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[10/18/12 - 04:28 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Duck Dynasty," "American Horror Story" Top Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, october 17, 2012)

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

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
3.861 million viewers, #1; 2.106 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #3

American Horror Story - FX
3.848 million viewers, #2; 2.781 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #1

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
3.842 million viewers, #3; 2.214 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #2

MLB ALCS, Game 4 Rain Delay - TBS
3.682 million viewers, #4; 1.357 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

American Restoration (9:30) - History
2.262 million viewers, #5; 0.991 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
2.248 million viewers, #6; 0.952 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

South Park - Comedy Central
1.982 million viewers, #7; 1.429 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.809 million viewers, #8; 0.845 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
1.795 million viewers, #9; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
1.761 million viewers, #10; 0.643 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.649 million viewers, #11; 0.953 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.609 million viewers, #12; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.555 million viewers, #13; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.489 million viewers, #14; 0.787 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.200 million viewers, #15; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.164 million viewers, #16; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Sons of Guns - Discovery
0.940 million viewers, #17; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
0.911 million viewers, #18; 0.718 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

My Giant Face Tumor - TLC
0.890 million viewers, #19; 0.416 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

The Houstons Remember Whitney - Lifetime
0.721 million viewers, #20; 0.383 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.593 million viewers, #21; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Osama bin Laden: The Finish - Discovery
0.575 million viewers, #22; 0.287 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

The Soup - E!
0.545 million viewers, #23; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

My Life Is a Lifetime Movie - Lifetime
0.453 million viewers, #24; 0.270 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Life After Top Chef - Bravo
0.380 million viewers, #25; 0.188 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.238 million viewers, #26; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Inside NASCAR - Showtime
0.051 million viewers, #27; 0.030 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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