A&E's Dog the Bounty Hunter was up sharply from last week's 0.8 adults 18-49 rating to lead cable for the night with a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. MTV's The Challenge: Battle of the Exes premiered to a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.
USA's Royal Pains was up a tenth vs. last week to a 1.0 adults 18-49 rating.
TV Land's Hot In Cleveland was even with vs. last week with a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating at 10pm. Update via @TVBill: The Exes averaged a 0.2 rating with adults 18-49 and 931,000 total viewers.
Syfy's Face Off was steady with a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating.
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:
| Program | Net | Time | Viewers (000) | 18-49 Rating |
| Dog the Bounty Hunter | AEN | 10:00 PM | 3184 | 1.4 |
| CHALLENGE: BATTLE OF EXES | MTV | 10:00 PM | 1908 | 1.2 |
| American Restoration | HIST | 10:00 PM | 2743 | 1.0 |
| Daily Show | CMDY | 11:00 PM | 2093 | 1.0 |
| Royal Pains | USA | 10:00 PM | 3371 | 1.0 |
| American Restoration | HIST | 10:30 PM | 2489 | 0.9 |
| Top Chef | BRVO | 10:00 PM | 1831 | 0.9 |
| Only In America | HIST | 9:00 PM | 2238 | 0.8 |
| Full Throttle Saloon | TRU | 9:00 PM | 1649 | 0.8 |
| Face Off | SYFY | 10:00 PM | 1690 | 0.8 |
| Colbert Report | CMDY | 11:31 PM | 1486 | 0.7 |
| COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN L | ESPN | 9:07 PM | 1559 | 0.6 |
| Ghost Hunters | SYFY | 9:00 PM | 1734 | 0.6 |
| TODDLERS & TIARAS | TLC | 10:00 PM | 1544 | 0.5 |
| HELLS ROADS | DISC | 9:00 PM | 1153 | 0.5 |
| The Soup | ENT | 10:00 PM | 805 | 0.5 |
| INCOME PROPERTY | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 1201 | 0.4 |
| Conan | TBSC | 11:00 PM | 852 | 0.4 |
| KITCHEN COUSINS | HGTV | 9:30 PM | 1109 | 0.4 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 866 | 0.4 |
| RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 1177 | 0.4 |
| DARK MINDS | ID | 10:00 PM | 983 | 0.4 |
| HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 1053 | 0.4 |
| DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES | FOOD | 6:30 PM | 914 | 0.4 |
| HOUSE HUNTERS INTL | HGTV | 10:30 PM | 1249 | 0.4 |
| WORLDS DUMBEST | TRU | 7:00 PM | 841 | 0.4 |
| Hot In Cleveland | TVL | 10:00 PM | 1430 | 0.3 |
| Watch What Happens Live | BRVO | 11:01 PM | 689 | 0.3 |
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