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[09/08/11 - 12:01 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: FX's "Sons" Dethrones MTV's "Mom"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, september 6, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 22 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Sons of Anarchy (4.927 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.5, #1)

Teen Mom (3.454 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.0, #2)

The Looney Tunes Show (2.557 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) (2.486 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.1, #3)

Chopped (2.133 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #5)

Targeting Bin Laden (1.902 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Flipping Out (1.762 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.9, #4)

What Not to Wear (9:00) (1.740 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Auction Hunters (10:00) (1.629 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Auction Kings (9:30) (1.563 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Top Shot (1.427 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Auction Kings (9:00) (1.260 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

The Rachel Zoe Project (1.255 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Billy the Exterminator (10:00) (1.236 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Born to Dance (0.894 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Carfellas (10:00) (0.852 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T16)

Picker Sisters (10:00) (0.813 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #19)

Big Sexy (0.784 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T16)

Carfellas (10:30) (0.734 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T16)

Carson Nation (8:00) (0.171 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T20)

G4's Proving Ground (0.156 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T20)

Carson Nation (9:00) (0.138 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T20)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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