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[05/23/13 - 04:27 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: Pacers/Heat Opener Dominates for TNT
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, may 22, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 19 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Indiana/Miami - Game 1 - TNT
8.245 million viewers, #1; 4.549 million adults 18-49 (3.6 rating), #1

Psych - USA
2.482 million viewers, #2; 1.057 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy (9:00) - History
1.688 million viewers, #3; 0.631 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.425 million viewers, #4; 0.755 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

Operation Repo (10:30) - truTV
1.346 million viewers, #5; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.315 million viewers, #6; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

MythBusters (9:00) - Discovery
1.150 million viewers, #7; 0.613 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

The Town That Caught Tourettes? (10:00) - TLC
1.024 million viewers, #8; 0.563 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

900 Pound Man: The Race Against Time (9:00) - TLC
0.932 million viewers, #9; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Million Dollar Listing: New York (10:00) - Bravo
0.867 million viewers, #10; 0.418 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #11

Swamp Wars (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.839 million viewers, #11; 0.273 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

The Real World: Portland (10:00) - MTV
0.806 million viewers, #12; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Devoured: Man-Eating Super Snake Returns (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.777 million viewers, #13; 0.276 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #14

River Monsters: Unhooked (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.620 million viewers, #14; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.614 million viewers, #15; 0.216 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

The Soup (10:00) - E!
0.553 million viewers, #16; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Best Ink (10:00) - Oxygen
0.510 million viewers, #17; 0.354 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Off Pitch (10:30) - VH1
0.156 million viewers, #18; 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #18

Off Pitch (10:00) - VH1
0.135 million viewers, #19; 0.082 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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