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[08/01/12 - 02:26 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Rizzoli & Isles," "Teen Mom" Top Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, july 31, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 24 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Rizzoli & Isles - TNT
4.438 million viewers, #1; 1.062 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

White Collar - USA
2.817 million viewers, #2; 1.105 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.668 million viewers, #3; 1.183 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

Covert Affairs - USA
2.577 million viewers, #4; 0.898 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Pretty Little Liars - ABC Family
2.222 million viewers, #5; 1.106 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Franklin & Bash - TNT
2.164 million viewers, #6; 0.798 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Teen Mom (10:00) - MTV
1.957 million viewers, #7; 1.481 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #1

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
1.786 million viewers, #8; 1.324 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

Deadliest Catch: Revelations - Discovery
1.679 million viewers, #9; 0.919 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Workaholics - Comedy Central
1.344 million viewers, #10; 1.089 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Chopped - Food
1.254 million viewers, #11; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Jane by Design - ABC Family
1.184 million viewers, #12; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Level Up (8:00) - Cartoon
1.175 million viewers, #13; 0.193 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Destination Truth (9:00) - Syfy
1.134 million viewers, #14; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

World's Worst Tenants (10:00) - Spike TV
0.982 million viewers, #15; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Haunted Highway - Syfy
0.936 million viewers, #16; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Craft Wars (8:00) - TLC
0.840 million viewers, #17; 0.264 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.742 million viewers, #18; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Rat Bastards (10:30) - Spike TV
0.720 million viewers, #19; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

What Not to Wear (10:00) - TLC
0.684 million viewers, #20; 0.229 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Savage Migration - Animal Planet
0.425 million viewers, #21; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

The Glee Project - Oxygen
0.339 million viewers, #22; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Love Broker - Bravo
0.299 million viewers, #23; 0.191 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

All the Right Moves - Oxygen
0.121 million viewers, #24; 0.039 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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