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[07/12/12 - 02:49 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "ESPY Awards" Top Demos, "Royal Pains" Leads Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, july 11, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Royal Pains - USA
4.147 million viewers, #1; 1.335 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

Dallas - TNT
3.628 million viewers, #2; 1.223 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.645 million viewers, #3; 0.973 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
2.587 million viewers, #4; 0.961 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
2.497 million viewers, #5; 0.960 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

ESPY Awards - ESPN
2.415 million viewers, #6; 1.544 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #1

Picked Off - History
2.290 million viewers, #7; 0.887 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Restaurant: Impossible - Food
1.762 million viewers, #8; 1.039 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

Barter Kings (10:00) - A&E
1.549 million viewers, #9; 0.912 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.521 million viewers, #10; 0.761 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Barter Kings (10:30) - A&E
1.477 million viewers, #11; 0.980 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
1.456 million viewers, #12; 0.753 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.442 million viewers, #13; 0.860 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
1.314 million viewers, #14; 0.505 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

American Guns - Discovery
1.221 million viewers, #15; 0.730 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.210 million viewers, #16; 0.732 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Beverly Hills Nannies - ABC Family
1.152 million viewers, #17; 0.724 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Futurama - Comedy Central
1.102 million viewers, #18; 0.790 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Cheer Perfection - TLC
1.100 million viewers, #19; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Haunted Collector - Syfy
1.021 million viewers, #20; 0.342 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

The Soup - E!
0.905 million viewers, #21; 0.595 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

School Spirits - Syfy
0.896 million viewers, #22; 0.348 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

The Soul Man - TV Land
0.886 million viewers, #23; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
0.883 million viewers, #24; 0.642 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles - Bravo
0.841 million viewers, #25; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Around the World in 80 Plates - Bravo
0.767 million viewers, #26; 0.416 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

ESPY Countdown Show - ESPN
0.756 million viewers, #27; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

The Exes - TV Land
0.741 million viewers, #28; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.663 million viewers, #29; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Diamond Divers - Spike TV
0.531 million viewers, #30; 0.342 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.345 million viewers, #31; 0.087 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

The Franchise (10:00, 62 Minutes) - Showtime
0.087 million viewers, #32; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #32

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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