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[04/11/13 - 05:02 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: A&E's "Duck Dynasty" Overshadows the Competition
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, april 10, 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
7.820 million viewers, #1; 4.565 million adults 18-49 (3.6 rating), #1

Psych - USA
2.253 million viewers, #2; 0.926 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #2

Southland (10:00) - TNT
1.585 million viewers, #3; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

The Americans (10:00) - FX
1.503 million viewers, #4; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

NBA Basketball: Spurs at Nuggets - ESPN
1.272 million viewers, #5; 0.765 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: Nets at Celtics - ESPN
1.194 million viewers, #6; 0.687 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Operation Repo (9:30) - truTV
1.002 million viewers, #7; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Deep South Paranormal (10:00) - Syfy
0.996 million viewers, #8; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #10

The Real World: Portland (10:00) - MTV
0.994 million viewers, #9; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Haunted Collector (9:00) - Syfy
0.925 million viewers, #10; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Hoarding: Buried Alive (9:00) - TLC
0.795 million viewers, #11; 0.399 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #11

Forever Young (10:00) - TV Land
0.771 million viewers, #12; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

My Crazy Obsession (10:30) - TLC
0.702 million viewers, #13; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

My Crazy Obsession (10:00) - TLC
0.652 million viewers, #14; 0.335 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

The Soup (10:00) - E!
0.641 million viewers, #15; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #9

Boston's Finest (9:00) - TNT
0.605 million viewers, #16; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

The Rachel Zoe Project (9:00) - Bravo
0.556 million viewers, #17; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

It's a Brad, Brad World (10:00) - Bravo
0.541 million viewers, #18; 0.298 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

Dukes of Melrose (10:30) - Bravo
0.449 million viewers, #19; 0.287 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

MLB Baseball: Yankees vs. Indians - ESPN2
0.360 million viewers, #20; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

Best Ink (10:00) - Oxygen
0.335 million viewers, #21; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

All Access: Mayweather vs. Guerrero - Showtime
0.105 million viewers, #22; 0.037 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #22

Jim Rome on Showtime - Showtime
0.051 million viewers, #23; 0.028 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #23

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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