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[03/21/13 - 03:57 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: Another Wednesday, Another "Duck Dynasty" Victory
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, march 20, 2013)

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

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
7.839 million viewers, #1; 4.553 million adults 18-49 (3.6 rating), #1

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
7.671 million viewers, #2; 4.314 million adults 18-49 (3.4 rating), #2

Psych - USA
2.450 million viewers, #3; 0.914 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
2.232 million viewers, #4; 0.854 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

The Americans - FX
1.651 million viewers, #5; 0.805 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Southland - TNT
1.452 million viewers, #6; 0.639 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Rip the Runway - BET
1.258 million viewers, #7; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Workaholics - Comedy Central
1.244 million viewers, #8; 0.930 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Hoarding: Buried Alive (9:00) - TLC
1.244 million viewers, #9; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.241 million viewers, #10; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: First Four (9:00) - truTV
1.238 million viewers, #11; 0.597 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Boston's Finest - TNT
1.045 million viewers, #12; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: First Four (6:30) - truTV
1.012 million viewers, #13; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

NBA Basketball: Nets at Mavericks - ESPN
0.982 million viewers, #14; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

My Strange Addiction (10:00) - TLC
0.982 million viewers, #15; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Haunted Collector (9:00) - Syfy
0.974 million viewers, #16; 0.414 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Weed Country (10:00) - Discovery
0.935 million viewers, #17; 0.597 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

KKK: Beneath the Hood (8:00) - Discovery
0.903 million viewers, #18; 0.465 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Stranded (10:00) - Syfy
0.837 million viewers, #19; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

The Soup - E!
0.776 million viewers, #20; 0.553 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Sneak Peek: The Ben Show - Comedy Central
0.691 million viewers, #21; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

It's a Brad, Brad World - Bravo
0.622 million viewers, #22; 0.399 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

The Rachel Zoe Project - Bravo
0.591 million viewers, #23; 0.348 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Dukes of Melrose - Bravo
0.560 million viewers, #24; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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