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[10/30/12 - 05:27 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Is Tops Once Again with "Monday Night Football"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, october 29, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
10.721 million viewers, #1; 5.490 million adults 18-49 (4.3 rating), #1

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
4.306 million viewers, #2; 1.892 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.217 million viewers, #3; 1.865 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.783 million viewers, #4; 1.783 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
2.181 million viewers, #5; 1.481 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.159 million viewers, #6; 1.209 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #9

Regular Show (8:00) - Cartoon
2.112 million viewers, #7; 0.563 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
2.106 million viewers, #8; 1.392 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Chrissy & Mr. Jones - VH1
2.031 million viewers, #9; 1.369 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #7

The Bad Girls Club Reunion - Oxygen
1.988 million viewers, #10; 1.308 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Annoying Orange (8:30, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.418 million viewers, #11; 0.365 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Hoarders (9:00) - A&E
1.334 million viewers, #12; 0.668 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.279 million viewers, #13; 0.791 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
1.275 million viewers, #14; 0.661 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
1.179 million viewers, #15; 0.719 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Ridiculousness - MTV
1.139 million viewers, #16; 0.715 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Scare Tactics (8:00) - Syfy
0.977 million viewers, #17; 0.518 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Vegas Strip (10:00) - truTV
0.906 million viewers, #18; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

$24 in 24 - Food
0.849 million viewers, #19; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Scare Tactics (8:30) - Syfy
0.800 million viewers, #20; 0.435 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Scare Tactics (10:30) - Syfy
0.707 million viewers, #21; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Scare Tactics (9:30) - Syfy
0.674 million viewers, #22; 0.382 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

The Inbetweeners - MTV
0.621 million viewers, #23; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Scare Tactics (9:00) - Syfy
0.611 million viewers, #24; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Lab Rats (9:00) - Disney XD
0.585 million viewers, #25; 0.120 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Scare Tactics (10:00) - Syfy
0.582 million viewers, #26; 0.384 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Crash & Bernstein (8:30) - Disney XD
0.568 million viewers, #27; 0.118 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.495 million viewers, #28; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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