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[05/04/12 - 03:46 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs, "Swamp People" Top the Night
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, may 3, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Oklahoma City/Dallas - TNT
4.622 million viewers, #1; 2.804 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #1

Swamp People - History
4.223 million viewers, #2; 1.908 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

NBA Playoffs: Miami/New York - TNT
4.132 million viewers, #3; 2.395 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

Impractical Jokers (10:00) - truTV
1.507 million viewers, #4; 0.907 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding (9:30) - Bravo
1.453 million viewers, #5; 0.782 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

The First 48 - A&E
1.404 million viewers, #6; 0.750 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.399 million viewers, #7; 0.621 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

The Pauly D Project - MTV
1.305 million viewers, #8; 0.882 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

After the First 48 - A&E
1.295 million viewers, #9; 0.726 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Punk'd - MTV
1.262 million viewers, #10; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Sweet Genius - Food
0.915 million viewers, #11; 0.403 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Kathy - Bravo
0.803 million viewers, #12; 0.454 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

7 Days of Sex - Lifetime
0.673 million viewers, #13; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

65 Red Roses - OWN
0.139 million viewers, #14; 0.067 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #14

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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