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[01/11/12 - 04:51 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "The Game" Returns on Top for BET
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, january 10, 2012)

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

The Game (5.286 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.8, #1)

Storage Wars (10:00) (4.821 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.1, #2)

Storage Wars (8:30) (4.773 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.0, #3)

Storage Wars: Texas (10:30) (3.783 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.6, #5)

Teen Mom 2 (3.115 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.9, #4)

Shipping Wars (9:00) (3.084 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #8)

Shipping Wars (9:30) (2.957 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T6)

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) (2.812 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T6)

Dance Moms (2.512 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.0, #9)

Switched at Birth (2.070 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T10)

Storage Hunters (9:30) (2.011 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T10)

Chopped (1.989 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.8, #12)

Dirty Jobs (1.462 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #13)

Swamp Loggers (1.171 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #14)

Jane by Design (1.117 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Tabatha Takes Over (0.862 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Wild Japan (0.824 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T18)

Flip Men (10:00) (0.820 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

24 Hour Catwalk (0.611 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T18)

Extreme Couponing (10:00) (0.561 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T18)

Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood (0.328 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T18)

Campus PD (0.094 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.0, #22)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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