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[11/15/12 - 04:15 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: A&E Continues Reign with "Duck Dynasty"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, november 14, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
4.421 million viewers, #1; 2.542 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #1

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
4.250 million viewers, #2; 2.465 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

American Horror Story - FX
2.779 million viewers, #3; 2.087 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: Heat at Clippers - ESPN
2.241 million viewers, #4; 1.439 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Moonshiners (10:00) - Discovery
2.231 million viewers, #5; 1.290 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only - Spike TV
1.906 million viewers, #6; 1.261 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
1.803 million viewers, #7; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

NBA Basketball: Grizzlies at Thunder - ESPN
1.679 million viewers, #8; 0.870 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

South Beach Tow (9:00) - truTV
1.672 million viewers, #9; 0.814 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Operation Repo (9:30) - truTV
1.486 million viewers, #10; 0.743 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.406 million viewers, #11; 0.690 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
1.275 million viewers, #12; 0.443 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
1.180 million viewers, #13; 0.410 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
1.073 million viewers, #14; 0.839 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
0.963 million viewers, #15; 0.381 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Top Chef: Seattle - Bravo
0.941 million viewers, #16; 0.489 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:30) - Lifetime
0.933 million viewers, #17; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
0.909 million viewers, #18; 0.565 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:00) - Lifetime
0.889 million viewers, #19; 0.509 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

South Park (Repeat) - Comedy Central
0.838 million viewers, #20; 0.576 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura - truTV
0.764 million viewers, #21; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

My Life Is a Lifetime Movie - Lifetime
0.664 million viewers, #22; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

College Football: Ohio at Ball State - ESPN2
0.609 million viewers, #23; 0.279 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Deals from the Darkside (10:00) - Syfy
0.602 million viewers, #24; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

College Football: Toledo at Northern Illinois - ESPN2
0.557 million viewers, #25; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.553 million viewers, #26; 0.415 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Life After Top Chef - Bravo
0.471 million viewers, #27; 0.273 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

A-List Listings (8:00) - E!
0.440 million viewers, #28; 0.247 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Deals from the Darkside (10:30) - Syfy
0.424 million viewers, #29; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

The Soup - E!
0.396 million viewers, #30; 0.282 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.144 million viewers, #31; 0.066 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Inside NASCAR - Showtime
0.108 million viewers, #32; 0.081 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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