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[08/13/12 - 02:42 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: Disney Originals, "WWE Smackdown" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, august 10, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Gravity Falls (9:00) - Disney
4.176 million viewers, #1; 0.727 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Code 9 (9:30) - Disney
3.405 million viewers, #2; 0.533 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Jessie (8:30) - Disney
3.350 million viewers, #3; 0.488 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

A.N.T. Farm (8:00) - Disney
2.802 million viewers, #4; 0.438 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.728 million viewers, #5; 0.949 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #2

Common Law - USA
2.035 million viewers, #6; 0.778 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

For Better or Worse (9:30) - TBS
1.752 million viewers, #7; 0.967 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #1

For Better or Worse (9:00) - TBS
1.585 million viewers, #8; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

House of Payne (8:30) - TBS
1.568 million viewers, #9; 0.771 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

House of Payne (8:00) - TBS
1.272 million viewers, #10; 0.685 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Lost Girl - Syfy
1.178 million viewers, #11; 0.537 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) - TLC
1.135 million viewers, #12; 0.508 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Randy to the Rescue - TLC
1.119 million viewers, #13; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

NFL Preseason: Jets/Bengals - NFL
1.100 million viewers, #14; 0.603 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.754 million viewers, #15; 0.383 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
0.702 million viewers, #16; 0.235 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.585 million viewers, #17; 0.117 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #17

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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