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[12/05/12 - 06:02 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Rizzoli & Isles," "Sons of Anarchy" Land Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, december 4, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Rizzoli & Isles - TNT
4.752 million viewers, #1; 1.088 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Sons of Anarchy (10:00, 91 Minutes) - FX
4.655 million viewers, #2; 2.989 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #1

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
4.302 million viewers, #3; 2.076 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
3.723 million viewers, #4; 1.764 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.508 million viewers, #5; 1.077 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Leverage - TNT
2.410 million viewers, #6; 0.636 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.286 million viewers, #7; 1.686 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

Ink Master (10:00) - Spike TV
1.904 million viewers, #8; 1.263 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Alaska: The Last Frontier - Discovery
1.873 million viewers, #9; 0.773 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Mankind the Story of All of Us - History
1.607 million viewers, #10; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Caught Red Handed (10:00) - truTV
1.404 million viewers, #11; 0.604 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition - Lifetime
1.359 million viewers, #12; 0.654 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Brickleberry - Comedy Central
1.327 million viewers, #13; 0.941 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Little People Big World: Wedding Farm - TLC
1.243 million viewers, #14; 0.503 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Level Up (8:00) - Cartoon
1.238 million viewers, #15; 0.330 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Keyshia & Daniel: Family First - BET
0.988 million viewers, #16; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Teen Mom 2: A Closer Look - MTV
0.896 million viewers, #17; 0.575 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Extreme Couponing (10:30) - TLC
0.777 million viewers, #18; 0.424 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Extreme Couponing (10:00) - TLC
0.706 million viewers, #19; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Million Dollar Decorators - Bravo
0.439 million viewers, #20; 0.192 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Frontier Earth - Animal Planet
0.409 million viewers, #21; 0.068 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Start-Ups: Silicon Valley - Bravo
0.301 million viewers, #22; 0.179 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman - OWN
0.226 million viewers, #23; 0.085 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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