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[12/07/12 - 02:00 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Duck Dynasty" Goes Out on Top for A&E
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, december 5, 2012)

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

Duck Dynasty (10:00, 60 Minutes) - A&E
6.452 million viewers, #1; 3.853 million adults 18-49 (3.0 rating), #1

American Restoration (9:30) - History
2.718 million viewers, #2; 0.933 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

American Restoration (9:00) - History
2.554 million viewers, #3; 0.927 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

American Horror Story - FX
2.363 million viewers, #4; 1.727 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
2.231 million viewers, #5; 0.689 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Moonshiners (10:00) - Discovery
2.190 million viewers, #6; 1.296 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.736 million viewers, #7; 0.857 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.461 million viewers, #8; 0.710 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.436 million viewers, #9; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Invention USA (10:00) - History
1.408 million viewers, #10; 0.565 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Top Chef: Seattle - Bravo
1.405 million viewers, #11; 0.805 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

600 Pound Mom: Race Against Time - TLC
1.395 million viewers, #12; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

NBA Basketball: Mavericks at Clippers - ESPN
1.393 million viewers, #13; 0.885 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Invention USA (10:30) - History
1.381 million viewers, #14; 0.575 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.349 million viewers, #15; 0.606 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.329 million viewers, #16; 0.608 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.228 million viewers, #17; 0.557 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.191 million viewers, #18; 0.323 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:30) - Lifetime
1.137 million viewers, #19; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

NBA Basketball: Bulls at Cavaliers - ESPN
1.060 million viewers, #20; 0.581 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

The Houstons: On Our Own (10:00) - Lifetime
1.059 million viewers, #21; 0.529 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:00) - Lifetime
1.022 million viewers, #22; 0.462 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Neat Freaks - TLC
1.015 million viewers, #23; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
0.975 million viewers, #24; 0.723 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Deals from the Darkside (10:00) - Syfy
0.662 million viewers, #25; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Deals from the Darkside (10:30) - Syfy
0.448 million viewers, #26; 0.210 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

The Soup - E!
0.416 million viewers, #27; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings - E!
0.409 million viewers, #28; 0.289 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.202 million viewers, #29; 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Jim Rome on Showtime - Showtime
0.096 million viewers, #30; 0.054 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #30

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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