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[02/06/12 - 05:33 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: No Stopping "Gold Rush" on Discovery
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, february 3, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 19 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Gold Rush - Discovery
4.881 million viewers, #1; 2.480 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #1

Bering Sea Gold - Discovery
3.729 million viewers, #2; 2.002 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
3.194 million viewers, #3; 1.225 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

NBA Basketball: L.A. Lakers/Denver - ESPN
2.535 million viewers, #4; 1.506 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: New York/Boston - ESPN
2.195 million viewers, #5; 1.149 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Cartoon
1.805 million viewers, #6; 0.471 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.724 million viewers, #7; 0.772 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Merlin - Syfy
1.715 million viewers, #8; 0.693 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

House of Payne (9:30) - TBS
1.690 million viewers, #9; 0.868 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

House of Payne (9:00) - TBS
1.413 million viewers, #10; 0.732 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Four Weddings - TLC
1.384 million viewers, #11; 0.704 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Generator Rex - Cartoon
1.250 million viewers, #12; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.232 million viewers, #13; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
1.045 million viewers, #14; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Infested! - Animal Planet
0.757 million viewers, #15; 0.361 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Confessions: Animal Hoarding (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.553 million viewers, #16; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

Paul Mooney: The Godfather of Comedy - Showtime
0.216 million viewers, #17; 0.122 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #17

On Freddie Roach - HBO
0.166 million viewers, #18; 0.115 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #18

The Life & Times of Tim - HBO
0.115 million viewers, #19; 0.080 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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