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[03/08/12 - 02:40 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Tosh.0" Claims Demo Crown
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, march 6, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Storage Wars: Texas (10:30) - A&E
2.998 million viewers, #1; 1.451 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Storage Wars: Texas (10:00) - A&E
2.876 million viewers, #2; 1.271 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Dance Moms - Lifetime
2.702 million viewers, #3; 1.436 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.595 million viewers, #4; 1.999 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #1

The Game - BET
2.447 million viewers, #5; 1.630 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Justified - FX
2.164 million viewers, #6; 1.016 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Top Gear - History
2.071 million viewers, #7; 1.170 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Chopped - Food
2.023 million viewers, #8; 1.023 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Southland - TNT
1.958 million viewers, #9; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Ink Master - Spike TV
1.901 million viewers, #10; 1.428 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Real Housewives of Orange County - Bravo
1.817 million viewers, #11; 1.151 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Let's Stay Together - BET
1.679 million viewers, #12; 1.081 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Top Shot - History
1.605 million viewers, #13; 0.939 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.532 million viewers, #14; 1.104 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Prank My Mom (10:00) - Lifetime
1.452 million viewers, #15; 0.792 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.208 million viewers, #16; 0.849 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Prank My Mom (10:30) - Lifetime
1.188 million viewers, #17; 0.280 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

19 Kids & Counting (9:00) - TLC
1.173 million viewers, #18; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Tabatha Takes Over - Bravo
1.168 million viewers, #19; 0.766 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Demi Lovato: Stay Strong - MTV
0.848 million viewers, #20; 0.441 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Extreme Couponing: Holiday Hauls - TLC
0.590 million viewers, #21; 0.343 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Jane by Design - ABC Family
0.491 million viewers, #22; 0.675 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Beyond Belief on OWN - OWN
0.280 million viewers, #23; 0.123 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Jersey Couture (10:00) - Oxygen
0.241 million viewers, #24; 0.138 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Jersey Couture (10:30) - Oxygen
0.240 million viewers, #25; 0.143 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Campus PD - G4
0.139 million viewers, #26; 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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