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[06/15/12 - 02:46 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Burn Notice" Tops Viewers, "Swamp People" Takes Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, june 14, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Burn Notice - USA
3.872 million viewers, #1; 1.542 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Swamp People - History
3.862 million viewers, #2; 1.719 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

Mountain Men - History
3.518 million viewers, #3; 1.403 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Suits - USA
3.474 million viewers, #4; 1.404 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding (9:00, 60 Minutes) - Bravo
2.347 million viewers, #5; 1.305 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Men at Work (10:00) - TBS
1.737 million viewers, #6; 1.136 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

The First 48 - A&E
1.557 million viewers, #7; 0.724 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Auction Kings (9:30) - Discovery
1.541 million viewers, #8; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.423 million viewers, #9; 0.556 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Cajun Justice (10:00) - A&E
1.398 million viewers, #10; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Cajun Justice (10:30) - A&E
1.349 million viewers, #11; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.341 million viewers, #12; 0.571 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
1.276 million viewers, #13; 0.640 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Ridiculousness (10:00) - MTV
1.257 million viewers, #14; 0.722 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Final Offer - Discovery
1.047 million viewers, #15; 0.485 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (8:00) - truTV
1.037 million viewers, #16; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

The Pauly D Project - MTV
1.033 million viewers, #17; 0.678 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

On the Fly (9:00) - TLC
0.913 million viewers, #18; 0.419 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Kathy - Bravo
0.841 million viewers, #19; 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

On the Fly (9:30) - TLC
0.805 million viewers, #20; 0.386 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Clipaholics - truTV
0.751 million viewers, #21; 0.382 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Lab Rats (8:30) - Disney XD
0.714 million viewers, #22; 0.084 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Tattoo School (10:30) - TLC
0.574 million viewers, #23; 0.287 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Tattoo School (10:00) - TLC
0.564 million viewers, #24; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

7 Days of Sex - Lifetime
0.453 million viewers, #25; 0.267 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Motorcity (9:30) - Disney XD
0.379 million viewers, #26; 0.061 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #29

Tron: Uprising (9:00) - Disney XD
0.368 million viewers, #27; 0.062 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #28

It's Me or the Dog (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.351 million viewers, #28; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Top 100 Video Games of All Time - G4
0.245 million viewers, #29; 0.176 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Making The Newsroom - HBO
0.134 million viewers, #30; 0.054 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #30

The Other F Word - Showtime
0.070 million viewers, #31; 0.039 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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