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[09/13/12 - 02:36 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Honey Boo Boo" Leads Demos, "Royal Pains" Tops Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, september 12, 2012)

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

Royal Pains - USA
3.742 million viewers, #1; 1.264 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.201 million viewers, #2; 0.794 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:00) - TLC
2.158 million viewers, #3; 1.444 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.983 million viewers, #4; 0.868 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
1.914 million viewers, #5; 0.884 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.869 million viewers, #6; 0.888 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

American Hoggers (10:30) - A&E
1.591 million viewers, #7; 0.848 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Sons of Guns - Discovery
1.547 million viewers, #8; 0.923 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.536 million viewers, #9; 0.671 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
1.534 million viewers, #10; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
1.413 million viewers, #11; 0.739 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Auction Hunters (10:00) - Spike TV
1.360 million viewers, #12; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.269 million viewers, #13; 0.642 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Dirty Jobs - Discovery
1.152 million viewers, #14; 0.587 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
1.097 million viewers, #15; 0.505 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
0.986 million viewers, #16; 0.764 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Top 20 Most Shocking (10:00) - truTV
0.897 million viewers, #17; 0.486 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
0.883 million viewers, #18; 0.476 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

The Soup - E!
0.639 million viewers, #19; 0.421 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

A Football Life - NFLN
0.342 million viewers, #20; 0.189 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN2
0.256 million viewers, #21; 0.103 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.247 million viewers, #22; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

NFL Turning Point - NBCSN
0.148 million viewers, #23; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Inside NASCAR (10:00, 60 Minutes) - Showtime
0.095 million viewers, #24; 0.037 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

Sports Illustrated - NBCSN
0.072 million viewers, #25; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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