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[04/26/12 - 06:31 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "South Park" Wraps Spring on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, april 25, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 30 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

South Park - Comedy Central
2.329 million viewers, #1; 1.675 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

NBA Basketball: L.A. Clippers/New York - ESPN
2.046 million viewers, #2; 1.093 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

American Restoration (10:30) - History
1.912 million viewers, #3; 0.790 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Dog the Bounty Hunter (9:30) - A&E
1.897 million viewers, #4; 1.159 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #2

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
1.776 million viewers, #5; 1.062 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

NBA Basketball: San Antonio/Phoenix - ESPN
1.651 million viewers, #6; 0.895 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

American Restoration (10:00) - History
1.622 million viewers, #7; 0.635 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.610 million viewers, #8; 0.859 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

American Guns - Discovery
1.596 million viewers, #9; 0.874 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.565 million viewers, #10; 0.916 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.516 million viewers, #11; 0.670 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.379 million viewers, #12; 0.488 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Total Blackout (10:00, 60 Minutes) - Syfy
1.333 million viewers, #13; 0.678 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

NHL Playoffs: Washington/Boston - NBCSN
1.322 million viewers, #14; 0.761 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Sold! (9:30) - History
1.271 million viewers, #15; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

America's Best Dance Crew - MTV
1.235 million viewers, #16; 0.787 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Auction Kings (10:30) - Discovery
1.189 million viewers, #17; 0.574 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Sold! (9:00) - History
1.112 million viewers, #18; 0.321 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.109 million viewers, #19; 0.497 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.093 million viewers, #20; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Auction Kings (10:00) - Discovery
1.084 million viewers, #21; 0.487 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Million Dollar Listing New York - Bravo
1.051 million viewers, #22; 0.576 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis - Bravo
1.025 million viewers, #23; 0.536 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Ugly Americans - Comedy Central
0.981 million viewers, #24; 0.613 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
0.924 million viewers, #25; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

American Digger (10:00) - Spike TV
0.914 million viewers, #26; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Behind the Music - VH1
0.881 million viewers, #27; 0.569 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.679 million viewers, #28; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

MLB Baseball: L.A. Angels/Tampa Bay - ESPN2
0.534 million viewers, #29; 0.241 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

The Soup - E!
0.405 million viewers, #30; 0.285 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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