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[11/26/12 - 04:09 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Moonshiners" Tops Viewers, Demos for Discovery
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, november 21, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Moonshiners (10:00) - Discovery
2.476 million viewers, #1; 1.311 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #1

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
2.211 million viewers, #2; 0.575 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

NBA Basketball: Clippers at Thunder - ESPN
2.136 million viewers, #3; 1.029 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

American Horror Story - FX
1.893 million viewers, #4; 1.201 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #2

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
1.640 million viewers, #5; 0.581 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
1.619 million viewers, #6; 0.556 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.399 million viewers, #7; 0.613 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.348 million viewers, #8; 0.683 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.339 million viewers, #9; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.195 million viewers, #10; 0.479 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.164 million viewers, #11; 0.551 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Top Chef: Seattle - Bravo
1.045 million viewers, #12; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
0.904 million viewers, #13; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:30) - Lifetime
0.710 million viewers, #14; 0.295 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:00) - Lifetime
0.675 million viewers, #15; 0.296 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

My Life Is a Lifetime Movie - Lifetime
0.654 million viewers, #16; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Deals from the Darkside (10:00) - Syfy
0.583 million viewers, #17; 0.267 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

The Soup Salutes WWE - Piledriving Clips in Your Face - E!
0.548 million viewers, #18; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.487 million viewers, #19; 0.307 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

The Soup - E!
0.453 million viewers, #20; 0.286 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Life After Top Chef - Bravo
0.359 million viewers, #21; 0.180 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Deals from the Darkside (10:30) - Syfy
0.354 million viewers, #22; 0.165 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

A-List Listings (8:00) - E!
0.287 million viewers, #23; 0.190 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.121 million viewers, #24; 0.032 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #24

Jim Rome on Showtime - Showtime
0.081 million viewers, #25; 0.027 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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