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[08/08/13 - 04:53 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Shark Week" Again Top Demos, "Royal Pains" Leads Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 7, 2013)

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

Royal Pains - USA
3.601 million viewers, #1; 0.973 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Great White Serial Killer - Discovery
3.216 million viewers, #2; 1.961 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #1

Top Ten Sharkdown - Discovery
2.777 million viewers, #3; 1.635 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.338 million viewers, #4; 0.713 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Franklin & Bash (9:00) - TNT
2.057 million viewers, #5; 0.738 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (9:00) - TLC
2.016 million viewers, #6; 1.031 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

The Bridge (10:00) - FX
1.918 million viewers, #7; 0.848 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

South Beach Tow (10:00) - truTV
1.809 million viewers, #8; 0.931 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy (9:00) - History
1.773 million viewers, #9; 0.681 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Deal with It (10:30) - TBS
1.752 million viewers, #10; 1.042 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

The Challenge: Rivals II (10:00) - MTV
1.482 million viewers, #11; 1.114 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

Futurama (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.364 million viewers, #12; 0.982 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Mystery Diners (10:00) - Food
1.329 million viewers, #13; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.314 million viewers, #14; 0.367 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles (9:00) - Bravo
1.265 million viewers, #15; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

LUV - BET
1.195 million viewers, #16; 0.661 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Paranormal Witness (9:00) - Syfy
1.172 million viewers, #17; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Top Chef Masters (10:00) - Bravo
1.151 million viewers, #18; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

The Exes - TV Land
1.118 million viewers, #19; 0.373 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Legends of Chima (8:00) - Cartoon
1.003 million viewers, #20; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
0.913 million viewers, #21; 0.578 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Raising Fame - TLC
0.880 million viewers, #22; 0.485 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
0.878 million viewers, #23; 0.561 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Joe Rogan Questions Everything (10:00) - Syfy
0.868 million viewers, #24; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Love Thy Neighbor (9:30) - OWN
0.825 million viewers, #25; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Love Thy Neighbor (9:00) - OWN
0.765 million viewers, #26; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.764 million viewers, #27; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

The Soup (10:00) - E!
0.587 million viewers, #28; 0.361 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Couples Therapy (10:00) - VH1
0.571 million viewers, #29; 0.388 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Fight Master: Bellator MMA - Spike TV
0.398 million viewers, #30; 0.209 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Spell-Mageddon (9:00) - ABC Family
0.299 million viewers, #31; 0.147 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

I'm Having Their Baby (10:00) - Oxygen
0.186 million viewers, #32; 0.118 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

60 Minutes Sports - Showtime
0.098 million viewers, #33; 0.063 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #33

Shark Hunters (10:00) - NBCSN
0.084 million viewers, #34; 0.047 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #34

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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