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[11/06/12 - 04:12 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: Saints/Eagles Puts "Monday Night Football" on Top for ESPN
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, november 5, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
12.857 million viewers, #1; 6.452 million adults 18-49 (5.1 rating), #1

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.279 million viewers, #2; 1.886 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
4.066 million viewers, #3; 1.717 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.883 million viewers, #4; 1.814 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
3.821 million viewers, #5; 1.523 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
3.630 million viewers, #6; 1.428 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

American Pickers - History
3.128 million viewers, #7; 1.041 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.643 million viewers, #8; 1.401 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #7

The Bad Girls Club Reunion - Oxygen
1.904 million viewers, #9; 1.114 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #12

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.840 million viewers, #10; 1.217 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #9

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - Bravo
1.809 million viewers, #11; 1.119 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.778 million viewers, #12; 1.144 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Chrissy & Mr. Jones - VH1
1.770 million viewers, #13; 1.256 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Ridiculousness - MTV
1.189 million viewers, #14; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Behind the Music - VH1
1.140 million viewers, #15; 0.820 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

American Chopper - Discovery
0.995 million viewers, #16; 0.579 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
0.955 million viewers, #17; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Lab Rats (8:00) - Disney XD
0.851 million viewers, #18; 0.165 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Jesse James: Outlaw Garage - Discovery
0.799 million viewers, #19; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Crash & Bernstein (8:30) - Disney XD
0.764 million viewers, #20; 0.130 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Kickin' It (9:00) - Disney XD
0.756 million viewers, #21; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Caught Red Handed (10:00) - truTV
0.670 million viewers, #22; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Vegas Strip (9:00) - truTV
0.656 million viewers, #23; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

The Inbetweeners - MTV
0.655 million viewers, #24; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Start-Ups: Silicon Valley - Bravo
0.634 million viewers, #25; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Witness - HBO
0.166 million viewers, #26; 0.106 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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