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[07/21/11 - 02:55 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Storage Wars" Returns Huge for A&E
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, july 20, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 38 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Storage Wars (10:30) (5.089 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.2, #1)

Royal Pains (5.029 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.4, #3)

Storage Wars (10:00) (4.499 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.0, #2)

Necessary Roughness (4.202 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.2, #4)

Family BrainSurge (2.869 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

Hot in Cleveland (2.436 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Franklin & Bash (2.341 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #7)

Sons of Guns (2.093 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.9, #6)

Operation Repo (9:30) (1.886 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #8)

Happily Divorced (1.724 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

The Challenge: Rivals (1.662 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.0, #5)

South Beach Tow (10:00) (1.635 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

South Beach Tow (10:30) (1.572 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.565 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T15)

Operation Repo (9:00) (1.517 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

One Man Army (1.384 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Rescue Me (1.360 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Ghost Hunters International (1.265 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T15)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.203 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T15)

Deadliest Warrior (1.141 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

Dude, What Would Happen (1.106 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T32)

Dance Moms (1.101 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

South Park (Repeat) (1.093 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T15)

Legend Quest (1.083 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

Roseanne's Nuts (9:00) (1.037 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

Roseanne's Nuts (9:30) (0.977 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

Melissa & Joey (0.975 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

Destroy Build Destroy (0.961 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T32)

State of Georgia (0.790 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.3, #28)

Jon Benjamin Has a Van (0.676 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

Rocco's Dinner Party (0.622 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T29)

Hostage in Paradise (0.504 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T32)

I Shouldn't Be Alive (0.392 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T32)

Famous Food (0.333 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T29)

The World According to Paris (0.274 million viewers, #35; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T29)

The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants (0.183 million viewers, #36; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T32)

Clean House (0.116 million viewers, #37; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T37)

Inside NASCAR (0.018 million viewers, #38; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T37)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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