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[06/29/12 - 05:50 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Royal Pains" Tops Viewers, "Dallas" Leads Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, june 27, 2012)

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

Royal Pains - USA
4.177 million viewers, #1; 1.348 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

Dallas - TNT
4.079 million viewers, #2; 1.372 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.959 million viewers, #3; 0.989 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
2.429 million viewers, #4; 0.959 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
2.384 million viewers, #5; 0.926 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.719 million viewers, #6; 0.946 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Barter Kings (10:00) - A&E
1.598 million viewers, #7; 0.844 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Barter Kings (10:30) - A&E
1.468 million viewers, #8; 0.833 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Futurama - Comedy Central
1.452 million viewers, #9; 1.003 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.423 million viewers, #10; 0.840 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
1.391 million viewers, #11; 0.740 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.371 million viewers, #12; 0.607 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
1.201 million viewers, #13; 0.777 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

The Soul Man - TV Land
1.201 million viewers, #14; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

American Guns - Discovery
1.135 million viewers, #15; 0.561 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

The Exes - TV Land
0.928 million viewers, #16; 0.354 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles - Bravo
0.916 million viewers, #17; 0.483 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Haunted Collector - Syfy
0.913 million viewers, #18; 0.458 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

School Spirits - Syfy
0.843 million viewers, #19; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Hollywood Exes (10:00) - VH1
0.840 million viewers, #20; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Around the World in 80 Plates - Bravo
0.835 million viewers, #21; 0.421 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

The Soup - E!
0.813 million viewers, #22; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.770 million viewers, #23; 0.503 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Twintervention - TLC
0.655 million viewers, #24; 0.342 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Diamond Divers - Spike TV
0.636 million viewers, #25; 0.398 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Coming Home (10:00) - Lifetime
0.457 million viewers, #26; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.443 million viewers, #27; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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