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[07/13/12 - 04:12 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Swamp People" Wraps Season on Top for History
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, july 12, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 29 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Swamp People - History
5.188 million viewers, #1; 2.123 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

Burn Notice - USA
4.438 million viewers, #2; 1.529 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Mountain Men - History
4.156 million viewers, #3; 1.689 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Suits - USA
3.704 million viewers, #4; 1.539 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

USA Men's Basketball - ESPN
2.718 million viewers, #5; 1.615 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
2.421 million viewers, #6; 1.253 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Men at Work (10:00) - TBS
1.761 million viewers, #7; 1.142 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Awkward - MTV
1.715 million viewers, #8; 0.979 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Snooki & JWOWW - MTV
1.700 million viewers, #9; 1.056 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Auction Kings (9:30) - Discovery
1.595 million viewers, #10; 0.617 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Cajun Justice (10:30) - A&E
1.448 million viewers, #11; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

The First 48 - A&E
1.431 million viewers, #12; 0.714 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Cajun Justice (10:00) - A&E
1.425 million viewers, #13; 0.544 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.409 million viewers, #14; 0.521 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Men at Work (10:30) - TBS
1.407 million viewers, #15; 0.971 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Property Wars (10:00) - Discovery
1.359 million viewers, #16; 0.632 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Wilfred - FX
1.354 million viewers, #17; 0.852 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Property Wars (10:30) - Discovery
1.318 million viewers, #18; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Chef Wanted With Anne Burrell - Food
1.291 million viewers, #19; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
1.183 million viewers, #20; 0.643 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.108 million viewers, #21; 0.539 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Louie - FX
1.062 million viewers, #22; 0.660 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

On the Fly (9:00) - TLC
0.847 million viewers, #23; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

DUI (10:30) - TLC
0.755 million viewers, #24; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

DUI (10:00) - TLC
0.563 million viewers, #25; 0.280 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Motorcity (8:30) - Disney XD
0.391 million viewers, #26; 0.091 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Tron: Uprising (8:00) - Disney XD
0.354 million viewers, #27; 0.100 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.320 million viewers, #28; 0.072 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

The Real L Word - Showtime
0.225 million viewers, #29; 0.161 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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