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[02/27/12 - 05:10 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: "Gold Rush" Wraps Season on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, february 24, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Gold Rush - Discovery
5.059 million viewers, #1; 2.543 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #1

Phineas & Ferb - Disney
3.337 million viewers, #2; 0.663 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

Bering Sea Gold - Discovery
3.156 million viewers, #3; 1.620 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Jessie - Disney
3.111 million viewers, #4; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

A.N.T. Farm - Disney
3.037 million viewers, #5; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Fish Hooks - Disney
2.869 million viewers, #6; 0.557 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

NBA All Star Weekend: BBVA Rising Stars Challenge - TNT
2.729 million viewers, #7; 1.564 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Fred: The Show - Nickelodeon
2.387 million viewers, #8; 0.433 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

WWE Smackdown (Repeat) - Syfy
2.241 million viewers, #9; 0.765 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Merlin - Syfy
1.605 million viewers, #10; 0.641 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Cartoon
1.464 million viewers, #11; 0.474 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Four Weddings - TLC
1.372 million viewers, #12; 0.582 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.309 million viewers, #13; 0.553 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
1.245 million viewers, #14; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Fashion Police - E!
0.685 million viewers, #15; 0.386 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

The Soup (Repeat) - E!
0.575 million viewers, #16; 0.348 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

I Shouldn't Be Alive - Animal Planet
0.461 million viewers, #17; 0.197 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

Infested! - Animal Planet
0.374 million viewers, #18; 0.130 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

The Hollywood Reporter Presents: Actors Unscripted - E!
0.363 million viewers, #19; 0.193 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Roz G: Ain't Got Jokes, Got Problems - Showtime
0.153 million viewers, #20; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

On Freddie Roach - HBO
0.150 million viewers, #21; 0.090 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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