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[10/12/12 - 04:17 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: Vice Presidential Debate Leads Viewers, "Thursday Night Football" Tops Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, october 11, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 30 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Vice Presidential Debate - FNC
10.014 million viewers, #1; 2.375 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

Vice Presidential Debate Analysis - FNC
8.283 million viewers, #2; 1.870 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #4

Thursday Night Football - NFLN
5.651 million viewers, #3; 3.164 million adults 18-49 (2.5 rating), #1

MLB Division Series: Baltimore at New York - TBS
5.155 million viewers, #4; 2.191 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #3

Vice Presidential Debate - MSNBC
4.399 million viewers, #5; 1.375 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #9

Vice Presidential Debate Analysis - CNN
4.351 million viewers, #6; 1.629 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #6

Vice Presidential Debate - CNN
4.176 million viewers, #7; 1.527 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #8

Thursday Night Football Pre-Game - NFLN
2.843 million viewers, #8; 1.546 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #7

Jersey Shore (10:00) - MTV
2.820 million viewers, #9; 1.820 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #5

Vice Presidential Debate Analysis - MSNBC
2.269 million viewers, #10; 0.734 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

MLB Division Series: Detroit at Oakland - TNT
2.266 million viewers, #11; 1.060 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
1.917 million viewers, #12; 0.896 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Mad (8:00, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.656 million viewers, #13; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

The First 48 (9:00) - A&E
1.635 million viewers, #14; 0.786 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Beyond Scared Straight - A&E
1.419 million viewers, #15; 0.826 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Texas Car Wars - Discovery
1.283 million viewers, #16; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

You Gotta See This! (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.213 million viewers, #17; 0.241 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.118 million viewers, #18; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - FX
1.049 million viewers, #19; 0.809 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

How the Earth Made Man - History
0.999 million viewers, #20; 0.399 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

The League - FX
0.907 million viewers, #21; 0.732 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Real Housewives of Miami (9:00) - Bravo
0.870 million viewers, #22; 0.520 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

College Football: Arizona State at Colorado - ESPN
0.823 million viewers, #23; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution - Comedy Central
0.807 million viewers, #24; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
0.760 million viewers, #25; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Little Shop of Gypsies - TLC
0.681 million viewers, #26; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

The American Bible Challenge - GSN
0.544 million viewers, #27; 0.117 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

The Pyramid (9:00) - GSN
0.280 million viewers, #28; 0.020 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #30

Titanic: Blood and Steel (8:00) - Encore
0.231 million viewers, #29; 0.058 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #28

Titanic: Blood and Steel (9:00) - Encore
0.229 million viewers, #30; 0.038 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #29

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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