The epic blowout West Virginia/Clemson Orange Bowl* was still the night's top cable program with adults 18-49 (2.4 rating) and total viewers (7.2 million).
The season finale of Discovery's Moonshiners was up a tenth vs. last week to a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating.
truTV's Full Throttle Saloon was down two tenths vs. last week to a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating.
Discovery's Sons of Guns was up one tenth vs. last week to a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating.
TV Land's Hot In Cleveland was even vs. last week with a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating at 10pm. The Exes was also even with last week with another 0.3 adults 18-49 rating.
The season premiere of A&E's Dog the Bounty Hunter drew a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating.
The season premiere of Discovery Investigation's Fatal Encounters at 10p had a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating.
Updates via @TVBill : MTV's True Life at 10pm had a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating and 584,000 viewers.
We only receive the top 100 cable shows for adults 25-54 for the whole day from our primary source, if you don't see your show it was in that top 100 list. I generally filter out repeats, and kids shows, and non-primetime shows.
Wednesday night cable highlights:
| Show | Net | Time | Viewership (million, Live+SD) | Adults 18-49 rating (Live+SD) |
| Orange Bowl (W. Virginia/Clemson) | ESPN | 8:30 PM | 7.174 | 2.4 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 10:00 PM | 2.899 | 1.4 |
| Dog the Bounty Hunter | AEN | 10:00 PM | 2.944 | 1.3 |
| Sons of Guns | DISC | 9:00 PM | 2.546 | 1.1 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 10:30 PM | 2.161 | 1.1 |
| Top Chef | BRVO | 10:00 PM | 1.936 | 0.9 |
| Full Throttle Saloon | TRU | 9:00 PM | 1.816 | 0.9 |
| TODDLERS & TIARAS | TLC | 10:00 PM | 1.779 | 0.8 |
| Dog the Bounty Hunter | AEN | 9:00 PM | 1.998 | 0.8 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 1.622 | 0.8 |
| Black Gold | TRU | 10:00 PM | 1.424 | 0.7 |
| Daily Show | CMDY | 11:00 PM | 1.673 | 0.7 |
| BRAD MELTZERS DECODED | HIST | 10:00 PM | 1.504 | 0.7 |
| RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 1.672 | 0.6 |
| Colbert Report | CMDY | 11:31 PM | 1.370 | 0.6 |
| American Restoration | HIST | 9:30 PM | 1.749 | 0.6 |
| American Restoration | HIST | 8:30 PM | 1.649 | 0.6 |
| COLLEGE GAMEDAY L | ESPN | 7:00 PM | 1.439 | 0.6 |
| GAME PLAN | DSNY | 8:30 PM | 3.099 | 0.6 |
| The Soup | ENT | 10:00 PM | 0.855 | 0.5 |
| AROUND THE HORN | ESPN | 5:00 PM | 0.938 | 0.5 |
| WORLDS DUMBEST | TRU | 7:00 PM | 1.048 | 0.4 |
| Hot In Cleveland | TVL | 10:00 PM | 1.817 | 0.4 |
| Chelsea Lately | ENT | 11:00 PM | 0.761 | 0.4 |
| PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR) | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 1.273 | 0.4 |
| INCOME PROPERTY | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 1.312 | 0.4 |
| EXES, THE | TVL | 10:30 PM | 1.316 | 0.3 |
| TECH IT TO THE MAX | HIST | 6:00 PM | 0.893 | 0.3 |
| HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 8:00 PM | 1.308 | 0.3 |
| DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES | FOOD | 6:30 PM | 1.008 | 0.4 |
| FATAL ENCOUNTERS | ID | 1:00 AM | 0.866 | 0.4 |
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