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[01/04/13 - 05:05 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: Sugar Bowl Continues ESPN Win Streak
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, january 2, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Allstate Sugar Bowl: Louisville vs. Florida - ESPN
10.125 million viewers, #1; 4.215 million adults 18-49 (3.3 rating), #1

Moonshiners (10:00) - Discovery
3.458 million viewers, #2; 2.159 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #2

Amish Mafia (9:00) - Discovery
3.087 million viewers, #3; 1.922 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

American Restoration (10:30) - History
2.364 million viewers, #4; 0.831 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.301 million viewers, #5; 0.803 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

American Horror Story - FX
2.210 million viewers, #6; 1.541 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
2.197 million viewers, #7; 0.936 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Top Chef: Seattle - Bravo
1.568 million viewers, #8; 0.893 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Full Throttle Saloon - truTV
1.550 million viewers, #9; 1.101 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Cheer Perfection - TLC
1.204 million viewers, #10; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.153 million viewers, #11; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Toddlers & Tiaras (9:00) - TLC
1.076 million viewers, #12; 0.531 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.001 million viewers, #13; 0.308 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

The Soup - E!
0.838 million viewers, #14; 0.585 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Black Gold - truTV
0.817 million viewers, #15; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

How Hollywood Helps - E!
0.387 million viewers, #16; 0.198 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings - E!
0.374 million viewers, #17; 0.265 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.228 million viewers, #18; 0.091 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

Sweepstakers - OWN
0.224 million viewers, #19; 0.117 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #18

Super Saver Showdown (9:00) - OWN
0.164 million viewers, #20; 0.101 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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