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[10/16/12 - 04:56 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: Another Week, Another "Monday Night Football" Victory
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, october 15, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
12.841 million viewers, #1; 6.621 million adults 18-49 (5.2 rating), #1

Major Crimes (9:00) - TNT
5.129 million viewers, #2; 1.150 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
4.067 million viewers, #3; 1.785 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.013 million viewers, #4; 1.791 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.886 million viewers, #5; 1.802 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Regular Show (8:00) - Cartoon
3.109 million viewers, #6; 0.783 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.232 million viewers, #7; 1.185 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.780 million viewers, #8; 1.243 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Chrissy & Mr. Jones - VH1
1.721 million viewers, #9; 1.281 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Real Housewives of New York City Reunion - Bravo
1.720 million viewers, #10; 0.972 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.710 million viewers, #11; 1.107 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

The Bad Girls Club - Oxygen
1.569 million viewers, #12; 1.024 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Annoying Orange (8:30, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.493 million viewers, #13; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.446 million viewers, #14; 0.792 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.389 million viewers, #15; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Ridiculousness - MTV
1.227 million viewers, #16; 0.858 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Alphas (8:00) - Syfy
1.163 million viewers, #17; 0.498 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Hoarders (9:00) - A&E
1.158 million viewers, #18; 0.579 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
1.120 million viewers, #19; 0.649 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
1.015 million viewers, #20; 0.483 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Nick News (8:00) - Nickelodeon
0.979 million viewers, #21; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

$24 in 24 - Food
0.739 million viewers, #22; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
0.736 million viewers, #23; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

The Inbetweeners - MTV
0.654 million viewers, #24; 0.361 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Lab Rats (9:00) - Disney XD
0.593 million viewers, #25; 0.055 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.566 million viewers, #26; 0.084 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Crash & Bernstein (8:30) - Disney XD
0.458 million viewers, #27; 0.054 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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