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[11/08/12 - 03:15 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Duck Dynasty" Tops Charts in Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, november 7, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 29 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
3.630 million viewers, #1; 2.234 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #1

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
3.598 million viewers, #2; 2.155 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #2

Moonshiners (10:00) - Discovery
3.063 million viewers, #3; 1.847 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #4

American Horror Story - FX
2.648 million viewers, #4; 1.921 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Moonshiners: Countdown to the Shine - Discovery
2.618 million viewers, #5; 1.539 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #6

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
2.288 million viewers, #6; 0.967 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

South Park - Comedy Central
2.192 million viewers, #7; 1.580 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Storage Wars: Texas (9:00) - A&E
1.917 million viewers, #8; 0.840 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.651 million viewers, #9; 0.724 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
1.541 million viewers, #10; 0.538 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

South Beach Tow (9:00) - truTV
1.439 million viewers, #11; 0.778 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.420 million viewers, #12; 0.949 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

NBA Basketball: Spurs at Clippers - ESPN
1.336 million viewers, #13; 0.806 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
1.330 million viewers, #14; 0.473 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Operation Repo (9:30) - truTV
1.235 million viewers, #15; 0.718 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

NBA Basketball: 76ers at Hornets - ESPN
1.065 million viewers, #16; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Deals from the Darkside (10:00) - Syfy
1.014 million viewers, #17; 0.526 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Top Chef: Seattle - Bravo
0.912 million viewers, #18; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Deals from the Darkside (10:30) - Syfy
0.737 million viewers, #19; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:30) - Lifetime
0.723 million viewers, #20; 0.373 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

College Football: Bowling Green at Ohio - ESPN2
0.719 million viewers, #21; 0.261 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:00) - Lifetime
0.689 million viewers, #22; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura - truTV
0.607 million viewers, #23; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Life After Top Chef - Bravo
0.587 million viewers, #24; 0.318 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

My Life Is a Lifetime Movie - Lifetime
0.585 million viewers, #25; 0.298 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

The Soup - E!
0.543 million viewers, #26; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

A-List Listings (8:00) - E!
0.335 million viewers, #27; 0.223 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.091 million viewers, #28; 0.041 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #28

Inside NASCAR - Showtime
0.047 million viewers, #29; 0.035 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #29

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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