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[06/01/12 - 05:03 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Swamp People," NBA Playoffs Top the Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, may 31, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: San Antonio/Oklahoma City - TNT
7.134 million viewers, #1; 3.838 million adults 18-49 (3.0 rating), #1

Swamp People - History
4.849 million viewers, #2; 2.240 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #2

Mountain Men - History
3.901 million viewers, #3; 1.584 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Men at Work (10:00) - TBS
2.045 million viewers, #4; 1.272 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding (9:30) - Bravo
2.026 million viewers, #5; 1.136 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Auction Kings (9:30) - Discovery
1.589 million viewers, #6; 0.695 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.509 million viewers, #7; 0.670 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.296 million viewers, #8; 0.569 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Sweet Genius - Food
1.248 million viewers, #9; 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Final Offer - Discovery
1.097 million viewers, #10; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

National Spelling Bee - ESPN
1.061 million viewers, #11; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

The Pauly D Project - MTV
1.010 million viewers, #12; 0.693 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Punk'd - MTV
0.975 million viewers, #13; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
0.872 million viewers, #14; 0.418 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Kathy - Bravo
0.797 million viewers, #15; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Clipaholics - truTV
0.704 million viewers, #16; 0.395 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

On the Fly (9:00) - TLC
0.670 million viewers, #17; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

On the Fly (9:30) - TLC
0.597 million viewers, #18; 0.268 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Tattoo School (10:00) - TLC
0.452 million viewers, #19; 0.276 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Tattoo School (10:30) - TLC
0.447 million viewers, #20; 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

7 Days of Sex - Lifetime
0.403 million viewers, #21; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Source: Nielsen Media Research




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