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[10/25/12 - 05:39 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "American Horror Story," "Duck Dynasty" Maintain Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, october 24, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
3.506 million viewers, #1; 1.873 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
3.390 million viewers, #2; 1.776 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

American Horror Story - FX
3.061 million viewers, #3; 2.187 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
2.164 million viewers, #4; 0.926 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

American Restoration (9:30) - History
1.963 million viewers, #5; 0.745 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

South Park - Comedy Central
1.896 million viewers, #6; 1.406 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.831 million viewers, #7; 1.011 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.680 million viewers, #8; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.622 million viewers, #9; 0.842 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
1.435 million viewers, #10; 0.569 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:00) - Lifetime
1.333 million viewers, #11; 0.620 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:30) - Lifetime
1.313 million viewers, #12; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.312 million viewers, #13; 0.606 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Sons of Guns - Discovery
1.215 million viewers, #14; 0.696 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
1.162 million viewers, #15; 0.907 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.122 million viewers, #16; 0.591 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.083 million viewers, #17; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

My Life Is a Lifetime Movie - Lifetime
0.761 million viewers, #18; 0.361 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.707 million viewers, #19; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Militia Rising - Discovery
0.654 million viewers, #20; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Life After Top Chef - Bravo
0.486 million viewers, #21; 0.291 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

The Soup - E!
0.432 million viewers, #22; 0.284 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

A-List Listings (8:00) - E!
0.427 million viewers, #23; 0.195 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Savaged (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.329 million viewers, #24; 0.130 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Savaged (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.319 million viewers, #25; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Savaged (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.273 million viewers, #26; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.131 million viewers, #27; 0.062 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Inside NASCAR - Showtime
0.038 million viewers, #28; 0.003 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #28

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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