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[10/09/12 - 04:58 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Remains Untouchable with "Monday Night Football"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, october 8, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
14.047 million viewers, #1; 7.273 million adults 18-49 (5.7 rating), #1

Major Crimes (9:00) - TNT
4.333 million viewers, #2; 0.939 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

MLB Division Series: New York at Baltimore - TBS
4.222 million viewers, #3; 1.718 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #5

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
4.191 million viewers, #4; 1.849 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.067 million viewers, #5; 1.802 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
4.065 million viewers, #6; 1.877 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

SpongeBob SquarePants (8:00, 30 Minutes) - Nickelodeon
2.759 million viewers, #7; 0.812 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

MLB Division Series: Washington at St. Louis - TBS
2.670 million viewers, #8; 0.885 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.660 million viewers, #9; 1.533 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #6

Regular Show (8:00) - Cartoon
1.859 million viewers, #10; 0.465 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.737 million viewers, #11; 1.016 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Real Housewives of New York City Reunion - Bravo
1.700 million viewers, #12; 1.012 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
1.652 million viewers, #13; 0.917 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.556 million viewers, #14; 0.867 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Chrissy & Mr. Jones - VH1
1.410 million viewers, #15; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.354 million viewers, #16; 0.903 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Annoying Orange (8:30, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.267 million viewers, #17; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

The Bad Girls Club - Oxygen
1.221 million viewers, #18; 0.735 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.198 million viewers, #19; 0.802 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Alphas (8:00) - Syfy
1.118 million viewers, #20; 0.571 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Hoarders (9:00) - A&E
1.095 million viewers, #21; 0.478 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
1.054 million viewers, #22; 0.590 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Ridiculousness - MTV
0.842 million viewers, #23; 0.526 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Lab Rats (9:00) - Disney XD
0.638 million viewers, #24; 0.117 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Crash & Bernstein - Disney XD
0.634 million viewers, #25; 0.083 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.568 million viewers, #26; 0.098 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

The Inbetweeners - MTV
0.528 million viewers, #27; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Haven (9:00, Repeat) - Syfy
0.505 million viewers, #28; 0.182 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Alphas (10:00, Repeat) - Syfy
0.424 million viewers, #29; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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