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[12/18/12 - 04:30 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: No Stopping ESPN's "Monday Night Football"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, december 17, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
10.145 million viewers, #1; 4.498 million adults 18-49 (3.6 rating), #1

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.408 million viewers, #2; 1.925 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
4.286 million viewers, #3; 1.812 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
4.233 million viewers, #4; 1.712 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #5

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.990 million viewers, #5; 1.784 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #4

Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
3.874 million viewers, #6; 1.581 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #7

American Pickers - History
3.703 million viewers, #7; 1.200 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.317 million viewers, #8; 1.185 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Teen Mom 2 - MTV
2.222 million viewers, #9; 1.624 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #6

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - Bravo
2.099 million viewers, #10; 1.124 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #12

American Chopper (9:00) - Discovery
2.004 million viewers, #11; 1.206 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #9

Basketball Wives LA Reunion - VH1
1.897 million viewers, #12; 1.296 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.710 million viewers, #13; 1.101 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #13

Marrying the Game (9:30) - VH1
1.546 million viewers, #14; 1.019 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

American Chopper (8:00) - Discovery
1.350 million viewers, #15; 0.732 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Tiny Tonight! 2012: Year in Review - VH1
1.286 million viewers, #16; 0.841 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

The Next Great Baker (9:00) - TLC
1.270 million viewers, #17; 0.655 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Hoarders (9:00) - A&E
1.247 million viewers, #18; 0.587 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Cake Boss (10:00) - TLC
1.225 million viewers, #19; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
1.165 million viewers, #20; 0.671 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
1.122 million viewers, #21; 0.613 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Cake Boss (10:30) - TLC
1.000 million viewers, #22; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Vegas Strip (10:00) - truTV
0.906 million viewers, #23; 0.369 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too - Oxygen
0.433 million viewers, #24; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States - Showtime
0.201 million viewers, #25; 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Picture Paris - HBO
0.122 million viewers, #26; 0.052 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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