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[05/15/12 - 05:21 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: TNT Hits NBA Postseason High With Lakers/Thunder
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, may 14, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: L.A. Lakers/Oklahoma City - TNT
6.687 million viewers, #1; 3.925 million adults 18-49 (3.1 rating), #1

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
4.321 million viewers, #2; 2.113 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #2

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.094 million viewers, #3; 1.847 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

NBA Playoffs: Boston/Philadelphia - TNT
4.016 million viewers, #4; 2.067 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #3

Regular Show (8:00) - Cartoon
2.262 million viewers, #5; 0.583 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Basketball Wives - VH1
2.028 million viewers, #6; 1.491 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.852 million viewers, #7; 1.093 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Eureka - Syfy
1.486 million viewers, #8; 0.622 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Secret Life of the American Teenager - ABC Family
1.398 million viewers, #9; 0.836 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Ridiculousness - MTV
1.396 million viewers, #10; 0.725 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

La La's Full Court Life - VH1
1.389 million viewers, #11; 1.045 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Lost Girl - Syfy
1.231 million viewers, #12; 0.598 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Make It Or Break It - ABC Family
1.208 million viewers, #13; 0.592 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Bethenny Ever After - Bravo
0.977 million viewers, #14; 0.533 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Money from Strangers - MTV
0.945 million viewers, #15; 0.506 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Kurt Sutter's Outlaw Empires - Discovery
0.856 million viewers, #16; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Invention Hunters - Food
0.820 million viewers, #17; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

MLB Baseball: Chicago Cubs/St. Louis - ESPN
0.746 million viewers, #18; 0.315 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Undercover Boss: Abroad (8:00) - TLC
0.691 million viewers, #19; 0.344 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Undercover Boss: Abroad (9:00) - TLC
0.614 million viewers, #20; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

World's Wildest Police Videos - Spike TV
0.532 million viewers, #21; 0.299 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Tanisha Gets Married - Oxygen
0.519 million viewers, #22; 0.219 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Undercover Stings (9:00) - Spike TV
0.401 million viewers, #23; 0.239 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

The Weight of the Nation: Choices - HBO
0.291 million viewers, #24; 0.165 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

The Weight of the Nation: Consequences - HBO
0.282 million viewers, #25; 0.127 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Motorcity (9:00) - Disney XD
0.248 million viewers, #26; 0.039 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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