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[08/22/12 - 04:10 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Storage Wars" Tops Viewers, Demos for A&E
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, august 21, 2012)

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

Storage Wars (10:00) - A&E
3.923 million viewers, #1; 1.896 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #1

White Collar - USA
3.892 million viewers, #2; 1.466 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Covert Affairs - USA
3.507 million viewers, #3; 1.094 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Counting Cars (10:30) - History
2.568 million viewers, #4; 1.313 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Teen Mom (10:00) - MTV
2.547 million viewers, #5; 1.848 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.474 million viewers, #6; 1.039 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Pretty Little Liars - ABC Family
2.399 million viewers, #7; 1.350 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.399 million viewers, #8; 1.303 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Counting Cars (10:00) - History
2.345 million viewers, #9; 1.283 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Top Gear - History
2.067 million viewers, #10; 1.144 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Shipping Wars (9:30) - A&E
1.952 million viewers, #11; 1.107 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Face Off (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Syfy
1.837 million viewers, #12; 1.023 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Shipping Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.666 million viewers, #13; 0.861 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Chopped - Food
1.631 million viewers, #14; 0.723 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Level Up (8:00) - Cartoon
1.185 million viewers, #15; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

The Week the Women Went - Lifetime
1.097 million viewers, #16; 0.590 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Tosh.0 (Repeat) - Comedy Central
1.022 million viewers, #17; 0.665 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

What Not to Wear (10:00) - TLC
0.975 million viewers, #18; 0.401 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Hard Knocks - HBO
0.865 million viewers, #19; 0.657 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Collection Intervention (10:30) - Syfy
0.856 million viewers, #20; 0.505 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Beverly Hills Nannies - ABC Family
0.706 million viewers, #21; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

The Burn - Comedy Central
0.697 million viewers, #22; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Craft Wars (8:00) - TLC
0.682 million viewers, #23; 0.324 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Our America With Lisa Ling - OWN
0.407 million viewers, #24; 0.171 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

The 2012 Do Something Awards - VH1
0.265 million viewers, #25; 0.147 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

All the Right Moves - Oxygen
0.126 million viewers, #26; 0.045 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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