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[09/25/12 - 11:23 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Good Luck Charlie," "Housewives of New Jersey" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, september 23, 2012)

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

Good Luck Charlie (8:00) - Disney
3.575 million viewers, #1; 0.808 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
3.407 million viewers, #2; 2.001 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #1

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
2.825 million viewers, #3; 1.285 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Breaking Amish - TLC
2.780 million viewers, #4; 1.336 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

My Babysitter's a Vampire (8:30) - Disney
2.757 million viewers, #5; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
2.681 million viewers, #6; 1.315 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Boardwalk Empire - HBO
2.618 million viewers, #7; 1.233 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Hell on Wheels - AMC
2.318 million viewers, #8; 0.629 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Ice Road Truckers (10:00) - History
2.037 million viewers, #9; 0.744 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

The Great Food Truck Race - Food
1.709 million viewers, #10; 0.912 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2012 Emmy Awards - E!
1.508 million viewers, #11; 0.698 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.334 million viewers, #12; 0.910 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.279 million viewers, #13; 0.568 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Flip Men (10:00) - Spike TV
0.817 million viewers, #14; 0.587 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
0.810 million viewers, #15; 0.268 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

$24 in 24 - Food
0.798 million viewers, #16; 0.430 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

E! Special: Kevin & Dani Jonas - E!
0.783 million viewers, #17; 0.526 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Flip Men (10:30) - Spike TV
0.697 million viewers, #18; 0.482 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Rehab with Dr. Drew - VH1
0.577 million viewers, #19; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Treme - HBO
0.568 million viewers, #20; 0.230 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Off the Hook: Extreme Catches (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.522 million viewers, #21; 0.297 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Behind the Music - VH1
0.511 million viewers, #22; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Snapped - Oxygen
0.451 million viewers, #23; 0.212 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

The Hunger: Death Race - Animal Planet
0.429 million viewers, #24; 0.127 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00) - OWN
0.399 million viewers, #25; 0.229 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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