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[08/09/13 - 03:13 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Pawn Stars," "Shark Week" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, august 8, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
4.965 million viewers, #41; 1.779 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
4.350 million viewers, #1; 1.551 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Burn Notice - USA
3.692 million viewers, #2; 1.215 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Alien Sharks - Discovery
3.153 million viewers, #3; 1.868 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (8:00, 60 Minutes) - Nickelodeon
3.143 million viewers, #4; 0.718 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

NFL Preseason: Bengals at Falcons - ESPN
3.116 million viewers, #5; 1.577 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Sharkpocalypse - Discovery
2.648 million viewers, #6; 1.480 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Graceland - USA
2.222 million viewers, #7; 0.961 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Sullivan & Son - TBS
2.140 million viewers, #8; 1.092 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.104 million viewers, #9; 0.882 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Hatfields & McCoys: White Lightning (10:00) - History
1.929 million viewers, #10; 0.726 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Hatfields & McCoys: White Lightning (10:30) - History
1.509 million viewers, #11; 0.641 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Impractical Jokers (10:00) - truTV
1.491 million viewers, #12; 0.911 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Ridiculousness (10:00) - MTV
1.447 million viewers, #13; 0.866 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

The First 48 (9:00) - A&E
1.231 million viewers, #14; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Invasion Roswell - Syfy
1.197 million viewers, #15; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Panic 9-1-1 (10:00) - A&E
1.185 million viewers, #16; 0.596 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
1.179 million viewers, #17; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell (10:00) - Food
1.116 million viewers, #18; 0.470 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
0.847 million viewers, #19; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

World's Dumbest... (8:00) - truTV
0.769 million viewers, #20; 0.405 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

NFL Preseason Games - NFLN
0.749 million viewers, #21; 0.465 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
0.729 million viewers, #22; 0.306 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Supermarket Superstar (10:30) - Lifetime
0.638 million viewers, #23; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Wilfred (10:00) - FX
0.462 million viewers, #24; 0.318 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Wedding Island (10:00) - TLC
0.406 million viewers, #25; 0.158 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Vanessa & Ashley: Inner Circle - E!
0.403 million viewers, #26; 0.232 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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