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[09/28/12 - 03:24 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: Ravens/Browns Keep NFL Network's "Thursday Night Football" on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, september 27, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 19 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Thursday Night Football - NFLN
8.053 million viewers, #1; 4.236 million adults 18-49 (3.3 rating), #1

Thursday Night Football Pre-Game - NFLN
4.225 million viewers, #2; 2.037 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

College Football: Stanford at Washington - ESPN
2.116 million viewers, #3; 0.981 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.066 million viewers, #4; 0.971 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

Mad (8:00, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.509 million viewers, #5; 0.291 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #13

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.265 million viewers, #6; 0.524 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

After the First 48 (10:00) - A&E
1.248 million viewers, #7; 0.668 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Texas Car Wars - Discovery
1.205 million viewers, #8; 0.611 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Impractical Jokers (10:00) - truTV
1.201 million viewers, #9; 0.769 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Real Housewives of Miami (9:00) - Bravo
0.967 million viewers, #10; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
0.868 million viewers, #11; 0.372 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #10

The American Bible Challenge - GSN
0.737 million viewers, #12; 0.098 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #16

Bling It On - TLC
0.711 million viewers, #13; 0.334 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Prank My Mom (10:30) - Lifetime
0.656 million viewers, #14; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #11

The Pyramid (9:00) - GSN
0.446 million viewers, #15; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #18

Louie (10:00, 35 Minutes) - FX
0.434 million viewers, #16; 0.247 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #14

MMA Uncensored Live (10:00, 30 Minutes) - Spike TV
0.409 million viewers, #17; 0.207 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

Mr. Young (9:00) - Disney XD
0.364 million viewers, #18; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #17

Caught Looking (9:00) - NBCSN
0.021 million viewers, #19; 0.011 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #19

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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