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[08/18/11 - 05:50 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Royal Pains" Tops Viewers List
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 17, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Royal Pains (5.435 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.6, #3)

Storage Wars (10:30) (5.010 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.1, #1)

Storage Wars (10:00) (4.583 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.0, #2)

Necessary Roughness (4.211 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T4)

Sons of Guns (2.233 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.0, #6)

You Don't Know Dixie (2.179 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

The Challenge: Rivals (1.987 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T4)

Operation Repo (9:00) (1.833 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.8, #7)

Hot in Cleveland (1.767 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

South Beach Tow (10:00) (1.707 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #8)

Happily Divorced (1.642 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Dude, What Would Happen (1.405 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T30)

Rescue Me (1.393 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Dance Moms (1.362 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Destroy Build Destroy (1.275 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T30)

Melissa & Joey (8:30) (1.144 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Ghost Hunters International (1.106 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

One Man Army (1.035 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Melissa & Joey (8:00) (0.979 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (9:00) (0.919 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Legend Quest (0.909 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Deadliest Warrior (0.893 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (9:30) (0.851 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Outrageous Kid Parties (10:30) (0.803 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Outrageous Kid Parties (10:00) (0.742 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Rocco's Dinner Party (0.741 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

State of Georgia (9:00) (0.738 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

State of Georgia (9:30) (0.587 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T26)

Bedbug Apocalypse (0.443 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T30)

Confessions: Animal Hoarding (10:00) (0.406 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T26)

Famous Food (0.359 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T26)

Confessions: Animal Hoarding (9:00) (0.348 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T30)

Ton of Cash (0.312 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T26)

The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants (0.110 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T34)

Inside NASCAR (0.068 million viewers, #35; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T34)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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