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[10/11/12 - 04:19 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Duck Dynasty," MLB Division Series Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, october 10, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

MLB Division Series: Baltimore at New York - TBS
5.777 million viewers, #1; 2.294 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #2

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
3.939 million viewers, #2; 2.397 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #1

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
3.696 million viewers, #3; 2.188 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #3

MLB Division Series: Detroit at Oakland - TNT
2.651 million viewers, #4; 1.192 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

South Park - Comedy Central
2.331 million viewers, #5; 1.637 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
1.928 million viewers, #6; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.694 million viewers, #7; 0.719 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

American Restoration (9:30) - History
1.654 million viewers, #8; 0.690 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.528 million viewers, #9; 0.771 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.392 million viewers, #10; 1.025 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Sons of Guns - Discovery
1.346 million viewers, #11; 0.714 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.344 million viewers, #12; 0.713 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
1.286 million viewers, #13; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Half-Ton Killer? - TLC
1.266 million viewers, #14; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.077 million viewers, #15; 0.475 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
1.060 million viewers, #16; 0.830 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Ted Nugent's Gun Country - Discovery
0.864 million viewers, #17; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.606 million viewers, #18; 0.356 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

The Soup - E!
0.492 million viewers, #19; 0.320 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Life After Top Chef - Bravo
0.396 million viewers, #20; 0.240 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

A Football Life - NFLN
0.269 million viewers, #21; 0.122 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.163 million viewers, #22; 0.088 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Inside NASCAR - Showtime
0.100 million viewers, #23; 0.088 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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