Duck Dynasty was Wednesday's top cable program with a 3.0, way up from last week's 2.2 . American Horror Story: Asylum came in a distant second with a 1.4 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 not in that top 100 list.
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Selected Wednesday cable ratings: (all Live+Same Day ratings):
| Show | Net | Time | Viewership (million, Live+SD) | Adults 18-49 rating (Live+SD) |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 10:00 PM | 6.45 | 3.0 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 11:01 PM | 3.62 | 1.7 |
| American Horror Story | FX | 10:00 PM | 2.36 | 1.4 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 9:30 PM | 3.21 | 1.3 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 10:30 PM | 2.53 | 1.2 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 11:31 PM | 2.55 | 1.2 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 10:00 PM | 2.37 | 1.2 |
| BIG SCREEN MOVIE | FAM | 7:00 PM | 3.21 | 1.1 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 9:00 PM | 2.83 | 1.1 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:30 PM | 2.42 | 1.1 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 8:30 PM | 2.65 | 1.1 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 10:00 PM | 2.19 | 1.0 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:00 PM | 2.23 | 1.0 |
| BIG SCREEN MOVIE | FAM | 9:00 PM | 2.94 | 1.0 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 8:00 PM | 2.34 | 0.9 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 12:01 AM | 2.00 | 0.9 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 9:30 PM | 1.74 | 0.9 |
| SMURFS CHRISTMAS CAROL | TOON | 7:30 PM | 3.00 | 0.8 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1.90 | 0.8 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 9:00 PM | 1.57 | 0.8 |
| Robot Chicken | ADSM | 12:00 AM | 1.63 | 0.8 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 7:30 PM | 1.90 | 0.8 |
| Daily Show | CMDY | 11:00 PM | 1.72 | 0.7 |
| American Restoration | HIST | 9:30 PM | 2.72 | 0.7 |
| American Restoration | HIST | 9:00 PM | 2.55 | 0.7 |
| NCIS | USA | 8:00 PM | 3.09 | 0.7 |
| NCIS | USA | 7:00 PM | 2.58 | 0.7 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 1.72 | 0.7 |
| BIG SCREEN MOVIE | FAM | 5:00 PM | 1.65 | 0.7 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 12:31 AM | 1.63 | 0.7 |
| NBA REGULAR SEASON L | ESPN | 10:34 PM | 1.39 | 0.7 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 8:30 PM | 1.34 | 0.7 |
| South Beach Tow | TRU | 9:30 PM | 1.74 | 0.7 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:30 PM | 3.22 | 0.7 |
| Robot Chicken | ADSM | 12:15 AM | 1.41 | 0.7 |
| DR. SEUSS GRCH STOLE XMAS | TOON | 7:00 PM | 2.36 | 0.7 |
| NCIS | USA | 6:00 PM | 2.15 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:00 PM | 3.26 | 0.6 |
| Top Chef | BRVO | 10:00 PM | 1.41 | 0.6 |
| Colbert Report | CMDY | 11:31 PM | 1.29 | 0.6 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 7:00 PM | 1.60 | 0.6 |
| FAMILY GUY | TBSC | 8:00 PM | 1.20 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:30 PM | 2.99 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 9:00 PM | 2.32 | 0.6 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 11:33 PM | 1.35 | 0.6 |
| Conan | TBSC | 11:00 PM | 1.29 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:00 PM | 2.90 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 12:00 AM | 2.08 | 0.6 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:30 PM | 1.99 | 0.6 |
| CHALLENGE: BATTLE SEASONS | MTV | 10:00 PM | 0.98 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 11:00 PM | 2.27 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 10:00 PM | 2.40 | 0.6 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 9:00 PM | 1.39 | 0.6 |
| Operation Repo | TRU | 10:00 PM | 1.46 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 4:00 PM | 1.84 | 0.5 |
