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[12/08/11 - 04:39 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Sons of Guns" Returns on Top for Discovery
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, december 7, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 24 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Sons of Guns (3.159 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.6, #T1)

Moonshiners (2.856 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.4, #3)

Psych (2.697 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.0, #4)

Pearl Harbor: 24 Hours After (2.571 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

American Horror Story (2.543 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.6, #T1)

Brad Meltzer's Decoded (1.715 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Top Chef: Texas (1.695 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Ghost Hunters (1.593 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Full Throttle Saloon (1.489 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T7)

Hot in Cleveland (1.423 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T16)

Black Gold (1.355 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T7)

The Real World (1.325 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.151 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T12)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.121 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T12)

TNT Mystery Movie Night: Silent Witness (1.111 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T19)

Lady Hoggers (10:00) (1.086 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #15)

The Exes (0.938 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T19)

Lady Hoggers (10:30) (0.910 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T16)

The Soup (0.788 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T12)

Work of Art (0.656 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T16)

I'm in the Band (0.378 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T23)

Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back (0.239 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T21)

Baseball Wives (0.224 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T21)

Inside the NFL (0.134 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T23)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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