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[01/31/12 - 12:58 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: SAG Awards Simulcast on Par With Last Year
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, january 29, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 30 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Kourtney & Kim Take New York - E!
4.479 million viewers, #1; 3.305 million adults 18-49 (2.6 rating), #1

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
3.945 million viewers, #2; 2.674 million adults 18-49 (2.1 rating), #2

Austin & Ally - Disney
3.549 million viewers, #3; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Ax Men - History
3.331 million viewers, #4; 1.643 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

So Random! (7:30) - Disney
2.769 million viewers, #5; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - TNT
2.747 million viewers, #6; 0.991 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off (9:00) - Food
2.594 million viewers, #7; 1.164 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off (10:00) - Food
2.472 million viewers, #8; 1.092 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - TBS
2.376 million viewers, #9; 1.023 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Mob Wives - VH1
1.974 million viewers, #10; 1.378 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Finding Bigfoot - Animal Planet
1.614 million viewers, #11; 0.805 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Hoarding: Buried Alive - TLC
1.598 million viewers, #12; 0.834 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.593 million viewers, #13; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Shameless - Showtime
1.369 million viewers, #14; 0.872 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Vegas Strip - truTV
1.221 million viewers, #15; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Mob Wives: The Sit Down - VH1
1.132 million viewers, #16; 0.780 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Luck - HBO
1.061 million viewers, #17; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Bait Car (9:30) - truTV
1.052 million viewers, #18; 0.509 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Secret Service Secrets: The Home Front - Discovery
1.042 million viewers, #19; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

House of Lies - Showtime
1.021 million viewers, #20; 0.713 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Bait Car (9:00) - truTV
0.978 million viewers, #21; 0.436 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Extreme Couponing: Midnight Madness - TLC
0.946 million viewers, #22; 0.583 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Secrets of the FBI - Discovery
0.835 million viewers, #23; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Gator Boys - Animal Planet
0.795 million viewers, #24; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Hayley: World's Oldest Teenager - TLC
0.750 million viewers, #25; 0.416 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Californication - Showtime
0.748 million viewers, #26; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Snapped - Oxygen
0.681 million viewers, #27; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

The TRL Decade - VH1
0.520 million viewers, #28; 0.385 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Oprah Presents Master Class - OWN
0.516 million viewers, #29; 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.498 million viewers, #30; 0.198 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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