Jersey Shore was the highest rated cable original with a 1.8 rating up from last week's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. Burn Notice came in second with a 1.0 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 wasn't in that top 100 list.
The list below is long but you can use your browsers "find on page" feature (usually CTRL+F or CMD+F) to search - that's probably the easiest way to find Thursday night's episode of a specific show
Thursday's Selected Cable Ratings:
| Show | Net | Time | Viewership (million, Live+SD) | Adults 18-49 rating (Live+SD) |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | 10:00 PM | 3.13 | 1.8 |
| Jersey Shore SSN6 REUNION | MTV | 11:01 PM | 2.50 | 1.5 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 10:00 PM | 3.21 | 1.5 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 10:30 PM | 3.07 | 1.4 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 9:30 PM | 2.90 | 1.3 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:30 PM | 2.71 | 1.2 |
| BIG SCREEN MOVIE | FAM | 9:00 PM | 2.61 | 1.2 |
| Family Guy | ADSM | 11:00 PM | 2.50 | 1.1 |
| Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 9:00 PM | 2.31 | 1.0 |
| Burn Notice | USA | 9:00 PM | 3.78 | 1.0 |
| NBA Basketball | TNT | 9:48 PM | 2.00 | 0.9 |
| Beyond Scared Straight | AEN | 10:00 PM | 1.96 | 0.8 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 1.99 | 0.8 |
| AMISH MAFIA | DISC | 8:00 PM | 1.95 | 0.8 |
| IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 10:00 PM | 1.56 | 0.7 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 11:30 PM | 1.64 | 0.7 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | 9:00 PM | 1.38 | 0.7 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:30 PM | 2.93 | 0.7 |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | ADSM | 12:00 AM | 1.63 | 0.7 |
| NBA Basketball | TNT | 7:16 PM | 1.68 | 0.7 |
| Family Guy | TBSC | 8:00 PM | 1.33 | 0.7 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:00 PM | 3.17 | 0.7 |
| American Dad | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 1.68 | 0.7 |
| Time Machine | HIST | 9:00 PM | 1.85 | 0.7 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 5:00 PM | 2.97 | 0.7 |
| The First 48 | AEN | 9:00 PM | 1.71 | 0.6 |
| Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | 12:02 AM | 1.10 | 0.6 |
| SpongeBob | NICK | 6:30 PM | 3.56 | 0.6 |
| FAIRLY ODD PARENTS | NICK | 3:30 PM | 2.52 | 0.6 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:30 PM | 1.54 | 0.6 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 12:00 AM | 1.48 | 0.6 |
| IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 10:30 PM | 1.34 | 0.6 |
| COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L | ESPN | 7:56 PM | 2.20 | 0.6 |
| Real Housewives of Miami | BRVO | 9:00 PM | 1.25 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 7:00 PM | 2.81 | 0.6 |
| SPONGEBOB | NICK | 4:30 PM | 2.78 | 0.6 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 11:00 PM | 1.43 | 0.6 |
| KING OF THE HILL | ADSM | 9:30 PM | 1.35 | 0.6 |
| NCIS | USA | 8:00 PM | 3.50 | 0.6 |
| Conan | TBSC | 11:00 PM | 1.11 | 0.6 |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | 5:30 PM | 1.16 | 0.6 |
| FRIENDS | NAN | 12:30 AM | 1.39 | 0.6 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 10:00 PM | 1.43 | 0.6 |
| NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMA | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 2.49 | 0.5 |
| FAIRLY ODD PARENTS | NICK | 4:00 PM | 2.82 | 0.5 |
| FX MOVIE PRIME | FX | 8:00 PM | 1.46 | 0.5 |
| TEAM UMIZOOMI | NICK | 10:30 AM | 1.85 | 0.5 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TBSC | 6:30 PM | 1.22 | 0.5 |
| BIG SCREEN MOVIE | FAM | 7:00 PM | 1.64 | 0.5 |
| SPONGEBOB | NICK | 3:00 PM | 2.01 | 0.5 |
| Project Runway ALL STARS | LIF | 9:00 PM | 1.54 | 0.5 |
| BUBBLE GUPPIES | NICK | 11:00 AM | 1.83 | 0.5 |
| ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELP | FX | 10:00 PM | 0.94 | 0.5 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:30 PM | 1.73 | 0.5 |
| BRAD MELTZERS DECODED | HIST | 11:02 PM | 1.26 | 0.5 |
| DORA THE EXPLORER | NICK | 10:00 AM | 1.79 | 0.5 |
| FRIENDS | TBSC | 5:00 PM | 1.00 | 0.5 |
| FRIENDS | TBSC | 5:30 PM | 1.07 | 0.5 |
| DIARY OF A WIMPY KID | TOON | 4:00 PM | 2.30 | 0.5 |
| DRAKE & JOSH | NICK | 7:00 PM | 2.68 | 0.5 |
| BUBBLE GUPPIES | NICK | 11:30 AM | 1.79 | 0.5 |
| The First 48 | AEN | 8:00 PM | 1.20 | 0.5 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 9:00 PM | 1.19 | 0.5 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 8:00 PM | 1.52 | 0.5 |
| S PHINEAS & FERB | DSNY | 9:00 AM | 1.78 | 0.5 |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | 7:00 PM | 1.26 | 0.5 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TBSC | 6:00 PM | 1.05 | 0.5 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 1:00 PM | 1.26 | 0.5 |
