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[02/21/13 - 03:59 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: Celtics/Lakers Puts ESPN in Front
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, february 20, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Basketball: Celtics at Lakers - ESPN
2.253 million viewers, #1; 1.439 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

Necessary Roughness - USA
1.978 million viewers, #2; 0.675 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

The Americans (10:00) - FX
1.910 million viewers, #3; 1.008 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Top Chef: Seattle (10:00) - Bravo
1.739 million viewers, #4; 0.970 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
1.656 million viewers, #5; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Ghost Mine (10:00) - Syfy
1.312 million viewers, #6; 0.715 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Full Throttle Saloon (9:00) - truTV
1.308 million viewers, #7; 0.696 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.214 million viewers, #8; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

My Strange Addiction (10:00) - TLC
1.211 million viewers, #9; 0.714 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Southland (10:00) - TNT
1.206 million viewers, #10; 0.587 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.197 million viewers, #11; 0.495 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Ghost Hunters (9:00) - Syfy
1.187 million viewers, #12; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

NBA Basketball: Heat at Hawks - ESPN
1.183 million viewers, #13; 0.662 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Workaholics - Comedy Central
1.179 million viewers, #14; 0.964 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

Weed Country (10:00) - Discovery
1.124 million viewers, #15; 0.593 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

My Strange Addiction (10:30) - TLC
1.110 million viewers, #16; 0.704 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Hoarding: Buried Alive (9:00) - TLC
1.028 million viewers, #17; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Savage Family Diggers (10:00) - Spike TV
0.866 million viewers, #18; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Kroll Show - Comedy Central
0.791 million viewers, #19; 0.579 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

The Soup (10:00) - E!
0.790 million viewers, #20; 0.552 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

America's Supernanny (10:00) - Lifetime
0.651 million viewers, #21; 0.324 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Washington Heights (10:00) - MTV
0.632 million viewers, #22; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Money Barn (9:30) - Animal Planet
0.506 million viewers, #23; 0.165 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Money Barn (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.437 million viewers, #24; 0.122 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Money Barn (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.434 million viewers, #25; 0.118 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Making Mr. Right (10:00) - VH1
0.193 million viewers, #26; 0.152 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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