or


[06/05/12 - 05:06 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: Game 5 of Spurs/Thunder Puts TNT on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, june 4, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: San Antonio/Oklahoma City - TNT
8.507 million viewers, #1; 4.631 million adults 18-49 (3.6 rating), #1

Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
5.893 million viewers, #2; 2.472 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

American Pickers - History
4.809 million viewers, #3; 1.789 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #5

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
4.443 million viewers, #4; 1.769 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #6

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.322 million viewers, #5; 1.959 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
4.247 million viewers, #6; 1.907 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #4

Regular Show (8:00) - Cartoon
2.585 million viewers, #7; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Basketball Wives Reunion - VH1
2.238 million viewers, #8; 1.589 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #7

Mad (8:30) - Cartoon
1.992 million viewers, #9; 0.285 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Eureka - Syfy
1.966 million viewers, #10; 0.799 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Single Ladies - VH1
1.820 million viewers, #11; 1.285 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Teen Wolf (10:00) - MTV
1.746 million viewers, #12; 0.762 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Cake Boss (9:00) - TLC
1.685 million viewers, #13; 0.744 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Real Housewives of New York City (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Bravo
1.660 million viewers, #14; 0.974 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Cake Boss (9:30) - TLC
1.619 million viewers, #15; 0.708 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Secret Life of the American Teenager - ABC Family
1.430 million viewers, #16; 0.759 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Lost Girl - Syfy
1.354 million viewers, #17; 0.669 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
1.254 million viewers, #18; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Gene Simmons Family Jewels (9:30) - A&E
1.216 million viewers, #19; 0.663 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Monster In-Laws (10:30) - A&E
1.178 million viewers, #20; 0.623 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Gene Simmons Family Jewels (9:00) - A&E
1.108 million viewers, #21; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Extreme Couponing (10:00) - TLC
1.077 million viewers, #22; 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Extreme Couponing (10:30) - TLC
0.980 million viewers, #23; 0.565 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Monster In-Laws (10:00) - A&E
0.962 million viewers, #24; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Teen Wolf (9:00, Repeat) - MTV
0.866 million viewers, #25; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

MLB Baseball: L.A. Dodgers/Philadelphia - ESPN
0.832 million viewers, #26; 0.406 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Invention Hunters - Food
0.789 million viewers, #27; 0.228 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Kurt Sutter's Outlaw Empires - Discovery
0.625 million viewers, #28; 0.276 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Tanisha Gets Married - Oxygen
0.334 million viewers, #29; 0.161 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

E3 2012 (5:30) - G4
0.277 million viewers, #30; 0.193 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Are You Normal, America? - OWN
0.156 million viewers, #31; 0.050 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #32

E3 All Access Live (10:00) - Spike TV
0.147 million viewers, #32; 0.083 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [june 2012]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
     


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[05/26/26 - 12:03 PM]
"Off Campus" Season 1 Has Reached 36 Million Viewers Worldwide in Its First 12 Days
Off Campus. On everyone's screen.

[05/26/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of May 18 - In Ruthless Pursuit, "Nemesis" Steals No. 1 in This Week's Top 10
Retirement in "The Boroughs" is anything but sleepy as the Duffer Brothers-produced sci-fi series took No. 2 on the list with 5.6 million views.

[05/26/26 - 11:00 AM]
"Dutton Ranch" Is the Biggest Original Series Debut in Paramount+ History
In addition to its record-setting performance on Paramount+, "Dutton Ranch" is also the #1 streaming series according to Nielsen based on average audience for the week of May 11 according to preliminary data.

[05/21/26 - 02:32 PM]
ESPN Delivered Most-Watched NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 Since 2018
The New York Knicks overtime victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers on May 19 generated an average audience of 7.1 million viewers and peaked with 8.87 million viewers at 10:45 p.m. ET.

[05/21/26 - 02:00 PM]
"Survivor" Historic 50th Season Concludes with Most-Watched Finale Since 2020
The season finale drew an average of 5.78 million viewers, based on Nielsen Preliminary panel only data.

[05/21/26 - 07:01 AM]
NBC Sports' 2026 SuperMotocross Coverage Delivers Viewership Gains and Milestones
The seven races featured on NBC and Peacock averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 468,000 viewers on NBC and Peacock, up 8% vs. 2025.

[05/20/26 - 03:05 PM]
NBC and Peacock Deliver the Most-Watched Western Conference Finals Game 1 Ever for Monday's Spurs-Thunder Double Overtime Thriller
Coverage peaked with 12.0 million viewers from 11:30-11:43 p.m. ET for the second overtime and game's conclusion.

[05/20/26 - 03:04 PM]
ESPN Aired Its Most Viewed 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round of the Current Rights Deal
Collectively all 11 Second Round games, with nine airing on ESPN and two on ABC, delivered 2.2 million viewers, up 76% year-over-year.

[05/20/26 - 07:36 AM]
After Record-Setting 2025 Season, "Sunday Night Football" Finishes Fall-Spring TV Season as Primetime's No. 1 Show for Unprecedented 15th Consecutive Year
The series averaged 23.5 million viewers in 2025, marking the show's best-ever viewership - up nearly 1 million viewers from the prior record for the series set a decade ago (22.6 million in 2015 season) and an increase of 9% over the '24 season (21.6 million).

[05/19/26 - 02:52 PM]
Subway Series Delivers Second Most-Watched FOX Saturday Baseball Telecast of the Season
2,500,000 viewers tuned-in to the two-game slate highlighted by the Mets' 6-3 victory over the Yankees in most of the country.

[05/19/26 - 02:01 PM]
Netflix Viewership Peaks with Nearly 17 Million Global Viewers for MVP MMA's Rousey vs. Carano, Averaging 12.4 Million Viewers Across the Triple Main Event
In the US, the triple-main card averaged 9.3 million viewers, peaking at 11.6 million viewers during Rousey vs. Carano.

[05/19/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of May 11 - "The Roast of Kevin Hart" Heats Up to No. 1 in This Week's Top 10
True crime audiences also streamed the second season of "Worst Ex Ever," which rose to the No. 2 spot on the English TV list with 8.1 million views.

[05/19/26 - 07:07 AM]
TNT Sports Posts Its Most-Watched NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round Ever
Thursday's Game 5 of the Montreal/Buffalo series averaged 1.9 million viewers, making it the most-watched, Second Round, Game 5 on cable ever featuring a Canadian team.

[05/18/26 - 04:03 PM]
"The Rookie" Season 8 Finale Surges to Over 9 Million Total Viewers
Setting new records with its exceptional momentum this season, "The Rookie" finale earned an all-time streaming high for the series based on views over seven days on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

[05/15/26 - 02:03 PM]
ABC News Is #1 in Total Viewers on Sunday Morning, in Late-Night and on Friday Night
"20/20" saw week-to-week increases in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, hitting 4-week highs in both measures.