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[08/24/12 - 04:01 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: Summer Finale of "Suits" Tops Demos with Season High
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, august 23, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Burn Notice - USA
4.958 million viewers, #1; 1.688 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Suits - USA
4.482 million viewers, #2; 1.877 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #1

NFL Preseason: Cardinals/Titans - ESPN
3.362 million viewers, #3; 1.502 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.688 million viewers, #4; 1.286 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Sullivan & Son (10:00) - TBS
2.331 million viewers, #5; 1.247 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Snooki & JWOWW - MTV
2.208 million viewers, #6; 1.409 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Awkward - MTV
2.189 million viewers, #7; 1.304 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
1.976 million viewers, #8; 0.994 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

The American Bible Challenge - GSN
1.730 million viewers, #9; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.717 million viewers, #10; 0.761 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.504 million viewers, #11; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Extreme Chef - Food
0.962 million viewers, #12; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Four Weddings (10:00) - TLC
0.940 million viewers, #13; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Saw Dogs (10:00) - Discovery
0.889 million viewers, #14; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Wilfred - FX
0.835 million viewers, #15; 0.548 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
0.827 million viewers, #16; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Saw Dogs (10:30) - Discovery
0.749 million viewers, #17; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Louie - FX
0.714 million viewers, #18; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Beat the Chefs - GSN
0.521 million viewers, #19; 0.160 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

The Real L Word - Showtime
0.192 million viewers, #20; 0.162 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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