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[04/17/13 - 04:03 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Deadliest Catch," "Storage Wars" Returns Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, april 16, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 37 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
3.465 million viewers, #1; 1.993 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #1

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
3.014 million viewers, #2; 1.216 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
3.005 million viewers, #3; 1.233 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Deadliest Catch: Legend of the Time Bandit (10:00) - Discovery
2.971 million viewers, #4; 1.568 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.619 million viewers, #5; 1.009 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Counting Cars (9:30) - History
2.568 million viewers, #6; 1.093 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

American Restoration (10:30) - History
2.391 million viewers, #7; 0.918 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Counting Cars (9:00) - History
2.362 million viewers, #8; 0.923 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.267 million viewers, #9; 1.087 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.264 million viewers, #10; 1.774 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Awkward (10:30) - MTV
2.137 million viewers, #11; 1.192 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Awkward (10:00) - MTV
2.137 million viewers, #12; 1.140 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.076 million viewers, #13; 0.999 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

The Game (10:00) - BET
1.888 million viewers, #14; 1.133 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.798 million viewers, #15; 0.736 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #20

Deadliest Catch: The Bait (8:00) - Discovery
1.775 million viewers, #16; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

Let's Stay Together (10:30) - BET
1.530 million viewers, #17; 0.907 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #17

Who Gets the Last Laugh? (10:00) - TBS
1.523 million viewers, #18; 0.899 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #18

American Hoggers (10:30) - A&E
1.443 million viewers, #19; 0.607 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #24

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
1.441 million viewers, #20; 0.608 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Don't Be Tardy (9:30) - Bravo
1.259 million viewers, #21; 0.717 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #21

The Jeselnik Offensive - Comedy Central
1.229 million viewers, #22; 0.996 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

The Bad Girls Club (8:00) - Oxygen
1.168 million viewers, #23; 0.739 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Don't Be Tardy (9:00) - Bravo
1.157 million viewers, #24; 0.695 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Preachers' Daughters (10:00) - Lifetime
1.123 million viewers, #25; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #25

19 Kids & Counting (9:30) - TLC
0.908 million viewers, #26; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

19 Kids & Counting (9:00) - TLC
0.877 million viewers, #27; 0.371 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

NBA Basketball: Trail Blazers at Clippers - TNT
0.872 million viewers, #28; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

World's Worst Tenants (10:00) - Spike TV
0.814 million viewers, #29; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

NBA Basketball: Pacers at Celtics - TNT
0.774 million viewers, #30; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

The Kandi Factory (10:00) - Bravo
0.672 million viewers, #31; 0.418 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Urban Tarzan (10:30) - Spike TV
0.601 million viewers, #32; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Robot Combat League (10:00) - Syfy
0.526 million viewers, #33; 0.284 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Find Me My Man (9:00) - Oxygen
0.426 million viewers, #34; 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Treasure Detectives (9:00) - CNBC
0.267 million viewers, #35; 0.058 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #36

Family Trade (8:00) - GSN
0.213 million viewers, #36; 0.034 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #37

The Car Chasers (10:00) - CNBC
0.189 million viewers, #37; 0.072 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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