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[01/31/13 - 04:59 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: Season High for "Moonshiners" Puts Discovery on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, january 30, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Moonshiners (10:00) - Discovery
3.874 million viewers, #1; 2.173 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

The Americans - FX
3.219 million viewers, #2; 1.574 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

NBA Basketball: Lakers at Suns - ESPN
2.431 million viewers, #3; 1.451 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: Heat at Nets - ESPN
2.003 million viewers, #4; 1.208 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Necessary Roughness - USA
1.972 million viewers, #5; 0.760 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Shipping Wars (9:30) - A&E
1.659 million viewers, #6; 0.987 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Top Chef: Seattle (10:00, 75 Minutes) - Bravo
1.635 million viewers, #7; 0.931 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.404 million viewers, #8; 0.427 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Full Throttle Saloon - truTV
1.337 million viewers, #9; 0.813 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Workaholics - Comedy Central
1.295 million viewers, #10; 1.019 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.294 million viewers, #11; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.285 million viewers, #12; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Barter Kings (10:00, 60 Minutes) - A&E
1.250 million viewers, #13; 0.754 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Auction Hunters (9:30) - Spike TV
1.177 million viewers, #14; 0.490 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.131 million viewers, #15; 0.394 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Cheer Perfection - TLC
0.960 million viewers, #16; 0.504 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Ghost Mine - Syfy
0.893 million viewers, #17; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Toddlers & Tiaras (9:00) - TLC
0.888 million viewers, #18; 0.415 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Kroll Show - Comedy Central
0.836 million viewers, #19; 0.641 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Bobby's Dinner Battle (10:00) - Food
0.737 million viewers, #20; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

The Soup - E!
0.707 million viewers, #21; 0.458 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Savage Family Diggers (10:30) - Spike TV
0.694 million viewers, #22; 0.299 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Washington Heights (10:00) - MTV
0.673 million viewers, #23; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Savage Family Diggers (10:00) - Spike TV
0.664 million viewers, #24; 0.284 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings - E!
0.404 million viewers, #25; 0.265 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Making Mr. Right (10:00) - VH1
0.194 million viewers, #26; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.134 million viewers, #27; 0.040 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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