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[06/20/12 - 10:23 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Storage Wars" Tops Demos, "Rizzoli & Isles" Is Most-Watched
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, june 19, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Rizzoli & Isles - TNT
5.359 million viewers, #1; 1.310 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Storage Wars (10:30) - A&E
4.590 million viewers, #2; 2.301 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #1

Storage Wars (10:00) - A&E
4.152 million viewers, #3; 2.004 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Franklin & Bash - TNT
2.952 million viewers, #4; 0.871 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
2.812 million viewers, #5; 1.690 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

Pretty Little Liars - ABC Family
2.440 million viewers, #6; 1.231 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.182 million viewers, #7; 1.575 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.130 million viewers, #8; 1.126 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Real Housewives of Orange County - Bravo
1.966 million viewers, #9; 1.177 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
1.846 million viewers, #10; 0.992 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Chopped - Food
1.618 million viewers, #11; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

After the Catch (10:00) - Discovery
1.544 million viewers, #12; 0.847 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Workaholics - Comedy Central
1.462 million viewers, #13; 1.010 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Jane by Design - ABC Family
1.301 million viewers, #14; 0.590 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Syfy
1.056 million viewers, #15; 0.502 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

What Not to Wear (9:00) - TLC
0.915 million viewers, #16; 0.365 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

World's Worst Tenants (10:00) - Spike TV
0.887 million viewers, #17; 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp (10:00, 60 Minutes) - Lifetime
0.726 million viewers, #18; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Pregnant in Heels - Bravo
0.715 million viewers, #19; 0.403 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Hollywood Treasure - Syfy
0.691 million viewers, #20; 0.299 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

The Glee Project - Oxygen
0.487 million viewers, #21; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Our America With Lisa Ling - OWN
0.393 million viewers, #22; 0.104 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.336 million viewers, #23; 0.068 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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