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[12/31/11 - 08:04 AM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Psych" Holds Off "Horror Story" in Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, december 14, 2011)

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

Psych (3.027 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3)

Funniest Commercials of the Year: 2011 (2.673 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3)

American Horror Story (2.589 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.4, #1)

Moonshiners (2.578 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2)

Sons of Guns (2.338 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3)

Brad Meltzer's Decoded (1.756 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T8)

Top Chef: Texas (1.744 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

Hot in Cleveland (1.707 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14)

Full Throttle Saloon (1.624 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T8)

Black Gold (1.436 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #10)

The Real World (1.397 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.369 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Lady Hoggers (10:30) (1.213 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

The Exes (1.181 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14)

Work of Art (0.799 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #13)

The Soup (0.630 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14)

Top 40 of 2011 - Hour 2 (0.449 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #17)

Baseball Wives (0.313 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T18)

24/7 Flyers/Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic (0.284 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T18)

Inside the NFL (0.242 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T18)

Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back (0.155 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T18)

Debra Digiovanni: Single, Awkward, Female (0.072 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.0, #22)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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