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[10/01/12 - 03:37 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: "WWE Smackdown" Tops Demos for Fourth Straight Week
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, september 28, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 18 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.625 million viewers, #1; 0.855 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #1

Gravity Falls (9:30) - Disney
2.599 million viewers, #2; 0.492 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Phineas & Ferb (Repeat - 9:00, 15 Minutes) - Disney
2.429 million viewers, #3; 0.498 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Fish Hooks (9:15, 15 Minutes) - Disney
2.329 million viewers, #4; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (8:00) - Nickelodeon
2.295 million viewers, #5; 0.556 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #6

My Babysitter's a Vampire (8:00) - Disney
2.033 million viewers, #6; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Code 9 (8:30) - Disney
1.815 million viewers, #7; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

For Better or Worse (9:30) - TBS
1.532 million viewers, #8; 0.689 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #2

Haven - Syfy
1.442 million viewers, #9; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.442 million viewers, #10; 0.571 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

College Football: Hawaii at BYU - ESPN
1.432 million viewers, #11; 0.584 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #3

For Better or Worse (9:00) - TBS
1.318 million viewers, #12; 0.584 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

Yukon Men - Discovery
1.241 million viewers, #13; 0.508 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #7

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.183 million viewers, #14; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Secret Princes - TLC
0.936 million viewers, #15; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
0.906 million viewers, #16; 0.443 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Bering Sea Gold: After the Dredge - Discovery
0.673 million viewers, #17; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

Fashion Police: The 2012 Emmys (Repeat) - E!
0.438 million viewers, #18; 0.281 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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