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[04/04/12 - 04:22 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Tosh.0" Wraps Spring Run on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, april 3, 2012)

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

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.643 million viewers, #1; 1.988 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #1

Dance Moms - Lifetime
2.610 million viewers, #2; 1.464 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

Storage Wars: Texas (10:30) - A&E
2.597 million viewers, #3; 1.127 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Hardcore Pawn (9:30) - truTV
2.510 million viewers, #4; 1.301 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Justified - FX
2.465 million viewers, #5; 1.075 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Storage Wars: Texas (10:00) - A&E
2.464 million viewers, #6; 1.117 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

The Game - BET
2.019 million viewers, #7; 1.404 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Real Housewives of Orange County - Bravo
1.766 million viewers, #8; 1.164 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Chopped - Food
1.715 million viewers, #9; 0.893 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Let's Stay Together - BET
1.670 million viewers, #10; 1.133 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Top Gear - History
1.584 million viewers, #11; 1.018 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Dance Moms: Miami - Lifetime
1.551 million viewers, #12; 0.922 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

16 & Pregnant - MTV
1.416 million viewers, #13; 1.009 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Level Up - Cartoon
1.408 million viewers, #14; 0.311 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Top Shot - History
1.343 million viewers, #15; 0.816 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Deadliest Catch: Best of Season 7 - Discovery
1.245 million viewers, #16; 0.644 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

The Wiener's Circle (10:00) - truTV
1.076 million viewers, #17; 0.615 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Tabatha Takes Over - Bravo
0.921 million viewers, #18; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

The Little Couple (10:30) - TLC
0.819 million viewers, #19; 0.335 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

The Little Couple (10:00) - TLC
0.802 million viewers, #20; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Best Ink - Oxygen
0.334 million viewers, #21; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Beyond Belief on OWN - OWN
0.242 million viewers, #22; 0.039 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #23

Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan - G4
0.192 million viewers, #23; 0.067 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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