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[01/19/12 - 12:33 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Storage Wars" Trumps Drama Premieres
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, january 17, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Storage Wars (10:30) (4.885 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.0, #T1)

Storage Wars (10:00) (4.500 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.9, #4)

The Game (3.644 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.0, #T1)

Teen Mom 2 (3.355 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.0, #T1)

White Collar (3.225 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T6)

Justified (3.065 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T8)

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) (2.786 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T6)

Storage Hunters (9:30) (2.532 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T10)

Shipping Wars (9:30) (2.435 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T8)

Shipping Wars (9:00) (2.272 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T10)

Let's Stay Together (2.210 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.2, #5)

Dance Moms (2.088 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T10)

Switched at Birth (1.992 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

Southland (1.762 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T15)

Chopped (1.678 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

Dirty Jobs (1.512 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T15)

Jane by Design (1.337 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T17)

Ink Master (0.946 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #19)

Tabatha Takes Over (0.929 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T17)

Ragin' Cajuns (0.872 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T20)

Extreme Couponing: All Stars (10:00) (0.601 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T20)

Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood (0.309 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.2, #22)

Campus PD (0.134 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.0, #23)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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