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[04/10/12 - 11:15 PM]
Q1 in Review/Q2 in Preview: TBS, TLC, TNT, truTV, TV Land, USA & VH1
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- A recap of the weekly averages to date of the original primetime series on the following cable networks (sorted by total viewers):

TBS
New Series:
Men at Work - Thursday, May 24 at 10/9c
Sullivan & Son - Thursday, July 19 at 10/9c
Returning Series:
House of Payne - Friday, May 11 at 9/8c
Ratings Recap:
House of Payne
1.682 million viewers; 0.855 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating)

TLC
New Series:
My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding - Sunday, April 29 at 10/9c
Craft Wars - Tuesday, June 26 at 10/9c
Returning Series:
Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids - Friday, April 13 at 9/8c
Ratings Recap:
The Next Great Baker
1.897 million viewers; 0.888 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating)
Long Island Medium
1.875 million viewers; 0.872 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating)
Cake Boss
1.712 million viewers; 0.827 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating)
What Not to Wear
1.545 million viewers; 0.679 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
My Strange Addiction
1.480 million viewers; 0.872 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating)
Toddlers & Tiaras
1.435 million viewers; 0.754 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating)
My 600-lb Life
1.434 million viewers; 0.724 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating)
Hoarding: Buried Alive
1.386 million viewers; 0.635 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
Little People, Big World
1.360 million viewers; 0.587 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta
1.327 million viewers; 0.573 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating)
19 Kids & Counting
1.322 million viewers; 0.639 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
Four Weddings
1.250 million viewers; 0.582 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
1.117 million viewers; 0.582 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
My Crazy Obsession
1.095 million viewers; 0.579 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating)
The Little Couple
1.039 million viewers; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating)
Undercover Boss: Abroad
0.980 million viewers; 0.522 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating)
NY Ink
0.967 million viewers; 0.641 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
Leave It to Niecy
0.767 million viewers; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
All-American Muslim
0.757 million viewers; 0.367 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
Extreme Couponing: All Stars
0.711 million viewers; 0.386 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
Undercover Princes
0.602 million viewers; 0.268 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating)
Sorority Girls
0.421 million viewers; 0.211 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating)
Hook, Line & Sisters
0.384 million viewers; 0.217 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating)

TNT
New Series:
Dallas - Wednesday, June 13 at 9/8c
The Great Escape - Sunday, June 24 at 10/9c
Perception - Monday, July 9 at 10/9c
Major Crimes - Monday, August 13 at 10/9c
Returning Series:
Rizzoli & Isles - Tuesday, June 5 at 9/8c
Franklin & Bash - Tuesday, June 5 at 10/9c
Falling Skies - Sunday, June 17 at 9/8c
The Closer - Monday, July 9 at 9/8c
Leverage - Sunday, July 15 at 8/7c
Ratings Recap:
Leverage
2.378 million viewers; 1.017 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating)
Southland
1.842 million viewers; 0.805 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating)

truTV
New Series:
Not Safe for Work - Thursday, April 19 at 9/8c
Returning Series:
truTV Presents: World's Dumbest - Thursday, June 7 at 9/8c
Lizard Lick Towing - Monday, June 11 at 10/9c
Ratings Recap:
Hardcore Pawn
2.667 million viewers; 1.376 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating)
Storage Hunters
2.156 million viewers; 1.019 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating)
Lizard Lick Towing
2.075 million viewers; 1.224 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating)
Full Throttle Saloon
1.855 million viewers; 1.107 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating)
Operation Repo
1.499 million viewers; 0.716 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
Impractical Jokers
1.432 million viewers; 0.891 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating)
Black Gold
1.385 million viewers; 0.932 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating)
South Beach Tow
1.342 million viewers; 0.664 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
truTV Presents: World's Dumbest
1.208 million viewers; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)
The Wiener's Circle
1.122 million viewers; 0.681 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating)
Vegas Strip
0.994 million viewers; 0.431 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
Las Vegas Jailhouse
0.854 million viewers; 0.388 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
Top 20 Most Shocking
0.799 million viewers; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating)
Bait Car
0.775 million viewers; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)

TV Land
New Series:
TBA
Returning Series:
TBA
Ratings Recap:
Hot in Cleveland
1.569 million viewers; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating)
Happily Divorced
1.269 million viewers; 0.415 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
The Exes
1.131 million viewers; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)

