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[01/25/12 - 03:33 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Teen Mom," "Storage Wars" Hold Off Dramas
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, january 24, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Storage Wars (10:30) - A&E
4.975 million viewers, #1; 2.652 million adults 18-49 (2.1 rating), #2

Storage Wars (10:00) - A&E
4.290 million viewers, #2; 2.330 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #3

Teen Mom 2 - MTV
3.904 million viewers, #3; 2.869 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #1

White Collar - USA
3.472 million viewers, #4; 1.382 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.944 million viewers, #5; 1.384 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

The Game - BET
2.877 million viewers, #6; 1.897 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #4

Justified - FX
2.709 million viewers, #7; 1.198 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Shipping Wars (9:00) - A&E
2.587 million viewers, #8; 1.369 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #7

Dance Moms - Lifetime
2.503 million viewers, #9; 1.282 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #10

Shipping Wars (9:30) - A&E
2.396 million viewers, #10; 1.367 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #9

Storage Hunters (9:30) - truTV
2.355 million viewers, #11; 0.995 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

Southland - TNT
2.169 million viewers, #12; 0.758 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Level Up - Cartoon
2.085 million viewers, #13; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Let's Stay Together - BET
2.042 million viewers, #14; 1.369 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #8

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.897 million viewers, #15; 1.059 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

Chopped - Food
1.788 million viewers, #16; 0.892 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

America's Supernanny - Lifetime
1.570 million viewers, #17; 0.667 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

The Looney Tunes Show - Cartoon
1.521 million viewers, #18; 0.278 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Jane by Design - ABC Family
1.475 million viewers, #19; 0.808 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Ink Master - Spike TV
1.455 million viewers, #20; 1.071 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Dirty Jobs - Discovery
1.194 million viewers, #21; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Tabatha Takes Over - Bravo
1.057 million viewers, #22; 0.608 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Ragin' Cajuns - Discovery
0.927 million viewers, #23; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Extreme Couponing: All Stars (10:00) - TLC
0.872 million viewers, #24; 0.453 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

All Star Dealers (8:00) - Discovery
0.663 million viewers, #25; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

All Star Dealers (8:30) - Discovery
0.591 million viewers, #26; 0.356 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood - Oxygen
0.541 million viewers, #27; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Campus PD - G4
0.139 million viewers, #28; 0.102 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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