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[11/13/12 - 05:45 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: No Stopping "Monday Night Football" on ESPN
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, november 12, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
12.824 million viewers, #1; 6.198 million adults 18-49 (4.9 rating), #1

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.399 million viewers, #2; 1.797 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
4.154 million viewers, #3; 1.674 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #5

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
4.027 million viewers, #4; 1.787 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
3.653 million viewers, #5; 1.397 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Teen Mom 2 - MTV
3.409 million viewers, #6; 2.566 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #2

Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
3.376 million viewers, #7; 1.263 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #11

American Pickers - History
3.355 million viewers, #8; 1.244 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #12

Regular Show (8:00) - Cartoon
2.608 million viewers, #9; 0.595 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.607 million viewers, #10; 1.328 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #9

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (9:00) - VH1
2.031 million viewers, #11; 1.362 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #8

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
2.019 million viewers, #12; 1.392 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #7

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - Bravo
1.999 million viewers, #13; 1.183 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #13

Chrissy & Mr. Jones - VH1
1.874 million viewers, #14; 1.317 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #10

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
1.424 million viewers, #15; 0.901 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Jesse James: Outlaw Garage - Discovery
1.087 million viewers, #16; 0.715 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
1.048 million viewers, #17; 0.604 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Kickin' It (8:00) - Disney XD
0.928 million viewers, #18; 0.096 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Caught Red Handed (10:00) - truTV
0.915 million viewers, #19; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Vegas Strip (9:00) - truTV
0.882 million viewers, #20; 0.415 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Crash & Bernstein (8:30) - Disney XD
0.690 million viewers, #21; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Start-Ups: Silicon Valley - Bravo
0.584 million viewers, #22; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too - Oxygen
0.530 million viewers, #23; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States - Showtime
0.322 million viewers, #24; 0.119 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Rob & Kristen: Immortal Love - E!
0.303 million viewers, #25; 0.184 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Witness - HBO
0.145 million viewers, #26; 0.081 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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