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[04/24/12 - 06:00 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: History Originals Take Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, april 23, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
5.626 million viewers, #1; 2.547 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #1

Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
5.328 million viewers, #2; 2.404 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #3

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
4.832 million viewers, #3; 2.468 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

American Pickers - History
4.681 million viewers, #4; 1.851 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #5

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.671 million viewers, #5; 2.273 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #4

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
3.662 million viewers, #6; 1.818 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #6

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
2.143 million viewers, #7; 1.322 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Basketball Wives - VH1
1.874 million viewers, #8; 1.376 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #7

Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas - Oxygen
1.802 million viewers, #9; 1.123 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

La La's Full Court Life - VH1
1.648 million viewers, #10; 1.250 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #9

MLB Baseball: N.Y. Yankees/Texas - ESPN
1.636 million viewers, #11; 0.762 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Mad (8:30) - Cartoon
1.632 million viewers, #12; 0.279 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Secret Life of the American Teenager - ABC Family
1.600 million viewers, #13; 0.924 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Eureka - Syfy
1.589 million viewers, #14; 0.823 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
1.473 million viewers, #15; 0.752 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory (10:30) - MTV
1.347 million viewers, #16; 0.785 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Lost Girl - Syfy
1.342 million viewers, #17; 0.671 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Bethenny Ever After - Bravo
1.290 million viewers, #18; 0.793 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory (10:00) - MTV
1.267 million viewers, #19; 0.715 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

World's Scariest Plane Landings - Discovery
1.233 million viewers, #20; 0.572 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Styled by June - VH1
1.129 million viewers, #21; 0.858 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Make It Or Break It - ABC Family
1.112 million viewers, #22; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.035 million viewers, #23; 0.518 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Lab Rats (8:30) - Disney XD
0.815 million viewers, #24; 0.168 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.655 million viewers, #25; 0.141 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Undercover Boss: Abroad (8:00) - TLC
0.652 million viewers, #26; 0.308 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Undercover Boss: Abroad (9:00) - TLC
0.627 million viewers, #27; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Undercover Boss: Abroad (10:00) - TLC
0.614 million viewers, #28; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Death in Paradise - E!
0.323 million viewers, #29; 0.174 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Oprah's Lifeclass - OWN
0.250 million viewers, #30; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Breakthrough With Tony Robbins - OWN
0.137 million viewers, #31; 0.059 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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