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[10/02/12 - 04:19 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: "Monday Night Football" Hits Another Season High for ESPN
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, october 1, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
16.616 million viewers, #1; 8.627 million adults 18-49 (6.8 rating), #1

Major Crimes (9:00) - TNT
4.169 million viewers, #2; 0.940 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
3.598 million viewers, #3; 1.527 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.472 million viewers, #4; 1.596 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
3.436 million viewers, #5; 1.465 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Regular Show (8:00) - Cartoon
3.047 million viewers, #6; 0.724 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.941 million viewers, #7; 1.668 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Real Housewives of New York City - Bravo
1.838 million viewers, #8; 1.135 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Annoying Orange (8:30, 30 Minutes) - Cartoon
1.833 million viewers, #9; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Warehouse 13 - Syfy
1.620 million viewers, #10; 0.719 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
1.459 million viewers, #11; 1.005 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Switched at Birth - ABC Family
1.443 million viewers, #12; 0.767 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
1.442 million viewers, #13; 0.824 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Chrissy & Mr. Jones - VH1
1.411 million viewers, #14; 1.008 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.292 million viewers, #15; 0.884 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.275 million viewers, #16; 0.743 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

The Bad Girls Club - Oxygen
1.256 million viewers, #17; 0.820 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Alphas (8:00) - Syfy
1.066 million viewers, #18; 0.520 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
1.063 million viewers, #19; 0.596 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Hoarders (9:00) - A&E
1.032 million viewers, #20; 0.504 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Ridiculousness - MTV
0.959 million viewers, #21; 0.557 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
0.873 million viewers, #22; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

$24 in 24 - Food
0.628 million viewers, #23; 0.281 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Alphas (10:00, Repeat) - Syfy
0.550 million viewers, #24; 0.219 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Gallery Girls - Bravo
0.537 million viewers, #25; 0.359 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

The Inbetweeners - MTV
0.532 million viewers, #26; 0.318 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Cypher Replay - BET
0.500 million viewers, #27; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.412 million viewers, #28; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #31

Lovetown, USA (10:00) - OWN
0.254 million viewers, #29; 0.127 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Lovetown, USA (9:00) - OWN
0.207 million viewers, #30; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Lovetown, USA (8:00) - OWN
0.194 million viewers, #31; 0.102 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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