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[06/25/12 - 01:25 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Swamp People," "Burn Notice" Take Top Honors
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, june 21, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Burn Notice - USA
4.094 million viewers, #1; 1.502 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Swamp People - History
4.068 million viewers, #2; 1.861 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #1

Suits - USA
3.804 million viewers, #3; 1.588 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Mountain Men - History
3.278 million viewers, #4; 1.371 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Snooki & JWOWW - MTV
2.538 million viewers, #5; 1.416 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Men at Work (10:00) - TBS
2.113 million viewers, #6; 1.229 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
1.320 million viewers, #7; 0.769 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.317 million viewers, #8; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.237 million viewers, #9; 0.557 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (8:00) - truTV
1.191 million viewers, #10; 0.599 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

America's Worst Tattoos (10:30) - TLC
1.066 million viewers, #11; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Clipaholics - truTV
1.039 million viewers, #12; 0.630 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Final Offer - Discovery
1.036 million viewers, #13; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Wilfred (10:30) - FX
0.957 million viewers, #14; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

The Real Housewives Top 20 Reunion Moments - Bravo
0.944 million viewers, #15; 0.475 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

America's Worst Tattoos (10:00) - TLC
0.909 million viewers, #16; 0.441 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

On the Fly (9:30) - TLC
0.884 million viewers, #17; 0.403 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

On the Fly (9:00) - TLC
0.838 million viewers, #18; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Wilfred (10:00) - FX
0.744 million viewers, #19; 0.453 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Lab Rats (8:30) - Disney XD
0.705 million viewers, #20; 0.117 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Kathy - Bravo
0.636 million viewers, #21; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Tron: Uprising (9:00) - Disney XD
0.540 million viewers, #22; 0.147 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.392 million viewers, #23; 0.083 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

7 Days of Sex - Lifetime
0.380 million viewers, #24; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Motorcity (9:30) - Disney XD
0.299 million viewers, #25; 0.056 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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