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[02/17/12 - 01:52 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Jersey Shore" Edges "Swamp People"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, february 16, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Jersey Shore - MTV
5.354 million viewers, #1; 3.748 million adults 18-49 (2.9 rating), #1

Swamp People - History
4.355 million viewers, #2; 2.024 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Mudcats - History
2.432 million viewers, #3; 1.151 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

NBA Basketball: Boston/Chicago - TNT
2.429 million viewers, #4; 1.187 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: L.A. Clippers/Portland - TNT
1.732 million viewers, #5; 1.081 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Impractical Jokers (10:00) - truTV
1.617 million viewers, #6; 0.883 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.524 million viewers, #7; 0.637 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Project Runway: All Stars - Lifetime
1.504 million viewers, #8; 0.734 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Archer - FX
1.200 million viewers, #9; 0.861 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest - truTV
1.144 million viewers, #10; 0.567 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: The Lost Footage - Bravo
1.007 million viewers, #11; 0.578 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

U.S. Drug Wars - Discovery
0.926 million viewers, #12; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Remembering Whitney: The Oprah Interview - OWN
0.830 million viewers, #13; 0.298 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

NY Ink - TLC
0.786 million viewers, #14; 0.515 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Unsupervised - FX
0.765 million viewers, #15; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

24 Hour Catwalk - Lifetime
0.660 million viewers, #16; 0.298 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

Fat Chef - Food
0.601 million viewers, #17; 0.281 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

100 Greatest Women in Music - VH1
0.387 million viewers, #18; 0.242 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Exporting Raymond - HBO
0.133 million viewers, #19; 0.099 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

Heart of Stone - Showtime
0.018 million viewers, #20; 0.008 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #20

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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