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[04/17/13 - 04:03 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Deadliest Catch," "Storage Wars" Returns Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, april 16, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 37 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Deadliest Catch (9:00) - Discovery
3.465 million viewers, #1; 1.993 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #1

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
3.014 million viewers, #2; 1.216 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
3.005 million viewers, #3; 1.233 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Deadliest Catch: Legend of the Time Bandit (10:00) - Discovery
2.971 million viewers, #4; 1.568 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.619 million viewers, #5; 1.009 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Counting Cars (9:30) - History
2.568 million viewers, #6; 1.093 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

American Restoration (10:30) - History
2.391 million viewers, #7; 0.918 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Counting Cars (9:00) - History
2.362 million viewers, #8; 0.923 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.267 million viewers, #9; 1.087 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Tosh.0 - Comedy Central
2.264 million viewers, #10; 1.774 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Awkward (10:30) - MTV
2.137 million viewers, #11; 1.192 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Awkward (10:00) - MTV
2.137 million viewers, #12; 1.140 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.076 million viewers, #13; 0.999 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

The Game (10:00) - BET
1.888 million viewers, #14; 1.133 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.798 million viewers, #15; 0.736 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #20

Deadliest Catch: The Bait (8:00) - Discovery
1.775 million viewers, #16; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

Let's Stay Together (10:30) - BET
1.530 million viewers, #17; 0.907 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #17

Who Gets the Last Laugh? (10:00) - TBS
1.523 million viewers, #18; 0.899 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #18

American Hoggers (10:30) - A&E
1.443 million viewers, #19; 0.607 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #24

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
1.441 million viewers, #20; 0.608 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Don't Be Tardy (9:30) - Bravo
1.259 million viewers, #21; 0.717 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #21

The Jeselnik Offensive - Comedy Central
1.229 million viewers, #22; 0.996 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

The Bad Girls Club (8:00) - Oxygen
1.168 million viewers, #23; 0.739 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Don't Be Tardy (9:00) - Bravo
1.157 million viewers, #24; 0.695 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Preachers' Daughters (10:00) - Lifetime
1.123 million viewers, #25; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #25

19 Kids & Counting (9:30) - TLC
0.908 million viewers, #26; 0.387 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

19 Kids & Counting (9:00) - TLC
0.877 million viewers, #27; 0.371 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

NBA Basketball: Trail Blazers at Clippers - TNT
0.872 million viewers, #28; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

World's Worst Tenants (10:00) - Spike TV
0.814 million viewers, #29; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

NBA Basketball: Pacers at Celtics - TNT
0.774 million viewers, #30; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

The Kandi Factory (10:00) - Bravo
0.672 million viewers, #31; 0.418 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Urban Tarzan (10:30) - Spike TV
0.601 million viewers, #32; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Robot Combat League (10:00) - Syfy
0.526 million viewers, #33; 0.284 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Find Me My Man (9:00) - Oxygen
0.426 million viewers, #34; 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Treasure Detectives (9:00) - CNBC
0.267 million viewers, #35; 0.058 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #36

Family Trade (8:00) - GSN
0.213 million viewers, #36; 0.034 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #37

The Car Chasers (10:00) - CNBC
0.189 million viewers, #37; 0.072 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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