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[01/24/13 - 04:49 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Moonshiners" Holds Off "American Horror Story" Finale
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, january 23, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 24 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Moonshiners (10:00) - Discovery
3.167 million viewers, #1; 1.940 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #1

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.367 million viewers, #2; 0.797 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

American Horror Story - FX
2.288 million viewers, #3; 1.650 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Shipping Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.645 million viewers, #4; 0.811 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Top Chef: Seattle (10:00) - Bravo
1.593 million viewers, #5; 0.858 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Shipping Wars (9:30) - A&E
1.565 million viewers, #6; 0.780 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Full Throttle Saloon - truTV
1.458 million viewers, #7; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Workaholics - Comedy Central
1.382 million viewers, #8; 1.027 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Barter Kings (10:00, 60 Minutes) - A&E
1.380 million viewers, #9; 0.675 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.335 million viewers, #10; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.208 million viewers, #11; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.112 million viewers, #12; 0.239 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.099 million viewers, #13; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Kroll Show - Comedy Central
1.043 million viewers, #14; 0.742 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Ghost Mine - Syfy
0.945 million viewers, #15; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Toddlers & Tiaras (9:00) - TLC
0.907 million viewers, #16; 0.379 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Bobby's Dinner Battle (10:00) - Food
0.885 million viewers, #17; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Cheer Perfection - TLC
0.879 million viewers, #18; 0.354 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

The Soup - E!
0.803 million viewers, #19; 0.526 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Washington Heights (10:00) - MTV
0.771 million viewers, #20; 0.535 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Black Gold - truTV
0.659 million viewers, #21; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings - E!
0.476 million viewers, #22; 0.299 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Making Mr. Right (10:00) - VH1
0.227 million viewers, #23; 0.123 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.166 million viewers, #24; 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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