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[05/30/13 - 01:58 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: Pacers/Heat Post Another Big Night for TNT
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, may 28, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 36 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Indiana/Miami - Game 4 - TNT
8.122 million viewers, #1; 4.452 million adults 18-49 (3.5 rating), #1

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
3.075 million viewers, #2; 1.648 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

American Restoration (10:00, 60 Minutes) - History
3.036 million viewers, #3; 1.211 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
2.672 million viewers, #4; 1.038 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
2.595 million viewers, #5; 0.946 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Counting Cars (9:30) - History
2.430 million viewers, #6; 0.987 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Counting Cars (9:00) - History
2.110 million viewers, #7; 0.908 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

The Little Couple (10:30) - TLC
1.998 million viewers, #8; 0.955 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

The Haves and the Have Nots (10:00) - OWN
1.816 million viewers, #9; 0.751 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

The Haves and the Have Nots (9:00) - OWN
1.773 million viewers, #10; 0.718 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Real Husbands of Hollywood Reunion - BET
1.666 million viewers, #11; 0.991 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Backyard Oil (10:00) - Discovery
1.621 million viewers, #12; 0.884 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.611 million viewers, #13; 0.762 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
1.600 million viewers, #14; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

NHL Playoffs: Los Angeles/San Jose - Game 7 - NBCSN
1.372 million viewers, #15; 0.760 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

American Hoggers (10:30) - A&E
1.366 million viewers, #16; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Awkward (10:00) - MTV
1.351 million viewers, #17; 0.794 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Deadliest Catch: On Deck (8:00) - Discovery
1.325 million viewers, #18; 0.612 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Who Gets the Last Laugh? (10:00) - TBS
1.309 million viewers, #19; 0.750 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Family S.O.S. with Jo Frost (9:00, 90 Minutes) - TLC
1.152 million viewers, #20; 0.593 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Bad Girls All Star Battle (8:00) - Oxygen
1.112 million viewers, #21; 0.723 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Girl Code (10:30) - MTV
1.100 million viewers, #22; 0.652 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Inside Amy Schumer - Comedy Central
1.055 million viewers, #23; 0.771 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Don't Be Tardy (10:00) - Bravo
0.947 million viewers, #24; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Married to Medicine Reunion (9:00) - Bravo
0.871 million viewers, #25; 0.512 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Girl Code (9:30) - MTV
0.793 million viewers, #26; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Extreme Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
0.682 million viewers, #27; 0.342 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Weird or What? (9:00) - Syfy
0.671 million viewers, #28; 0.213 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Weird or What? (10:00) - Syfy
0.653 million viewers, #29; 0.218 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.639 million viewers, #30; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Tattoo Nightmares (10:30) - Spike TV
0.617 million viewers, #31; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Tattoo Nightmares (10:00) - Spike TV
0.569 million viewers, #32; 0.388 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

I'm Married to a� (10:00) - VH1
0.450 million viewers, #33; 0.297 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Find Me My Man (9:00) - Oxygen
0.397 million viewers, #34; 0.277 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

Bigger, Badder Celebrity Feuds - E!
0.258 million viewers, #35; 0.154 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

MLB Baseball (10:00) - ESPN2
0.172 million viewers, #36; 0.057 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #36

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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