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[11/14/12 - 05:13 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Sons of Anarchy" Tops Charts with 90-Minute Episode
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, november 13, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 30 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Sons of Anarchy (10:00, 90 Minutes) - FX
4.580 million viewers, #1; 3.080 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #1

Pawn Stars (8:30) - History
3.244 million viewers, #2; 1.291 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
3.083 million viewers, #3; 1.434 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Men's College Basketball (9:30) - ESPN
3.028 million viewers, #4; 1.712 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Pawn Stars (8:00) - History
2.941 million viewers, #5; 1.167 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Covert Affairs - USA
2.450 million viewers, #6; 0.859 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.257 million viewers, #7; 1.707 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

Alaska: The Last Frontier - Discovery
2.144 million viewers, #8; 0.801 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Mankind the Story of All of Us - History
2.142 million viewers, #9; 0.774 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Men's College Basketball (7:00) - ESPN
1.996 million viewers, #10; 0.897 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Little People Big World: Wedding Farm - TLC
1.656 million viewers, #11; 0.762 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Alaska Marshals - Discovery
1.458 million viewers, #12; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Level Up (8:00) - Cartoon
1.447 million viewers, #13; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Ink Master (10:00) - Spike TV
1.374 million viewers, #14; 0.992 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Brickleberry - Comedy Central
1.307 million viewers, #15; 0.986 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Flipping Out (9:00) - Bravo
1.083 million viewers, #16; 0.651 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Keyshia & Daniel: Family First - BET
1.039 million viewers, #17; 0.668 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Extreme Couponing (10:00) - TLC
1.028 million viewers, #18; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Extreme Couponing (10:30) - TLC
0.982 million viewers, #19; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition - Lifetime
0.970 million viewers, #20; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Million Dollar Decorators - Bravo
0.743 million viewers, #21; 0.395 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Total Blackout - Syfy
0.694 million viewers, #22; 0.409 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Prank My Mom (10:30) - Lifetime
0.650 million viewers, #23; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Prank My Mom (10:00) - Lifetime
0.574 million viewers, #24; 0.261 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Wild Hawaii - Animal Planet
0.507 million viewers, #25; 0.129 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Behind the Music (10:00) - VH1
0.470 million viewers, #26; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Oprah: Where Are They Now? - OWN
0.423 million viewers, #27; 0.133 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Underemployed - MTV
0.378 million viewers, #28; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Frontier Earth - Animal Planet
0.321 million viewers, #29; 0.117 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Viral Video Showdown - Syfy
0.238 million viewers, #30; 0.146 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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