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[03/18/13 - 03:26 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings: Disney Tops Charts with "The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, march 15, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 19 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex - Disney
5.866 million viewers, #1; 1.393 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

Gravity Falls (9:00) - Disney
4.501 million viewers, #2; 0.974 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.395 million viewers, #3; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Bering Sea Gold (10:00) - Discovery
2.136 million viewers, #4; 0.986 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Yukon Men (9:00) - Discovery
2.104 million viewers, #5; 0.736 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.297 million viewers, #6; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Real Time with Bill Maher - HBO
1.149 million viewers, #7; 0.458 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Spartacus: War of the Damned (9:00) - Starz
1.089 million viewers, #8; 0.600 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.062 million viewers, #9; 0.430 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:00) - TLC
1.038 million viewers, #10; 0.559 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Four Weddings (8:00) - TLC
0.883 million viewers, #11; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.869 million viewers, #12; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #11

World's Dumbest� (10:00) - truTV
0.849 million viewers, #13; 0.488 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Robot Combat League (Repeat, 10:00) - Syfy
0.841 million viewers, #14; 0.323 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Return to Nim's Island - Hallmark
0.478 million viewers, #15; 0.106 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #18

Banshee (10:00) - Cinemax
0.455 million viewers, #16; 0.241 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

The World According to Dick Cheney - Showtime
0.211 million viewers, #17; 0.096 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #19

The Jenny McCarthy Show - VH1
0.196 million viewers, #18; 0.127 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #17

Best Week Ever - VH1
0.187 million viewers, #19; 0.132 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #16

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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