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[10/08/12 - 03:38 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: TBS Wins with MLB Wild Card Doubleheader
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, october 5, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

MLB Wild Card: Baltimore at Texas - TBS
5.034 million viewers, #1; 2.296 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #1

MLB Wild Card: St. Louis at Atlanta - TBS
3.990 million viewers, #2; 1.495 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Jessie (8:30) - Disney
3.576 million viewers, #3; 0.722 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Gravity Falls (9:00) - Disney
3.478 million viewers, #4; 0.677 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

A.N.T. Farm (8:00) - Disney
2.940 million viewers, #5; 0.562 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Fish Hooks (9:30, 30 Minutes) - Disney
2.939 million viewers, #6; 0.475 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.387 million viewers, #7; 0.811 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

Haven - Syfy
1.572 million viewers, #8; 0.565 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.412 million viewers, #9; 0.537 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

MLB Wild Card: St. Louis at Atlanta Overrun - TNT
1.393 million viewers, #10; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

College Football: Utah State at BYU - ESPN
1.389 million viewers, #11; 0.694 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

College Football: Pittsburgh at Syracuse - ESPN
1.368 million viewers, #12; 0.581 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Yukon Men - Discovery
1.343 million viewers, #13; 0.658 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.325 million viewers, #14; 0.613 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.285 million viewers, #15; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

UFC Fight Night - FX
1.084 million viewers, #16; 0.713 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

The Ultimate Fighter Live (10:00) - FX
1.056 million viewers, #17; 0.776 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Secret Princes - TLC
1.011 million viewers, #18; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Yukon Men: Harsh Spring Revealed - Discovery
0.796 million viewers, #19; 0.373 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
0.774 million viewers, #20; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Fashion Police - E!
0.642 million viewers, #21; 0.389 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Monsters Inside Me - Animal Planet
0.457 million viewers, #22; 0.155 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Boss - Starz
0.436 million viewers, #23; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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