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[06/07/12 - 07:35 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: Game 6 of Spurs/Thunder Puts TNT on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, june 6, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: San Antonio/Oklahoma City - TNT
9.498 million viewers, #1; 5.200 million adults 18-49 (4.1 rating), #1

Royal Pains - USA
3.950 million viewers, #2; 1.238 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

Necessary Roughness - USA
3.015 million viewers, #3; 1.001 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.373 million viewers, #4; 0.957 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

American Restoration (10:30) - History
2.325 million viewers, #5; 0.915 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
2.268 million viewers, #6; 0.882 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
2.230 million viewers, #7; 0.851 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

NHL Stanley Cup Finals, Game 4 - NBCSN
2.069 million viewers, #8; 1.080 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.949 million viewers, #9; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Auction Hunters (9:30) - Spike TV
1.606 million viewers, #10; 0.642 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.496 million viewers, #11; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.452 million viewers, #12; 0.648 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.404 million viewers, #13; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Operation Repo (9:30) - truTV
1.325 million viewers, #14; 0.598 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

American Digger (10:00) - Spike TV
1.291 million viewers, #15; 0.581 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

The Man With the 200lb Tumor - TLC
1.265 million viewers, #16; 0.539 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Haunted Collector - Syfy
1.161 million viewers, #17; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

American Digger (10:30) - Spike TV
1.149 million viewers, #18; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

America's Best Dance Crew - MTV
1.118 million viewers, #19; 0.619 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

American Guns - Discovery
1.099 million viewers, #20; 0.573 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Melissa & Joey (8:30) - ABC Family
1.077 million viewers, #21; 0.664 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.070 million viewers, #22; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
0.973 million viewers, #23; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles - Bravo
0.896 million viewers, #24; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Around the World in 80 Plates - Bravo
0.765 million viewers, #25; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

The Soup - E!
0.637 million viewers, #26; 0.505 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

MLB Baseball: Tampa/N.Y. Yankees - ESPN2
0.381 million viewers, #27; 0.133 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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