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[01/31/12 - 10:25 AM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: Discovery's "Gold Rush," "Bering Sea Gold" Take Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, january 27, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 24 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Gold Rush - Discovery
4.242 million viewers, #1; 2.141 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

Bering Sea Gold - Discovery
3.656 million viewers, #2; 1.743 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Jessie - Disney
3.427 million viewers, #3; 0.621 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
3.141 million viewers, #4; 1.209 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

A.N.T. Farm - Disney
2.658 million viewers, #5; 0.491 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Fish Hooks - Disney
2.584 million viewers, #6; 0.433 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

NBA Basketball: New York/Miami - ESPN
2.286 million viewers, #7; 1.426 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Merlin - Syfy
2.085 million viewers, #8; 0.739 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

House of Payne (9:30) - TBS
2.066 million viewers, #9; 1.090 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

House of Payne (9:00) - TBS
2.038 million viewers, #10; 1.056 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Cartoon
1.618 million viewers, #11; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.495 million viewers, #12; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.490 million viewers, #13; 0.740 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Spartacus: Vengeance - Starz
1.390 million viewers, #14; N/A million adults 18-49 (N/A rating)

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.313 million viewers, #15; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Four Weddings - TLC
1.277 million viewers, #16; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
1.120 million viewers, #17; 0.494 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Generator Rex - Cartoon
0.974 million viewers, #18; 0.285 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Infested! - Animal Planet
0.685 million viewers, #19; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Fashion Police - E!
0.636 million viewers, #20; 0.307 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Confessions: Animal Hoarding (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.598 million viewers, #21; 0.253 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

The Soup (Repeat) - E!
0.514 million viewers, #22; 0.330 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

On Freddie Roach - HBO
0.204 million viewers, #23; 0.124 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

The Life & Times of Tim - HBO
0.119 million viewers, #24; 0.061 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #23

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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