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[10/19/12 - 04:53 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Thursday Night Football" Triumphs Over "Jersey Shore"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, october 18, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Thursday Night Football - NFLN
7.023 million viewers, #1; 3.651 million adults 18-49 (2.9 rating), #1

Thursday Night Football Pre-Game - NFLN
3.367 million viewers, #2; 1.694 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

Jersey Shore (10:00) - MTV
3.179 million viewers, #3; 2.256 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #2

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.404 million viewers, #4; 1.054 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

College Football: Oregon at Arizona State - ESPN
1.878 million viewers, #5; 0.805 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Mad (8:00, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.495 million viewers, #6; 0.345 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Lost Magic Decoded - History
1.459 million viewers, #7; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Beyond Scared Straight - A&E
1.393 million viewers, #8; 0.747 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

After the First 48 (9:00) - A&E
1.301 million viewers, #9; 0.699 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.248 million viewers, #10; 0.479 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Texas Car Wars - Discovery
1.169 million viewers, #11; 0.700 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - FX
1.099 million viewers, #12; 0.977 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

You Gotta See This! (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.040 million viewers, #13; 0.237 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

The League - FX
0.935 million viewers, #14; 0.795 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
0.863 million viewers, #15; 0.356 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Real Housewives of Miami (9:00) - Bravo
0.761 million viewers, #16; 0.418 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution - Comedy Central
0.720 million viewers, #17; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

The American Bible Challenge - GSN
0.703 million viewers, #18; 0.077 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

Little Shop of Gypsies - TLC
0.635 million viewers, #19; 0.247 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

Ethel - HBO
0.393 million viewers, #20; 0.126 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

The Pyramid (9:00) - GSN
0.312 million viewers, #21; 0.030 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #21

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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