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[02/28/13 - 04:11 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Duck Dynasty" Trumps Cable, Broadcast in Return
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, february 27, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
8.617 million viewers, #1; 4.995 million adults 18-49 (3.9 rating), #1

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
8.530 million viewers, #2; 4.938 million adults 18-49 (3.9 rating), #2

Psych - USA
2.940 million viewers, #3; 1.258 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Top Chef: Seattle (10:00) - Bravo
1.853 million viewers, #4; 1.022 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

NBA Basketball: Pistons at Wizards - ESPN
1.558 million viewers, #5; 0.878 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Full Throttle Saloon (9:00) - truTV
1.459 million viewers, #6; 0.863 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

The Americans (10:00) - FX
1.438 million viewers, #7; 0.688 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
1.410 million viewers, #8; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

NBA Basketball: Nuggets at Trail Blazers - ESPN
1.372 million viewers, #9; 0.777 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Ghost Hunters (9:00) - Syfy
1.365 million viewers, #10; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Boston's Finest (9:00) - TNT
1.209 million viewers, #11; 0.487 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.188 million viewers, #12; 0.553 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Southland (10:00) - TNT
1.182 million viewers, #13; 0.508 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Hoarding: Buried Alive (9:00) - TLC
1.132 million viewers, #14; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Workaholics - Comedy Central
1.086 million viewers, #15; 0.797 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Weed Country (10:00) - Discovery
1.073 million viewers, #16; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

My Strange Addiction (10:00) - TLC
0.966 million viewers, #17; 0.501 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Stranded (10:00) - Syfy
0.922 million viewers, #18; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Kroll Show - Comedy Central
0.717 million viewers, #19; 0.531 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

America's Supernanny (10:00) - Lifetime
0.566 million viewers, #20; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

The Soup (10:00) - E!
0.500 million viewers, #21; 0.360 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Parade's End: Part 3 - HBO
0.140 million viewers, #22; 0.020 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #23

Parade's End: Part 4 - HBO
0.110 million viewers, #23; 0.032 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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