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[05/13/13 - 05:45 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs, "WWE Smackdown" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, may 10, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 18 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Chicago/Miami - Game 3 - ESPN
6.615 million viewers, #1; 3.505 million adults 18-49 (2.8 rating), #1

NBA Playoffs: Golden State/San Antonio - Game 3 - ESPN
5.437 million viewers, #2; 3.099 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #2

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.533 million viewers, #3; 0.841 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Real Time with Bill Maher - HBO
1.364 million viewers, #4; 0.544 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #5

Sons of Guns (9:00) - Discovery
1.290 million viewers, #5; 0.701 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Merlin - Syfy
1.239 million viewers, #6; 0.472 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.214 million viewers, #7; 0.497 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #7

Tanked (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.938 million viewers, #8; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #6

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
0.926 million viewers, #9; 0.352 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #10

I Found the Gown (10:30) - TLC
0.884 million viewers, #10; 0.320 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #11

Four Weddings (8:00) - TLC
0.846 million viewers, #11; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.805 million viewers, #12; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #9

Swamp'd! (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.707 million viewers, #13; 0.273 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #13

Da Vinci's Demons (9:00) - Starz
0.464 million viewers, #14; 0.197 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #14

NHL Playoffs: Detroit/Anaheim - Game 6 - CNBC
0.260 million viewers, #15; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #15

Best Week Ever - VH1
0.174 million viewers, #16; 0.116 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #17

The Jenny McCarthy Show - VH1
0.165 million viewers, #17; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #16

Bob Saget: That's What I'm Talkin' About - Showtime
0.086 million viewers, #18; 0.065 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #18

Source: Nielsen Media Research




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