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[11/29/12 - 05:02 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Duck Dynasty" Continues Reign for A&E
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, november 28, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
4.926 million viewers, #1; 2.788 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #1

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
4.710 million viewers, #2; 2.573 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #2

American Restoration (9:30) - History
2.526 million viewers, #3; 0.998 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Moonshiners (10:00) - Discovery
2.362 million viewers, #4; 1.432 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

American Restoration (9:00) - History
2.344 million viewers, #5; 0.922 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

American Horror Story - FX
2.273 million viewers, #6; 1.610 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.699 million viewers, #7; 0.497 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.637 million viewers, #8; 0.784 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
1.581 million viewers, #9; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.546 million viewers, #10; 0.703 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
1.344 million viewers, #11; 1.025 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Invention USA (10:00) - History
1.324 million viewers, #12; 0.615 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.324 million viewers, #13; 0.660 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.312 million viewers, #14; 0.552 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.284 million viewers, #15; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Invention USA (10:30) - History
1.208 million viewers, #16; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.145 million viewers, #17; 0.720 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.117 million viewers, #18; 0.524 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Top Chef: Seattle - Bravo
1.115 million viewers, #19; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:30) - Lifetime
1.078 million viewers, #20; 0.590 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:00) - Lifetime
0.981 million viewers, #21; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Deals from the Darkside (10:00) - Syfy
0.806 million viewers, #22; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

The Soup - E!
0.675 million viewers, #23; 0.478 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

My Life Is a Lifetime Movie - Lifetime
0.626 million viewers, #24; 0.270 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Life After Top Chef - Bravo
0.575 million viewers, #25; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.571 million viewers, #26; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Deals from the Darkside (10:30) - Syfy
0.569 million viewers, #27; 0.258 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings - E!
0.477 million viewers, #28; 0.352 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Pranked (8:00) - MTV
0.469 million viewers, #29; 0.281 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.208 million viewers, #30; 0.090 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Jim Rome on Showtime - Showtime
0.093 million viewers, #31; 0.047 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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