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[08/09/12 - 04:28 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Dallas" Goes Out on Top for TNT
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 8, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Dallas - TNT
4.287 million viewers, #1; 1.631 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Cartoon
2.377 million viewers, #2; 0.431 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:00) - TLC
2.253 million viewers, #3; 1.060 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:30) - TLC
2.140 million viewers, #4; 1.051 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Restaurant: Impossible - Food
1.646 million viewers, #5; 0.893 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
1.554 million viewers, #6; 0.720 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Haunted Collector - Syfy
1.447 million viewers, #7; 0.759 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Operation Repo (9:00) - truTV
1.334 million viewers, #8; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Auction Hunters (10:00) - Spike TV
1.202 million viewers, #9; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.177 million viewers, #10; 0.645 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.123 million viewers, #11; 0.707 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.092 million viewers, #12; 0.692 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Picked Off - History
1.090 million viewers, #13; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

The Soul Man - TV Land
1.027 million viewers, #14; 0.487 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Futurama - Comedy Central
0.999 million viewers, #15; 0.701 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles - Bravo
0.972 million viewers, #16; 0.535 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.968 million viewers, #17; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
0.939 million viewers, #18; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

The Exes - TV Land
0.908 million viewers, #19; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

American Guns - Discovery
0.808 million viewers, #20; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
0.756 million viewers, #21; 0.384 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.659 million viewers, #22; 0.136 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

The Soup - E!
0.530 million viewers, #23; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.324 million viewers, #24; 0.147 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

The Franchise (10:00) - Showtime
0.069 million viewers, #25; 0.031 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

All Access: Ronda Rousey - Showtime
0.029 million viewers, #26; 0.005 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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