| DRAGONS: RIDERS OF BERK | TOON | 8:00 PM | 2.23 | 0.5 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 1:01 AM | 1.28 | 0.5 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:30 PM | 1.25 | 0.5 |
| NCIS | USA | 5:00 PM | 1.83 | 0.5 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 11:00 PM | 1.01 | 0.5 |
| 600 POUND MOM:RACE AGAINS | TLC | 9:00 PM | 1.40 | 0.5 |
| NCIS | USA | 3:00 PM | 1.81 | 0.5 |
| BITE SIZE ADV. OF SAM | DSNY | 8:25 AM | 1.83 | 0.5 |
| Ghost Hunters | SYFY | 9:00 PM | 1.33 | 0.5 |
| RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 1.35 | 0.5 |
| FX MOVIE PRIME | FX | 7:59 PM | 1.14 | 0.5 |
| SPORTSCENTER 1AM L | ESPN | 1:02 AM | 0.82 | 0.5 |
| CASTLE | TNT | 10:00 PM | 1.94 | 0.5 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 1.00 | 0.5 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 12:00 AM | 0.97 | 0.5 |
| INVENTION USA | HIST | 10:31 PM | 1.38 | 0.5 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TBSC | 6:30 PM | 1.05 | 0.5 |
| INVENTION USA | HIST | 10:00 PM | 1.41 | 0.4 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 1:31 AM | 1.10 | 0.4 |
| RESTAURANT STAKEOUT | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 1.23 | 0.4 |
| BUYING AND SELLING | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 1.51 | 0.4 |
| CASTLE | TNT | 9:00 PM | 1.92 | 0.4 |
| CASTLE | TNT | 8:00 PM | 2.02 | 0.4 |
| CASTLE | TNT | 7:00 PM | 1.67 | 0.4 |
| HOUSTONS: ON OUR OWN | LIF | 9:30 PM | 1.14 | 0.4 |
| TWO/HALF MEN | FX | 7:29 PM | 1.36 | 0.4 |
| HOUSTONS: ON OUR OWN | LIF | 10:00 PM | 1.06 | 0.4 |
| CASTLE | TNT | 6:00 PM | 1.29 | 0.4 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:00 PM | 0.99 | 0.4 |
| NCIS | USA | 6:00 AM | 1.16 | 0.4 |
| HOUSE | USA | 1:00 AM | 1.12 | 0.4 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:00 PM | 1.48 | 0.4 |
| NCIS | USA | 2:00 PM | 1.46 | 0.4 |
| CAJUN Pawn Stars | HIST | 11:02 PM | 1.15 | 0.4 |
| CAJUN Pawn Stars | HIST | 11:32 PM | 1.19 | 0.4 |
| TWO/HALF MEN | FX | 6:59 PM | 1.20 | 0.4 |
| HOUSTONS: ON OUR OWN | LIF | 9:00 PM | 1.02 | 0.4 |
| DUCK DYNASTY | AEN | 6:30 PM | 1.12 | 0.4 |
| HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 1.40 | 0.3 |
| HOTEL IMPOSSIBLE | FOOD | 11:00 PM | 0.84 | 0.3 |
| American Restoration | HIST | 7:30 PM | 1.29 | 0.3 |
| HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE | HALL | 10:00 PM | 1.54 | 0.3 |
| NCIS | USA | 7:00 AM | 1.11 | 0.3 |
| HALLMARK MOVIE | HALL | 8:00 PM | 1.57 | 0.3 |
| THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | 8:00 PM | 3.15 | 0.2 |
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
@Oliver:
The Soup: 0.2 A18-49,416,000 viewers
Love You Mean It: 0.2 A18-49, 409,000 viewers
@Robert Seinman
Many thanks, appreciated.
I have faith that HIC will make a comeback episode. For Example last year one week it was 1.19 and the next week it was 1.95
@Ike, Page 2: Conan Guests on Wednesday: Jim Parsons (TBBT), Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) and Delta Spirit.
Wow. Highest non-Jersey Shore cable reality show ever? Don’t know what Pawn Stars peaked at.
Jon & Kate Plus 8′s fifth-season premiere averaged 9.8 million overall viewers and 4.3 million viewers in the Women 18-49 demographic.
4 million is a 3 rating. That’s over a 3 from women alone; men probably bumped it up a bit too.
The July 13 episode of Discovery’s Deadliest Catch, which featured the final episode of Capt. Phil Harris, was watched by 8.5 million viewers with 5.2 million of them in the 18-49 demographic.
That’s, what, a 4 rating?
Sorry just watched my first episode of DD. And last.
This is the most overly produced, “scripted” reality show I have ever seen.
I get that a few of the guys are appealing, and the whole duck thing is odd and gets you interested at first, but it goes off the rails after that.
I have been told that the main family members are “acting” their roles……
That’s cable tv today. Oh well.
Looks like MTV will finally be cancelling The Challenge and Real World.
The audience wants more of Jersey Shore—-Buckwild.
The demos have spoken.