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[05/16/13 - 03:42 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: TNT Tops Third Consecutive Night with NBA Playoffs
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, may 15, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Chicago/Miami - Game 5 - TNT
5.474 million viewers, #1; 2.934 million adults 18-49 (2.3 rating), #2

NBA Playoffs: Memphis/Oklahoma City - Game 5 - TNT
5.269 million viewers, #2; 3.063 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #1

Psych - USA
2.310 million viewers, #3; 1.028 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Operation Repo (10:30) - truTV
1.571 million viewers, #4; 0.738 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.514 million viewers, #5; 0.692 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.431 million viewers, #6; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy (9:00) - History
1.386 million viewers, #7; 0.491 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

MythBusters (9:00) - Discovery
1.270 million viewers, #8; 0.709 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

The Real World: Portland (10:00) - MTV
0.905 million viewers, #9; 0.668 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Haunted Collector (9:00) - Syfy
0.825 million viewers, #10; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Million Dollar Listing: New York (10:00) - Bravo
0.814 million viewers, #11; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #10

Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe - History
0.814 million viewers, #12; 0.354 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Deep South Paranormal (10:00) - Syfy
0.748 million viewers, #13; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Hoarding: Buried Alive (9:00) - TLC
0.720 million viewers, #14; 0.227 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius (10:00) - Discovery
0.652 million viewers, #15; 0.366 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Best Ink (10:00) - Oxygen
0.585 million viewers, #16; 0.379 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #11

The Soup (10:00) - E!
0.470 million viewers, #17; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.467 million viewers, #18; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #18

Off Pitch (10:00) - VH1
0.118 million viewers, #19; 0.065 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

Off Pitch (10:30) - VH1
0.104 million viewers, #20; 0.075 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

Kingdom Come - Showtime
0.037 million viewers, #21; 0.014 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #21

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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