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[04/04/13 - 04:12 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Duck Dynasty" Still Unstoppable for A&E
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, april 3, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
8.383 million viewers, #1; 4.690 million adults 18-49 (3.7 rating), #1

Psych - USA
2.406 million viewers, #2; 0.948 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #2

Southland (10:00) - TNT
1.462 million viewers, #3; 0.631 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

The Americans (10:00) - FX
1.378 million viewers, #4; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #5

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.194 million viewers, #5; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Hoarding: Buried Alive (9:00) - TLC
1.079 million viewers, #6; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Haunted Collector (9:00) - Syfy
1.068 million viewers, #7; 0.531 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #6

NBA Basketball: Knicks at Hawks - ESPN
0.997 million viewers, #8; 0.487 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

My Crazy Obsession (10:30) - TLC
0.969 million viewers, #9; 0.528 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #7

The Real World: Portland (10:00) - MTV
0.959 million viewers, #10; 0.699 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

Stranded (10:00) - Syfy
0.925 million viewers, #11; 0.478 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Boston's Finest (9:00) - TNT
0.855 million viewers, #12; 0.416 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

MLB Baseball: Red Sox vs. Yankees - ESPN2
0.833 million viewers, #13; 0.363 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

My Crazy Obsession (10:00) - TLC
0.825 million viewers, #14; 0.401 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
0.804 million viewers, #15; 0.343 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Pot Cops (10:00) - Discovery
0.744 million viewers, #16; 0.404 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

The Soup (10:00, 60 Minutes) - E!
0.742 million viewers, #17; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Forever Young (10:30) - TV Land
0.736 million viewers, #18; 0.259 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

MLB Baseball: Giants vs. Dodgers - ESPN2
0.708 million viewers, #19; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Forever Young (10:00) - TV Land
0.706 million viewers, #20; 0.211 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

The Rachel Zoe Project (9:00) - Bravo
0.518 million viewers, #21; 0.289 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Best Ink (10:00) - Oxygen
0.494 million viewers, #22; 0.298 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

It's a Brad, Brad World (10:00) - Bravo
0.473 million viewers, #23; 0.268 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Dukes of Melrose (10:30) - Bravo
0.450 million viewers, #24; 0.237 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

60 Minutes Sports - Showtime
0.108 million viewers, #25; 0.041 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #26

30 Days in May - Showtime
0.079 million viewers, #26; 0.046 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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