Restoration (9:30) - History
1.702 million viewers, #5; 0.635 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.658 million viewers, #6; 0.809 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
1.513 million viewers, #7; 0.658 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.427 million viewers, #8; 0.735 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.333 million viewers, #9; 0.645 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Sons of Guns - Discovery
1.279 million viewers, #10; 0.710 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.254 million viewers, #11; 0.603 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.251 million viewers, #12; 0.597 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
1.225 million viewers, #13; 0.989 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Auction Hunters (10:30) - Spike TV
1.138 million viewers, #14; 0.482 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Auction Hunters (10:00) - Spike TV
1.100 million viewers, #15; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.090 million viewers, #16; 0.720 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
1.018 million viewers, #17; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

How Booze Built America - Discovery
0.948 million viewers, #18; 0.522 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

The Soup - E!
0.510 million viewers, #19; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

MLB Baseball (8:00) - ESPN
0.492 million viewers, #20; 0.246 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

A Football Life - NFLN
0.375 million viewers, #21; 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN2
0.241 million viewers, #22; 0.105 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.175 million viewers, #23; 0.094 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Inside NASCAR - Showtime
0.069 million viewers, #24; 0.055 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #24

All Access: Canelo vs. Lopez - Showtime
0.046 million viewers, #25; 0.023 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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