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[05/15/13 - 04:50 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs Once Again Put TNT on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, may 14, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Golden State/San Antonio - Game 5 - TNT
5.339 million viewers, #1; 2.978 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #1

NBA Playoffs: New York/Indiana - Game 4 - TNT
4.050 million viewers, #2; 2.091 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #2

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
2.710 million viewers, #3; 1.422 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
2.637 million viewers, #4; 1.160 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
2.372 million viewers, #5; 1.046 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

The Game (10:00) - BET
1.917 million viewers, #6; 1.226 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
1.780 million viewers, #7; 1.356 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
1.645 million viewers, #8; 0.778 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

The Little Couple (10:30) - TLC
1.517 million viewers, #9; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.503 million viewers, #10; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

The Bad Girls Club Reunion (8:00) - Oxygen
1.499 million viewers, #11; 0.968 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

The Little Couple (10:00) - TLC
1.488 million viewers, #12; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

The Looney Tunes Show (8:00) - Cartoon
1.477 million viewers, #13; 0.450 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Backyard Oil (10:00) - Discovery
1.405 million viewers, #14; 0.695 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Let's Stay Together (10:30) - BET
1.397 million viewers, #15; 0.832 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Dance Moms Tell All (9:00) - Lifetime
1.372 million viewers, #16; 0.754 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Inside Amy Schumer - Comedy Central
1.252 million viewers, #17; 0.986 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Who Gets the Last Laugh? (10:00) - TBS
1.183 million viewers, #18; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Don't Be Tardy (10:00) - Bravo
1.172 million viewers, #19; 0.672 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Deadliest Catch: The Bait (8:00) - Discovery
1.172 million viewers, #20; 0.508 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

19 Kids & Counting (9:30) - TLC
1.139 million viewers, #21; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

19 Kids & Counting (9:00) - TLC
1.121 million viewers, #22; 0.450 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Awkward (10:00) - MTV
1.116 million viewers, #23; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

World's Worst Tenants (10:00) - Spike TV
1.008 million viewers, #24; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Girl Code (10:30) - MTV
0.933 million viewers, #25; 0.478 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Weird or What? (9:00) - Syfy
0.758 million viewers, #26; 0.251 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Weird or What? (10:00) - Syfy
0.690 million viewers, #27; 0.220 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Preachers' Daughters: Behind the Pulpit (10:00) - Lifetime
0.670 million viewers, #28; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Find Me My Man (9:00) - Oxygen
0.615 million viewers, #29; 0.370 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Girl Code (9:30) - MTV
0.481 million viewers, #30; 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

The Untold Story: Jason Derulo - E!
0.194 million viewers, #31; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Crowd Rules (9:00) - CNBC
0.047 million viewers, #32; 0.009 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #32

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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