or


[07/10/12 - 04:36 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Triumphs With "Home Run Derby"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, july 9, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 34 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Home Run Derby - ESPN
6.882 million viewers, #1; 3.402 million adults 18-49 (2.7 rating), #1

The Closer - TNT
6.145 million viewers, #2; 1.212 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Perception - TNT
5.601 million viewers, #3; 1.087 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #13

Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
5.112 million viewers, #4; 2.093 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #4

Home Run Derby Prelude - ESPN
4.918 million viewers, #5; 2.350 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #3

Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
4.796 million viewers, #6; 1.971 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #6

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
4.520 million viewers, #7; 2.003 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #5

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.294 million viewers, #8; 1.864 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #7

American Pickers - History
4.013 million viewers, #9; 1.489 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #10

Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta - VH1
3.398 million viewers, #10; 2.377 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
2.591 million viewers, #11; 1.637 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #9

Single Ladies - VH1
2.498 million viewers, #12; 1.642 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #8

Lizard Lick Towing (10:00) - truTV
2.107 million viewers, #13; 1.089 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #12

Teen Wolf - MTV
1.719 million viewers, #14; 0.945 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Eureka - Syfy
1.496 million viewers, #15; 0.752 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Bunheads - ABC Family
1.439 million viewers, #16; 0.724 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

The Bad Girls Club - Oxygen
1.347 million viewers, #17; 0.741 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Real Housewives of New York City - Bravo
1.299 million viewers, #18; 0.696 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Secret Life of the American Teenager - ABC Family
1.247 million viewers, #19; 0.797 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Four Houses - TLC
1.146 million viewers, #20; 0.491 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Cake Boss (9:00) - TLC
1.125 million viewers, #21; 0.506 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Cake Boss (9:30) - TLC
1.110 million viewers, #22; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Gene Simmons Family Jewels (10:00) - A&E
0.952 million viewers, #23; 0.474 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Lost Girl - Syfy
0.859 million viewers, #24; 0.522 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Gene Simmons Family Jewels (9:00) - A&E
0.804 million viewers, #25; 0.410 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Gene Simmons Family Jewels (9:30) - A&E
0.737 million viewers, #26; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Pair of Kings (8:30) - Disney XD
0.727 million viewers, #27; 0.129 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Undercover Stings (9:00) - Spike TV
0.653 million viewers, #28; 0.314 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Mr. Young (9:00) - Disney XD
0.644 million viewers, #29; 0.086 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #33

Opening Act - E!
0.627 million viewers, #30; 0.350 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Miss Advised - Bravo
0.594 million viewers, #31; 0.356 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.479 million viewers, #32; 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Hard Times: Lost on Long Island - HBO
0.239 million viewers, #33; 0.107 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Undercover Boss: Abroad (8:00) - OWN
0.135 million viewers, #34; 0.044 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #34

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [july 2012]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[09/25/26 - 10:35 AM]
ESPN Delivered Its Most-Watched WNBA Regular Season Ever!
Across 29 games, the WNBA on ESPN networks averaged 1.37M viewers, up 17% year-over-year and ranking as ESPN networks' most-viewed WNBA regular season on record.

[09/24/26 - 12:25 PM]
ABC News Wins Across the Board in Late Night and Friday Night
"20/20" ranks as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, drawing its largest audience in two months and growing year to year in all key measures.

[09/23/26 - 02:56 PM]
Giants-Rams Becomes ESPN's Most-Watched Week 2 "Monday Night Football" Game Ever with 19.4 Million Viewers
Through the first two weeks, "Monday Night Football" is averaging 21.4 million viewers, up 29% compared to the first two weeks of the 2025 season.

[09/23/26 - 11:01 AM]
Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of September 14
"Reacher," "Neagley," "Sterling Point," "El Juicio," and "The Grand Tour" led all original series worldwide.

[09/22/26 - 03:08 PM]
Record-Breaking Week 3: ESPN/ABC Claim Every Saturday Window; "College GameDay" Continues Historic Start to the Season
ESPN networks delivered the top five most-watched games of Week 3 and accounted for two-thirds of all college football viewing.

[09/22/26 - 02:34 PM]
FOX's "America's Game of the Week" Scores Regular Season High 27,212,000 Viewers in Week 2
Said coverage was up +8% vs. last year's full season average of 25,269,000 viewers.

[09/22/26 - 02:17 PM]
Colts-Chiefs Overtime Thriller Is Most Watched Week 2 NBC "Sunday Night Football" Game Since 2015, Averaging 24.3 Million Viewers on NBC & Peacock
The audience for Colts-Chiefs peaked at 27.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock in the second quarter (9:15-9:30 p.m. ET).

[09/22/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of September 14 - "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Again?" Holds No. 1 for a Second Week
"Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story" debuted at the top of the English TV list with 12.1 million views.

[09/22/26 - 12:00 PM]
"Dateline" Is the #1 Friday Newsmagazine in Both Key Demos for Second Consecutive Broadcast Season
The broadcast remains the #1 most-watched news magazine franchise and #1 most-watched true-crime franchise in total linear minutes watched for the season, with 151.2 million total viewers, up +4% vs. last season.

[09/21/26 - 07:02 AM]
"Dancing with the Stars" Season 35 "Two-Night Premiere: Night 2" Swings to 6.44 Million Total Viewers as the Ladies Take Their Turn in the Ballroom
"Dancing with the Stars" ranked as TV's No. 1 show in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 on both Tuesday and Wednesday across all entertainment programming.

[09/18/26 - 03:15 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Wins Late Night Across the Board
For the sixth week running, "Nightline" increased year to year in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54.

[09/18/26 - 12:58 PM]
Marking a Somber Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks, ABC News' 9/11 Special, Anchored by David Muir, Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer, Draws Over 4 Million Total Viewers
The special was also the No. 1 non-sports program of the night in Adults 25-54 (802,000) and Adults 18-49 (559,000).

[09/16/26 - 02:41 PM]
"Monday Night Football" Opens Super Bowl LXI Season with Record-Setting Audience; Broncos-Chiefs Becomes Most-Watched Week 1 Game of ESPN's "MNF" Era
The season opener between the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs delivered an audience of 23.2 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and NFL+.

[09/16/26 - 02:30 PM]
"Dancing with the Stars" Leaps Back Into the Ballroom as Tuesday's No. 1 Show, Delivering Nearly 7 Million Total Viewers - Scores Show's Biggest Season Premiere in 6 Years
Among Adults 18-49, the "Dancing with the Stars" season opener jumped +40% over last year's premiere, with the show's best premiere performance in the key Adult demographic in nine years.

[09/16/26 - 12:20 PM]
Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of September 7
"Reacher," "The Grand Tour," "Sterling Point," "Off Campus," and "LOL Next" led all original series worldwide.