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[10/23/12 - 04:17 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: Presidential Debate Tops Viewers, "Monday Night Football" Wins Demo Race
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, october 22, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 33 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Presidential Debate - FNC
11.472 million viewers, #1; 2.851 million adults 18-49 (2.3 rating), #2

Monday Night Football - ESPN
10.664 million viewers, #2; 5.723 million adults 18-49 (4.5 rating), #1

Presidential Debate Analysis - FNC
9.595 million viewers, #3; 2.223 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #5

Presidential Debate - CNN
5.856 million viewers, #4; 2.404 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #3

Presidential Debate Analysis - CNN
5.663 million viewers, #5; 2.350 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #4

Presidential Debate - MSNBC
4.084 million viewers, #6; 1.393 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #9

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
3.653 million viewers, #7; 1.796 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #6

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
3.578 million viewers, #8; 1.608 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #8

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.432 million viewers, #9; 1.744 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #7

Regular Show (8:00) - Cartoon
2.616 million viewers, #10; 0.630 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Presidential Debate Analysis - MSNBC
2.538 million viewers, #11; 0.816 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.298 million viewers, #12; 1.334 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #10

The Bad Girls Club Reunion - Oxygen
1.864 million viewers, #13; 1.041 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.783 million viewers, #14; 0.952 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

Annoying Orange (8:30, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.641 million viewers, #15; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.564 million viewers, #16; 1.081 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.422 million viewers, #17; 0.966 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.403 million viewers, #18; 0.782 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Chrissy & Mr. Jones - VH1
1.271 million viewers, #19; 0.890 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Hoarders (9:00) - A&E
1.212 million viewers, #20; 0.618 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Alphas (8:00) - Syfy
1.172 million viewers, #21; 0.642 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
1.107 million viewers, #22; 0.572 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Ridiculousness - MTV
1.047 million viewers, #23; 0.627 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
0.943 million viewers, #24; 0.539 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Real Housewives of New York: The Lost Footage - Bravo
0.933 million viewers, #25; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

$24 in 24 - Food
0.899 million viewers, #26; 0.454 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
0.873 million viewers, #27; 0.494 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Vegas Strip (10:00) - truTV
0.835 million viewers, #28; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Vegas Strip (10:30) - truTV
0.828 million viewers, #29; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Lab Rats (9:00) - Disney XD
0.604 million viewers, #30; 0.093 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.596 million viewers, #31; 0.047 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #32

The Inbetweeners - MTV
0.554 million viewers, #32; 0.287 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Crash & Bernstein (8:30) - Disney XD
0.468 million viewers, #33; 0.033 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #33

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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