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[12/13/12 - 05:11 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Amish Mafia," "Moonshiners" Top Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, december 12, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Amish Mafia (9:00) - Discovery
3.643 million viewers, #1; 2.016 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Moonshiners (10:00) - Discovery
3.432 million viewers, #2; 2.041 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #1

American Restoration (9:30) - History
2.380 million viewers, #3; 0.897 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

American Horror Story - FX
2.216 million viewers, #4; 1.593 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

American Restoration (9:00) - History
2.163 million viewers, #5; 0.866 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Shipping Wars (10:00) - A&E
1.732 million viewers, #6; 0.911 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

NBA Basketball: Mavericks at Celtics - ESPN
1.727 million viewers, #7; 0.913 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Shipping Wars (10:30) - A&E
1.721 million viewers, #8; 0.897 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.543 million viewers, #9; 0.855 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Top Chef: Seattle - Bravo
1.287 million viewers, #10; 0.694 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Invention USA (10:00) - History
1.287 million viewers, #11; 0.583 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Invention USA (10:30) - History
1.243 million viewers, #12; 0.641 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.231 million viewers, #13; 0.627 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.200 million viewers, #14; 0.386 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.132 million viewers, #15; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Happily Divorced - TV Land
1.008 million viewers, #16; 0.321 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
0.964 million viewers, #17; 0.734 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Toddlers & Tiaras (9:00) - TLC
0.728 million viewers, #18; 0.283 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Toddlers & Tiaras (8:00) - TLC
0.634 million viewers, #19; 0.270 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

The Soup - E!
0.548 million viewers, #20; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Deals from the Darkside (10:00) - Syfy
0.528 million viewers, #21; 0.214 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Jersey on Ice - TLC
0.509 million viewers, #22; 0.239 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Deals from the Darkside (10:30) - Syfy
0.438 million viewers, #23; 0.203 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings - E!
0.316 million viewers, #24; 0.193 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.188 million viewers, #25; 0.079 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

NBA Basketball: Spurs at Jazz - ESPN2
0.182 million viewers, #26; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Jim Rome on Showtime - Showtime
0.075 million viewers, #27; 0.042 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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