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[05/16/12 - 03:55 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs Continue TNT's Reign
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, may 15, 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: San Antonio/L.A. Clippers - TNT
5.040 million viewers, #1; 2.899 million adults 18-49 (2.3 rating), #1

NBA Playoffs: Indiana/Miami - TNT
4.457 million viewers, #2; 2.471 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

Deadliest Catch - Discovery
2.680 million viewers, #3; 1.570 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

The Game - BET
2.079 million viewers, #4; 1.390 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Real Housewives of Orange County - Bravo
1.918 million viewers, #5; 1.285 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Let's Stay Together - BET
1.548 million viewers, #6; 1.041 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

The Devils Ride - Discovery
1.485 million viewers, #7; 0.909 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

16 & Pregnant (10:00) - MTV
1.393 million viewers, #8; 0.961 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

United Stats of America - History
0.975 million viewers, #9; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Dance Moms: Miami (10:00) - Lifetime
0.928 million viewers, #10; 0.535 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Syfy
0.871 million viewers, #11; 0.386 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Dream Machines - Syfy
0.852 million viewers, #12; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

The Little Couple (10:00) - TLC
0.772 million viewers, #13; 0.342 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Pregnant in Heels - Bravo
0.732 million viewers, #14; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Best Ink - Oxygen
0.444 million viewers, #15; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

The Weight of the Nation: Challenges - HBO
0.227 million viewers, #16; 0.141 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #16

The Weight of the Nation: Children in Crisis - HBO
0.217 million viewers, #17; 0.106 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #17

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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