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[04/08/13 - 03:52 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: Disney Originals Lead Viewers, "Smackdown" Tops Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, april 5, 2013)

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

Jessie (8:30) - Disney
3.722 million viewers, #1; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

Gravity Falls (9:00) - Disney
3.357 million viewers, #2; 0.578 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Phineas & Ferb (9:30, 15 Minutes) - Disney
3.236 million viewers, #3; 0.611 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

A.N.T. Farm (8:00) - Disney
3.102 million viewers, #4; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.524 million viewers, #5; 0.860 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #1

Yukon Men (9:00) - Discovery
2.073 million viewers, #6; 0.725 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #2

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.717 million viewers, #7; 0.664 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.485 million viewers, #8; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Bering Sea Gold: Getting to the Bottom (10:00) - Discovery
1.351 million viewers, #9; 0.567 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:00) - TLC
1.274 million viewers, #10; 0.562 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

NBA Basketball: Thunder at Pacers - ESPN
1.254 million viewers, #11; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Real Time with Bill Maher - HBO
1.218 million viewers, #12; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

NBA Basketball: Rockets at Trail Blazers - ESPN
1.152 million viewers, #13; 0.666 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #3

Robot Combat League (Repeat, 10:00) - Syfy
1.095 million viewers, #14; 0.436 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Spartacus: War of the Damned (9:00) - Starz
1.068 million viewers, #15; 0.488 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Four Weddings (8:00) - TLC
1.066 million viewers, #16; 0.524 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.753 million viewers, #17; 0.366 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Tanked (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.732 million viewers, #18; 0.373 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Arrow (9:00) - WGN
0.313 million viewers, #19; 0.133 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

Arrow (10:00) - WGN
0.273 million viewers, #20; 0.101 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

Arrow (8:00) - WGN
0.184 million viewers, #21; 0.072 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Playing with Fire (8:00) - E!
0.133 million viewers, #22; 0.078 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Best Week Ever - VH1
0.127 million viewers, #23; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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