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[04/02/12 - 04:06 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: "Fairly Legal" Tops Viewers, "Smackdown" Leads Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, march 30, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 18 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Fairly Legal - USA
2.774 million viewers, #1; 0.877 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Phineas & Ferb - Disney
2.641 million viewers, #2; 0.520 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

In Plain Sight - USA
2.634 million viewers, #3; 0.734 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.480 million viewers, #4; 0.905 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #1

A.N.T. Farm - Disney
2.464 million viewers, #5; 0.450 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Jessie - Disney
2.294 million viewers, #6; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Merlin - Syfy
1.803 million viewers, #7; 0.683 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

NBA Basketball: Portland/L.A. Clippers - ESPN
1.604 million viewers, #8; 0.892 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #2

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.305 million viewers, #9; 0.569 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

NBA Basketball: Dallas/San Antonio - ESPN
1.248 million viewers, #10; 0.609 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding - TLC
1.076 million viewers, #11; 0.584 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

The Ultimate Fighter Live - FX
1.054 million viewers, #12; 0.864 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Bering Sea Gold: After the Dredge - Discovery
1.043 million viewers, #13; 0.556 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
0.977 million viewers, #14; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
0.843 million viewers, #15; 0.370 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Top 20 Most Shocking - truTV
0.786 million viewers, #16; 0.381 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

North Woods Law - Animal Planet
0.767 million viewers, #17; 0.203 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.722 million viewers, #18; 0.394 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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