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[04/18/13 - 04:38 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Duck Dynasty" Crushes the Competition
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, april 17, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 22 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
8.595 million viewers, #1; 4.977 million adults 18-49 (3.9 rating), #1

Psych - USA
2.772 million viewers, #2; 1.201 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: Rockets at Lakers - ESPN
2.482 million viewers, #3; 1.526 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Southland (10:00) - TNT
1.830 million viewers, #4; 0.859 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

The Americans (10:00) - FX
1.814 million viewers, #5; 0.790 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

NBA Basketball: Jazz at Grizzlies - ESPN
1.615 million viewers, #6; 0.843 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.390 million viewers, #7; 0.617 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

The Real World: Portland (10:00) - MTV
1.150 million viewers, #8; 0.875 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Haunted Collector (9:00) - Syfy
1.135 million viewers, #9; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Hoarding: Buried Alive (9:00) - TLC
1.111 million viewers, #10; 0.466 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Boston's Finest (9:00) - TNT
0.913 million viewers, #11; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Operation Repo (9:30) - truTV
0.825 million viewers, #12; 0.349 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Deep South Paranormal (10:00) - Syfy
0.824 million viewers, #13; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

My Crazy Obsession (10:00) - TLC
0.773 million viewers, #14; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

The Rachel Zoe Project (9:00) - Bravo
0.662 million viewers, #15; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Forever Young (10:00) - TV Land
0.661 million viewers, #16; 0.163 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

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

Best Ink (10:00) - Oxygen
0.494 million viewers, #18; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

The Soup (10:00) - E!
0.492 million viewers, #19; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Dukes of Melrose (10:30) - Bravo
0.482 million viewers, #20; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Off Pitch (10:00) - VH1
0.159 million viewers, #21; 0.121 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

All Access: Mayweather vs. Guerrero - Showtime
0.064 million viewers, #22; 0.044 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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