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[06/13/13 - 04:48 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Royal Pains," "Necessary Roughness" Return on Top for USA
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, june 12, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Royal Pains - USA
3.682 million viewers, #1; 0.901 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #1

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.610 million viewers, #2; 0.817 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #2

Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy (9:00) - History
1.788 million viewers, #3; 0.666 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

Top Shot: All Stars (10:00) - History
1.384 million viewers, #4; 0.664 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

Ghost Hunters (9:00) - Syfy
1.353 million viewers, #5; 0.555 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.317 million viewers, #6; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.313 million viewers, #7; 0.555 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Love Thy Neighbor (9:30) - OWN
1.191 million viewers, #8; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Paranormal Witness (10:00) - Syfy
1.181 million viewers, #9; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

MythBusters (9:00) - Discovery
1.147 million viewers, #10; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.094 million viewers, #11; 0.466 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Love Thy Neighbor (9:00) - OWN
1.056 million viewers, #12; 0.378 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

The Real World: Portland (10:00) - MTV
1.052 million viewers, #13; 0.789 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.017 million viewers, #14; 0.607 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Toddlers & Tiaras (10:00) - TLC
1.011 million viewers, #15; 0.456 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Million Dollar Listing: New York (9:00) - Bravo
0.967 million viewers, #16; 0.621 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Toddlers & Tiaras (9:00) - TLC
0.928 million viewers, #17; 0.384 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
0.904 million viewers, #18; 0.516 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Melissa & Joey (9:30) - ABC Family
0.758 million viewers, #19; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Chef Roble & Co. (10:00) - Bravo
0.740 million viewers, #20; 0.406 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Baby Daddy (9:00) - ABC Family
0.728 million viewers, #21; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

The Soup (10:00) - E!
0.672 million viewers, #22; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Guys Choice 2013 - Spike TV
0.666 million viewers, #23; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Golden Sisters (10:00) - OWN
0.583 million viewers, #24; 0.200 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.561 million viewers, #25; 0.276 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Couples Therapy (10:00) - VH1
0.549 million viewers, #26; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

I'm Having Their Baby (10:00) - Oxygen
0.484 million viewers, #27; 0.243 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Fashion Police (10:30, 30 Minutes) - E!
0.473 million viewers, #28; 0.251 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Golden Sisters (10:30) - OWN
0.451 million viewers, #29; 0.154 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Knuckleball! - Showtime
0.078 million viewers, #30; 0.032 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #30

Jim Rome on Showtime - Showtime
0.038 million viewers, #31; 0.009 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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