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[11/20/12 - 04:58 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: "Monday Night Football" Continues Reign for ESPN
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, november 19, 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
12.472 million viewers, #1; 6.096 million adults 18-49 (4.8 rating), #1

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
3.923 million viewers, #2; 1.721 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
3.873 million viewers, #3; 1.656 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
3.855 million viewers, #4; 1.577 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #6

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.710 million viewers, #5; 1.619 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #5

Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
3.620 million viewers, #6; 1.569 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #7

American Pickers - History
3.330 million viewers, #7; 1.256 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #10

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.730 million viewers, #8; 1.507 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #8

Regular Show (8:00) - Cartoon
2.459 million viewers, #9; 0.641 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Teen Mom 2 - MTV
2.350 million viewers, #10; 1.791 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - Bravo
1.874 million viewers, #11; 1.065 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.839 million viewers, #12; 1.279 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #9

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.826 million viewers, #13; 1.186 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Marrying the Game (9:30) - VH1
1.662 million viewers, #14; 1.128 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #12

Annoying Orange (8:30, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.626 million viewers, #15; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Secret Life of the American Teenager - ABC Family
1.588 million viewers, #16; 0.916 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

American Chopper - Discovery
1.525 million viewers, #17; 0.929 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Marrying the Game (10:00) - VH1
1.497 million viewers, #18; 1.016 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
1.297 million viewers, #19; 0.872 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #17

TeenNick Halo Awards - Nickelodeon
1.214 million viewers, #20; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Jesse James: Outlaw Garage - Discovery
1.086 million viewers, #21; 0.635 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.870 million viewers, #22; 0.131 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Vegas Strip (10:00) - truTV
0.838 million viewers, #23; 0.382 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Start-Ups: Silicon Valley - Bravo
0.604 million viewers, #24; 0.372 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too - Oxygen
0.584 million viewers, #25; 0.275 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States - Showtime
0.175 million viewers, #26; 0.061 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Married to the Army - OWN
0.162 million viewers, #27; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Witness - HBO
0.100 million viewers, #28; 0.047 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #28

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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