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[07/19/12 - 03:32 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Royal Pains" Slips Past "Dallas" for Top Spots
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, july 18, 2012)

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

Royal Pains - USA
4.252 million viewers, #1; 1.362 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

Dallas - TNT
3.882 million viewers, #2; 1.215 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Cartoon
2.836 million viewers, #3; 0.378 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.806 million viewers, #4; 0.974 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
2.083 million viewers, #5; 0.798 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:00) - History
2.058 million viewers, #6; 0.806 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Restaurant: Impossible - Food
1.926 million viewers, #7; 1.041 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Picked Off - History
1.625 million viewers, #8; 0.613 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Barter Kings (10:00) - A&E
1.588 million viewers, #9; 0.852 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Barter Kings (10:30) - A&E
1.565 million viewers, #10; 0.966 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Fast N' Loud - Discovery
1.501 million viewers, #11; 0.825 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
1.314 million viewers, #12; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.263 million viewers, #13; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Haunted Collector - Syfy
1.207 million viewers, #14; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Futurama - Comedy Central
1.190 million viewers, #15; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
1.129 million viewers, #16; 0.812 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.101 million viewers, #17; 0.655 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

American Guns - Discovery
1.060 million viewers, #18; 0.585 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles - Bravo
1.011 million viewers, #19; 0.615 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.008 million viewers, #20; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Virgin Diaries - TLC
0.951 million viewers, #21; 0.555 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

School Spirits - Syfy
0.922 million viewers, #22; 0.435 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

The Soul Man - TV Land
0.851 million viewers, #23; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Around the World in 80 Plates - Bravo
0.830 million viewers, #24; 0.484 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

The Exes - TV Land
0.787 million viewers, #25; 0.344 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

The Soup - E!
0.691 million viewers, #26; 0.488 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.667 million viewers, #27; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Beverly Hills Nannies - ABC Family
0.647 million viewers, #28; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.539 million viewers, #29; 0.131 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.516 million viewers, #30; 0.250 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Diamond Divers - Spike TV
0.467 million viewers, #31; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

The Franchise (10:00) - Showtime
0.123 million viewers, #32; 0.085 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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