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[08/02/12 - 02:19 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Dallas," "Royal Pains" Nab Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 1, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 33 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Dallas - TNT
3.241 million viewers, #1; 1.030 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #1

Royal Pains - USA
2.963 million viewers, #2; 1.020 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Cartoon
2.080 million viewers, #3; 0.307 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.057 million viewers, #4; 0.794 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
1.670 million viewers, #5; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Operation Repo (9:30) - truTV
1.610 million viewers, #6; 0.832 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
1.568 million viewers, #7; 0.491 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Ben 10: Omniverse - Cartoon
1.544 million viewers, #8; 0.272 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Barter Kings (10:00) - A&E
1.400 million viewers, #9; 0.806 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Restaurant: Impossible - Food
1.342 million viewers, #10; 0.708 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Operation Repo (9:00) - truTV
1.314 million viewers, #11; 0.697 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Barter Kings (10:30) - A&E
1.279 million viewers, #12; 0.817 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.232 million viewers, #13; 0.687 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Picked Off - History
1.211 million viewers, #14; 0.482 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.095 million viewers, #15; 0.563 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

American Guns - Discovery
1.080 million viewers, #16; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Futurama - Comedy Central
1.009 million viewers, #17; 0.650 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
1.008 million viewers, #18; 0.650 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

My Teen Is Pregnant and So Am I - TLC
0.997 million viewers, #19; 0.528 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Haunted Collector - Syfy
0.983 million viewers, #20; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles - Bravo
0.978 million viewers, #21; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

The Soul Man - TV Land
0.951 million viewers, #22; 0.370 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
0.885 million viewers, #23; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
0.856 million viewers, #24; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

The Exes - TV Land
0.814 million viewers, #25; 0.335 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.812 million viewers, #26; 0.567 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.780 million viewers, #27; 0.170 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

School Spirits - Syfy
0.767 million viewers, #28; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Diamond Divers - Spike TV
0.639 million viewers, #29; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.591 million viewers, #30; 0.261 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

The Soup - E!
0.583 million viewers, #31; 0.445 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Beverly Hills Nannies - ABC Family
0.577 million viewers, #32; 0.315 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

The Franchise (10:00) - Showtime
0.077 million viewers, #33; 0.045 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #33

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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