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[04/24/13 - 05:55 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: TNT Edges Competition with NBA Playoffs
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, april 23, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 34 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Boston at New York - Game 2 - TNT
3.377 million viewers, #1; 1.821 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
3.049 million viewers, #2; 1.742 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
3.020 million viewers, #3; 1.284 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

NBA Playoffs: Golden State at Denver - Game 2 - TNT
2.869 million viewers, #4; 1.745 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
2.576 million viewers, #5; 1.079 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Counting Cars (9:30) - History
2.479 million viewers, #6; 1.086 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

American Restoration (10:30) - History
2.297 million viewers, #7; 0.916 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Counting Cars (9:00) - History
2.294 million viewers, #8; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.256 million viewers, #9; 1.099 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.251 million viewers, #10; 0.916 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.088 million viewers, #11; 1.011 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Backyard Oil (10:00) - Discovery
1.842 million viewers, #12; 0.911 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
1.830 million viewers, #13; 1.479 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

The Looney Tunes Show (8:00) - Cartoon
1.804 million viewers, #14; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

Who Gets the Last Laugh? (10:00) - TBS
1.743 million viewers, #15; 1.125 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Backyard Oil (10:30) - Discovery
1.631 million viewers, #16; 0.773 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #20

The Game (10:00) - BET
1.596 million viewers, #17; 1.038 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

American Hoggers (10:30) - A&E
1.591 million viewers, #18; 0.695 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
1.528 million viewers, #19; 0.643 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #25

The Bad Girls Club (8:00) - Oxygen
1.411 million viewers, #20; 0.892 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Girl Code (10:30) - MTV
1.397 million viewers, #21; 0.850 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #17

Awkward (10:00) - MTV
1.343 million viewers, #22; 0.777 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Deadliest Catch: On Deck (8:00) - Discovery
1.334 million viewers, #23; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #24

Let's Stay Together (10:30) - BET
1.181 million viewers, #24; 0.805 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Preachers' Daughters (10:00) - Lifetime
1.084 million viewers, #25; 0.492 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #28

30 for 30 (9:00, 90 Minutes) - ESPN
1.059 million viewers, #26; 0.710 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #21

World's Worst Tenants (10:00) - Spike TV
0.903 million viewers, #27; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Don't Be Tardy (9:30) - Bravo
0.900 million viewers, #28; 0.565 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

The Jeselnik Offensive - Comedy Central
0.877 million viewers, #29; 0.682 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Robot Combat League (10:00) - Syfy
0.490 million viewers, #30; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

The Kandi Factory (10:00) - Bravo
0.460 million viewers, #31; 0.248 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Find Me My Man (9:00) - Oxygen
0.415 million viewers, #32; 0.268 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Treasure Detectives (9:00) - CNBC
0.288 million viewers, #33; 0.096 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #33

The Car Chasers (10:00) - CNBC
0.160 million viewers, #34; 0.055 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #34

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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