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[09/25/12 - 03:17 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: Packers/Seahawks Shocker Gives ESPN's "Monday Night Football" Season High
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, september 24, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
16.167 million viewers, #1; 8.138 million adults 18-49 (6.4 rating), #1

Major Crimes (9:00) - TNT
4.302 million viewers, #2; 0.954 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
3.990 million viewers, #3; 1.894 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
3.769 million viewers, #4; 1.711 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.603 million viewers, #5; 1.764 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.887 million viewers, #6; 1.645 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #5

Chrissy & Mr. Jones - VH1
2.072 million viewers, #7; 1.441 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.888 million viewers, #8; 1.292 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Real Housewives of New York City - Bravo
1.700 million viewers, #9; 0.974 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.528 million viewers, #10; 1.044 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Warehouse 13 - Syfy
1.487 million viewers, #11; 0.514 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.408 million viewers, #12; 0.726 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
1.385 million viewers, #13; 0.785 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.294 million viewers, #14; 0.767 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Alphas (8:00) - Syfy
1.233 million viewers, #15; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
1.150 million viewers, #16; 0.573 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Fashion Police: The 2012 Emmys - E!
0.900 million viewers, #17; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

$24 in 24 - Food
0.883 million viewers, #18; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Ridiculousness - MTV
0.792 million viewers, #19; 0.492 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Gallery Girls - Bravo
0.637 million viewers, #20; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

The Bad Girls Club - Oxygen
0.604 million viewers, #21; 0.389 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Alphas (10:00, Repeat) - Syfy
0.582 million viewers, #22; 0.231 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.524 million viewers, #23; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

The Inbetweeners - MTV
0.521 million viewers, #24; 0.290 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

E! Special: No Doubt - E!
0.219 million viewers, #25; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Lovetown, USA - OWN
0.175 million viewers, #26; 0.053 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

The Latino List: Volume 2 - HBO
0.116 million viewers, #27; 0.053 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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