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[02/01/12 - 04:12 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Tosh.0" Returns Strong for Comedy Central
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, january 31, 2012)

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

Teen Mom 2 - MTV
3.353 million viewers, #1; 2.543 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #1

The Game - BET
3.201 million viewers, #2; 2.072 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #3

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
3.122 million viewers, #3; 2.479 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

White Collar - USA
3.042 million viewers, #4; 1.309 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #9

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.739 million viewers, #5; 1.396 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Justified - FX
2.710 million viewers, #6; 1.381 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #8

Shipping Wars (9:30) - A&E
2.393 million viewers, #7; 1.420 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Let's Stay Together - BET
2.268 million viewers, #8; 1.391 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #7

Shipping Wars (9:00) - A&E
2.175 million viewers, #9; 1.185 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Storage Hunters (9:30) - truTV
2.175 million viewers, #10; 0.976 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

Chopped - Food
2.132 million viewers, #11; 1.195 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Southland - TNT
2.109 million viewers, #12; 0.958 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
2.081 million viewers, #13; 1.480 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Dance Moms - Lifetime
1.987 million viewers, #14; 1.112 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #12

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.932 million viewers, #15; 1.023 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

Level Up - Cartoon
1.769 million viewers, #16; 0.350 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Jane by Design - ABC Family
1.353 million viewers, #17; 0.665 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Ink Master - Spike TV
1.318 million viewers, #18; 0.834 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

The Looney Tunes Show - Cartoon
1.302 million viewers, #19; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Dirty Jobs - Discovery
1.032 million viewers, #20; 0.600 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Ragin' Cajuns - Discovery
1.003 million viewers, #21; 0.502 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

America's Supernanny - Lifetime
1.003 million viewers, #22; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Tabatha Takes Over - Bravo
0.914 million viewers, #23; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

All Star Dealers (8:00) - Discovery
0.884 million viewers, #24; 0.340 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Inside the Actors Studio - Bravo
0.696 million viewers, #25; 0.301 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Undercover Princes - TLC
0.655 million viewers, #26; 0.306 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

All Star Dealers (8:30) - Discovery
0.621 million viewers, #27; 0.276 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood - Oxygen
0.521 million viewers, #28; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Sorority Girls - TLC
0.421 million viewers, #29; 0.211 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Campus PD - G4
0.190 million viewers, #30; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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