USA
New Series:
Common Law - Friday, May 11 at 10/9c
Returning Series:
TBA
Ratings Recap:
WWE Raw (9:00)
4.588 million viewers; 2.235 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating)
WWE Raw (10:00)
4.535 million viewers; 2.301 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating)
Royal Pains
3.376 million viewers; 1.148 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating)
In Plain Sight
3.342 million viewers; 0.876 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating)
Fairly Legal
3.133 million viewers; 0.847 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating)
White Collar
2.845 million viewers; 1.151 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating)
Psych
2.603 million viewers; 1.143 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating)

VH1
New Series:
TBA
Returning Series:
Tough Love - Sunday, April 15 at 9/8c
Ratings Recap:
Love & Hip Hop
3.103 million viewers; 2.186 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating)
T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle
2.189 million viewers; 1.475 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating)
Basketball Wives
1.984 million viewers; 1.447 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating)
La La's Full Court Life
1.672 million viewers; 1.244 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating)
Mob Wives
1.633 million viewers; 1.104 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating)
Styled by June
1.012 million viewers; 0.773 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating)
Behind the Music
0.636 million viewers; 0.407 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
Baseball Wives
0.623 million viewers; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
Mob Wives: The Sit Down
0.609 million viewers; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
Couples Therapy
0.485 million viewers; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)
House of Consignment
0.294 million viewers; 0.202 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating)

Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live+SD (original primetime airings from 1/1/12-4/8/12, excluding Saturdays)





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· 19 KIDS & COUNTING (TLC)
· ALL-AMERICAN MUSLIM (TLC)
· BAIT CAR (TRUTV)
· BASEBALL WIVES (VH1)
· BASKETBALL WIVES (VH1)
· BEHIND THE MUSIC (VH1)
· BLACK GOLD (TRUTV)
· CAKE BOSS (DFC)
· COUPLES THERAPY (VH1)
· EXES, THE (TV LAND)
· EXTREME COUPONING (TLC)
· FAIRLY LEGAL (USA)
· FOUR WEDDINGS (TLC)
· FULL THROTTLE SALOON (DA)
· FUTON'S RATINGS SURVIVAL GUIDES (TFC)
· HAPPILY DIVORCED (TV LAND)
· HARDCORE PAWN (TRUTV)
· HOARDING: BURIED ALIVE (TLC)
· HOOK, LINE & SISTERS (TLC)
· HOT IN CLEVELAND (TV LAND)
· HOUSE OF CONSIGNMENT (VH1)
· HOUSE OF PAYNE (BET)
· IMPRACTICAL JOKERS (TBS)
· IN PLAIN SIGHT (USA)
· LA LA'S FULL COURT LIFE (VH1)
· LAS VEGAS JAILHOUSE (TRUTV)
· LEAVE IT TO NIECY (TLC)
· LEVERAGE (TNT)
· LITTLE COUPLE, THE (TLC)
· LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD (TLC)
· LIZARD LICK TOWING (TRUTV)
· LONG ISLAND MEDIUM (TLC)
· LOVE & HIP HOP (VH1)
· MOB WIVES (VH1)
· MOB WIVES: THE SIT DOWN (VH1)
· MY 600-LB LIFE (TLC)
· MY BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDING (TLC)
· MY CRAZY OBSESSION (TLC)
· MY STRANGE ADDICTION (TLC)
· NEXT GREAT BAKER, THE (TLC)
· NY INK (TLC)
· OPERATION REPO (TRUTV)
· PSYCH (USA)
· ROYAL PAINS (USA)
· SAY YES TO THE DRESS: ATLANTA (TLC)
· SORORITY GIRLS (TLC)
· SOUTH BEACH TOW (TRUTV)
· SOUTHLAND (TNT)
· STORAGE HUNTERS (TRUTV)
· STYLED BY JUNE (VH1)
· TI & TINY: THE FAMILY HUSTLE (VH1)
· TODDLERS & TIARAS (TLC)
· TOP 20 MOST SHOCKING (TRUTV)
· TRUTV PRESENTS: WORLD'S DUMBEST… (TRUTV)
· UNDERCOVER BOSS: ABROAD (TLC)
· UNDERCOVER PRINCES (TLC)
· VEGAS STRIP (TRUTV)
· WHAT NOT TO WEAR (TLC)
· WHITE COLLAR (USA)
· WIENER'S CIRCLE, THE (TRUTV)
· WWE RAW (NETFLIX)





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