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[09/11/12 - 02:25 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Dominates with Return of "Monday Night Football"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, september 10, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football (7:00) - ESPN
10.904 million viewers, #1; 5.958 million adults 18-49 (4.7 rating), #2

Monday Night Football (10:15) - ESPN
10.450 million viewers, #2; 6.245 million adults 18-49 (4.9 rating), #1

Major Crimes (9:00) - TNT
4.964 million viewers, #3; 1.084 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.362 million viewers, #4; 1.851 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #4

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
4.270 million viewers, #5; 1.984 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #3

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
3.777 million viewers, #6; 1.549 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Perception - TNT
3.540 million viewers, #7; 0.964 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
2.055 million viewers, #8; 1.404 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.819 million viewers, #9; 1.243 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Real Housewives of New York City - Bravo
1.801 million viewers, #10; 1.066 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.787 million viewers, #11; 0.912 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
1.667 million viewers, #12; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.666 million viewers, #13; 1.021 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Warehouse 13 - Syfy
1.660 million viewers, #14; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

The Bad Girls Club - Oxygen
1.575 million viewers, #15; 1.048 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Hoarders (9:00) - A&E
1.567 million viewers, #16; 0.776 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
1.519 million viewers, #17; 0.833 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Alphas (8:00) - Syfy
1.324 million viewers, #18; 0.621 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Ridiculousness - MTV
1.048 million viewers, #19; 0.615 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Alphas (10:00, Repeat) - Syfy
0.689 million viewers, #20; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Gallery Girls - Bravo
0.631 million viewers, #21; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

The Inbetweeners - MTV
0.570 million viewers, #22; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.381 million viewers, #23; 0.023 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

Mr. Young (8:30) - Disney XD
0.321 million viewers, #24; 0.058 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #23

Crimson Petal and the White, Part 1 - Encore
0.195 million viewers, #25; 0.037 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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