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[03/15/13 - 04:36 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Swamp People" Continues Its Reign for History
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, march 14, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 29 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Swamp People (9:00) - History
4.196 million viewers, #1; 1.980 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #1

Big Rig Bounty Hunters (10:00) - History
2.271 million viewers, #2; 1.051 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
1.777 million viewers, #3; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

The First 48 (9:00) - A&E
1.627 million viewers, #4; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Ridiculousness (10:00) - MTV
1.535 million viewers, #5; 0.987 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

After the First 48 (10:00) - A&E
1.505 million viewers, #6; 0.758 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

NBA Basketball: Mavericks at Spurs - TNT
1.461 million viewers, #7; 0.789 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.408 million viewers, #8; 0.659 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

NBA Basketball: Knicks at Trail Blazers - TNT
1.355 million viewers, #9; 0.771 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Auction Kings (9:30) - Discovery
1.173 million viewers, #10; 0.470 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Archer (10:00) - FX
1.168 million viewers, #11; 0.917 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.062 million viewers, #12; 0.444 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Property Wars (10:00) - Discovery
1.057 million viewers, #13; 0.485 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell - Food
1.013 million viewers, #14; 0.544 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Property Wars (10:30) - Discovery
0.903 million viewers, #15; 0.368 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

What Not to Wear - TLC
0.847 million viewers, #16; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
0.845 million viewers, #17; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Guinness World Records Gone Wild (8:00) - truTV
0.822 million viewers, #18; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Failosophy (10:30) - MTV
0.804 million viewers, #19; 0.507 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

North Woods Law (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.775 million viewers, #20; 0.267 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Battleground: Rhino Wars (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.764 million viewers, #21; 0.239 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Upload with Shaquille O'Neal (10:30) - truTV
0.629 million viewers, #22; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Legit (10:30) - FX
0.499 million viewers, #23; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

The Ben Show - Comedy Central
0.433 million viewers, #24; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Nathan for You - Comedy Central
0.428 million viewers, #25; 0.334 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Freakshow (9:30) - AMC
0.345 million viewers, #26; 0.206 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Comic Book Men (9:00) - AMC
0.285 million viewers, #27; 0.190 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

American Greed - CNBC
0.268 million viewers, #28; 0.128 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Immortalized (10:00) - AMC
0.216 million viewers, #29; 0.103 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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