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[08/27/12 - 04:52 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: Disney Quartet Tops Viewers; Discovery Wins Demos with "Bering Sea Gold"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, august 24, 2012)

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

Jessie (8:30) - Disney
4.440 million viewers, #1; 0.681 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Phineas & Ferb (9:00, 30 Minutes) - Disney
4.293 million viewers, #2; 0.690 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Gravity Falls (9:30) - Disney
4.138 million viewers, #3; 0.590 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

A.N.T. Farm (8:00) - Disney
3.549 million viewers, #4; 0.552 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.587 million viewers, #5; 0.955 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Yukon Men - Discovery
1.955 million viewers, #6; 0.961 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Bering Sea Gold - Discovery
1.953 million viewers, #7; 1.003 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #1

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.698 million viewers, #8; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

For Better or Worse (9:30) - TBS
1.672 million viewers, #9; 0.767 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

NASCAR Nationwide Series - ESPN
1.600 million viewers, #10; 0.473 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

For Better or Worse (9:00) - TBS
1.597 million viewers, #11; 0.746 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

I Found the Gown (10:30) - TLC
1.535 million viewers, #12; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.455 million viewers, #13; 0.514 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

I Found the Gown (10:00) - TLC
1.415 million viewers, #14; 0.502 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.145 million viewers, #15; 0.441 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Lost Girl - Syfy
1.006 million viewers, #16; 0.444 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
0.875 million viewers, #17; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.721 million viewers, #18; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Law on the Border (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.651 million viewers, #19; 0.243 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

NFL Preseason Live - NFL
0.636 million viewers, #20; 0.321 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Outlaw Country - FX
0.620 million viewers, #21; 0.261 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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