or


[10/03/12 - 03:59 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: FX's "Anarchy," ESPN's "30 for 30" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, october 2, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 22 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Sons of Anarchy - FX
4.597 million viewers, #1; 3.078 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #1

30 for 30 - ESPN
2.528 million viewers, #2; 1.820 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.336 million viewers, #3; 1.729 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.314 million viewers, #4; 1.077 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Face Off - Syfy
1.668 million viewers, #5; 1.038 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

The Looney Tunes Show - Cartoon
1.655 million viewers, #6; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Shipping Wars (10:00) - A&E
1.630 million viewers, #7; 0.927 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Alaska: The Last Frontier - Discovery
1.505 million viewers, #8; 0.647 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Brickleberry - Comedy Central
1.496 million viewers, #9; 1.073 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Shipping Wars (10:30) - A&E
1.487 million viewers, #10; 0.857 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

How Playboy Changed the World - History
1.292 million viewers, #11; 0.576 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Flipping Out (10:00) - Bravo
1.277 million viewers, #12; 0.675 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Teen Mom: Farewell Special - MTV
1.207 million viewers, #13; 0.850 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

19 Kids & Counting (9:30) - TLC
1.028 million viewers, #14; 0.450 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

19 Kids & Counting (9:00) - TLC
0.989 million viewers, #15; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Abby & Brittany (10:00) - TLC
0.985 million viewers, #16; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Bait Car (10:00) - truTV
0.983 million viewers, #17; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Bait Car (10:30) - truTV
0.955 million viewers, #18; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Hot Set - Syfy
0.644 million viewers, #19; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Cypher Replay - BET
0.481 million viewers, #20; 0.315 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Oprah: Where Are They Now? - OWN
0.430 million viewers, #21; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos - Animal Planet
0.325 million viewers, #22; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [october 2012]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
 


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[10/31/26 - 10:48 AM]
USA Sports Delivers 1.5 Million Viewers for Valkyries-Dream Game 6 Thursday Matinee
USA Sports' Game 6 coverage delivered the fifth most-watched WNBA Finals game on cable on record.

[10/30/26 - 08:57 AM]
ABC News Wins Across Friday Night, Sunday Morning and Late-Night
"20/20: Help Dale Find Dee" ranked as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49.

[10/29/26 - 03:25 PM]
Champions at Last: 14.2 Million Viewers Projected for FOX Sports' Coverage of Milwaukee Brewers World Series Clinch
13,476,000 viewers tuned in for World Series Game 4 presented by Capital One across FOX and FOX Deportes.

[10/29/26 - 12:21 PM]
ABC Thursday Returns Strong with "9-1-1" and "9-1-1: Nashville" Rising Over Previous Season Averages
The Season 10 debut of "9-1-1" (8 p.m.) earned 8.14 million Total Viewers after seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, based on Nielsen's competitive multiplatform measurement.

[10/28/26 - 03:31 PM]
Cowboys-Eagles on "Monday Night Football" Delivers 18.8M Viewers
Seven weeks into ESPN's Super Bowl LXI season, "Monday Night Football" is up 26% compared to the same point in 2025, averaging 19M viewers.

[10/28/26 - 11:30 AM]
"The Drew Barrymore Show" Hits All-Time Series High
This season to date, "The Drew Barrymore Show" averaged 1.90 million total viewers, up +36% year over year.

[10/28/26 - 11:01 AM]
Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of October 19
"The Terminal List," "Carrie," "Reacher," "Neagley," and "Off Campus" led all original series worldwide.

[10/27/26 - 03:36 PM]
College Football on FOX Scores Big Numbers in Week 8
7,015,000 viewers tuned into FOX "Big Noon Saturday" for Indiana's win over Michigan.

[10/27/26 - 03:14 PM]
FOX's "America's Game of the Week" Roars with 24,670,000 Viewers in Week 7
The network's Sunday window ranks as the #1 program in all of television through the first seven weeks of the season (24,749,000 average).

[10/27/26 - 03:10 PM]
NFL's First-Ever Paris Game Draws 7.7M Viewers, Concluding Strong October for NFL Network
NFL Network's October International Series slate is averaging 7.1M viewers, up 18% vs. the network's overall six-game International Series average last season.

[10/27/26 - 03:03 PM]
No Time Like October: FOX Sports Drives in 12,259,000 Viewers for Game 1 and 10,854,000 Viewers for Game 2
Both telecasts were the most-watched of their respective days on any network.

[10/27/26 - 02:59 PM]
NBC and Peacock Deliver Most-Watched WNBA Finals Game 4 Ever
Led by Gabby Williams' 17 points, Golden State's 67-62 win over Atlanta peaked at 2.5 million viewers for the game's exciting conclusion from 3:30-3:45 p.m. ET.

[10/27/26 - 02:40 PM]
"College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" Continues Record-Setting Season; ESPN Networks Deliver Three of the Top Five Games Across All Nets
Ole Miss/Texas (8.1 million) was the top game of the week and added to ESPN's nine total games this season with 8+ million viewers.

[10/27/26 - 02:06 PM]
Chiefs-Seahawks Is Most Watched Week 7 NBC "Sunday Night Football" Game Since 2013, Averaging 26.3 Million Viewers on NBC & Peacock
The audience peaked at 29.0 million viewers on NBC and Peacock in the second quarter (9:30-9:45 p.m. ET).

[10/27/26 - 01:01 PM]
"Crystal Lake" Makes Killer Debut on Peacock
"Crystal Lake" has generated 1.3 billion minutes watched over its first 11 days, making it the fourth highest scripted original series ever on Peacock.