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[03/15/12 - 03:03 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "South Park," NBA Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, march 14, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Basketball: Utah/Phoenix - ESPN
3.224 million viewers, #1; 1.950 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #1

South Park - Comedy Central
2.628 million viewers, #2; 1.900 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

Psych - USA
2.565 million viewers, #3; 1.086 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Face Off - Syfy
2.465 million viewers, #4; 1.356 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Sons of Guns - Discovery
2.057 million viewers, #5; 1.263 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Only in America With Larry the Cable Guy - History
1.961 million viewers, #6; 0.865 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.857 million viewers, #7; 0.753 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

The Challenge: Battle of the Exes - MTV
1.810 million viewers, #8; 1.414 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Restaurant Stakeout - Food
1.793 million viewers, #9; 0.885 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Cartoon
1.759 million viewers, #10; 0.280 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.309 million viewers, #11; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

NBA Basketball: Miami/Chicago - ESPN
1.289 million viewers, #12; 0.665 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Doomsday Bunkers - Discovery
1.184 million viewers, #13; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

My Crazy Obsession (10:00) - TLC
1.138 million viewers, #14; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Ghost Hunters International - Syfy
1.120 million viewers, #15; 0.492 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

NCAA Basketball: California vs. South Florida - truTV
1.076 million viewers, #16; 0.637 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

My Crazy Obsession (10:30) - TLC
1.074 million viewers, #17; 0.515 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Ugly Americans - Comedy Central
1.050 million viewers, #18; 0.705 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.031 million viewers, #19; 0.301 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Million Dollar Listing New York - Bravo
0.910 million viewers, #20; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis - Bravo
0.788 million viewers, #21; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

NCAA Basketball: Lamar vs. Vermont - truTV
0.764 million viewers, #22; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

The Soup - E!
0.621 million viewers, #23; 0.414 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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