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[01/14/13 - 04:15 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: Discovery Once Again Tops Charts with "Gold Rush"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, january 11, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Gold Rush (9:00) - Discovery
4.898 million viewers, #1; 2.442 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #1

Phineas & Ferb (9:00, 15 Minutes) - Disney
3.389 million viewers, #2; 0.637 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Jessie (8:30) - Disney
3.286 million viewers, #3; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
3.130 million viewers, #4; 1.145 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

A.N.T. Farm (8:00) - Disney
3.034 million viewers, #5; 0.615 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Fish Hooks (9:15, 15 Minutes) - Disney
2.884 million viewers, #6; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Bering Sea Gold (10:00) - Discovery
2.610 million viewers, #7; 1.369 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

NBA Basketball: Thunder at Lakers - ESPN
2.307 million viewers, #8; 1.266 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: Bulls at Knicks - ESPN
1.891 million viewers, #9; 0.958 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Merlin - Syfy
1.681 million viewers, #10; 0.572 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) - TLC
1.304 million viewers, #11; 0.535 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) - TLC
1.160 million viewers, #12; 0.438 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows Best (10:00) - TLC
0.993 million viewers, #13; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Mystery Diners - Food
0.931 million viewers, #14; 0.413 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows Best (10:30) - TLC
0.906 million viewers, #15; 0.379 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Killer Karaoke - truTV
0.897 million viewers, #16; 0.445 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Infested! (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.772 million viewers, #17; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Fashion Police - E!
0.695 million viewers, #18; 0.288 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Teen Trouble - Lifetime
0.631 million viewers, #19; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Friday Night Fights - ESPN2
0.384 million viewers, #20; 0.099 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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