| LEAGUE | FX | 10:31 PM | 0.82 | 0.5 |
| INSIDE THE NBA P/B HYUNDA | TNT | 12:15 AM | 0.93 | 0.5 |
| The First 48 | AEN | 11:31 PM | 1.13 | 0.4 |
| Burn Notice | USA | 11:00 PM | 1.50 | 0.4 |
| TWO/HALF MEN | FX | 7:30 PM | 1.22 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 12:00 PM | 1.21 | 0.4 |
| JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND P | DSNY | 8:30 AM | 1.86 | 0.4 |
| AMISH MAFIA | DISC | 7:00 PM | 1.19 | 0.4 |
| AROUND THE HORN | ESPN | 5:00 PM | 0.93 | 0.4 |
| LOU AND LOU:SAFETY PATROL | DSNY | 8:55 AM | 1.69 | 0.4 |
| FRIENDS | TBSC | 4:30 PM | 0.89 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 11:00 AM | 1.08 | 0.4 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 12:00 AM | 0.87 | 0.4 |
| NCIS | USA | 6:00 PM | 1.86 | 0.4 |
| The First 48 | AEN | 12:01 AM | 0.98 | 0.4 |
| SPORTSCENTER LATE L | ESPN | 11:21 PM | 0.85 | 0.4 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 12:01 AM | 1.11 | 0.4 |
| Pawn Stars | HIST | 12:31 AM | 1.02 | 0.4 |
| IMPACT WRESTLING | SPIKE | 8:00 PM | 1.27 | 0.4 |
| THE COLLECTION FROM HHOF | HALL | 8:00 PM | 1.87 | 0.4 |
| Burn Notice | USA | 12:00 AM | 1.18 | 0.4 |
| NCIS | USA | 2:00 PM | 1.42 | 0.4 |
| SUPERNATURAL | TNT | 10:00 AM | 0.74 | 0.4 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 10:00 AM | 1.08 | 0.3 |
| Moonshiners | DISC | 11:00 PM | 0.83 | 0.3 |
| HOUSE HUNTERS WHERE NOW | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 1.24 | 0.3 |
| NCIS | USA | 5:00 PM | 1.79 | 0.3 |
| NCIS | USA | 3:00 PM | 1.74 | 0.3 |
| THE FIRST 48 | AEN | 1:01 AM | 0.89 | 0.3 |
| NCIS | USA | 4:00 PM | 1.79 | 0.3 |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 8:00 AM | 0.93 | 0.3 |
| KING OF QUEENS | TVL | 11:36 PM | 0.98 | 0.3 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Sad… more people watched de JS series finale than GG finale…
Jeresy Shore for the Win!!!!!
I can’t believe Burn Notice only received 1.0 with little network competition. It did okay with viewer totals overall making it the most watched show of the night on cable. Fantastic ending with a good setup for what could be its final season.
Yay from RHOM finale… could’ve been worse, that’s for sure.
Who ever said Burn Notice was dead obviously lied, BN is like USA Network’s #1 show, ratings wise – next to Royal Pains & Covert Affairs.
Burn Notice should continue past season 7, the stories are getting better and better. And Psych getting it’s 8th and final season too!
1.8 for the series finale of Jersey Shore? Ouch. Remember in 2011 when this show was pulling constant 4.0+’s!?
Bravo can’t afford not to renew the RHOM. A show that gets over 1 million viewers without a lead in is great. Every new show they’ve premiered this year besides Shahs of Sunset has bombed.
Is Nielsen counting The League as one full hour as opposed to two separate episodes? Because the last three weeks the second hour hasn’t been on the list
Melissa, people lost interest in Jersey Shore, same could be said for The Hills (last two seasons).
Always Sunny, The League and Burn Notice finales were AMAZING!!! Especially BN, it was just as great if not better than the Fall premiere last month. Too bad all three of those shows didn’t get higher ratings, they were all three deserving
@DougF: ratings above are just the half hour (10:30-11)episode of The League. We did not see the 11pm-11:30 ratings.
RHOM will be renewed by Bravo for a third season. This franchise has grown from season 1 and the fact that it’s a self starter and can manage to get over 1 million viewers + Isn’t too bad.
Jersey Shore lost over half there audience between last season and this current final season. I personally stopped watching because it just wasn’t funny anymore..the jokes got old..and it seemed like the cast only showed up to get that MTV paycheck(and I don’t blame em). Oh well..it was fun while it lasted.
I hope RHOM is renewed, but the ratings are really low! Next week’s reunion looks spectacular.
I used to be a dedicated Jersey Shore viewer but the show honestly lost my interest. I just stopped watching, and even when I had it on TV I was hardly paying attention. It’s sad to see the series finale rate so low in comparison to what it was getting in previous seasons. I guess the show just got stale and repetitive.
RHOM numbers are very low. Bravo will probably renew it but it won’t get 22 – 24 epiosodes like RHOA, RHOBH, RHONJ or any of the other franchises do. Espically for a season finale those numbers horrible.
Jersey Shore wow the huge drop in ratings one season can do. I agree tho it seemed like the cast wasn’t interested in the show anymore & they just wanted those MTV checks. There was no fighting, drama, not much hooking up etc!!!!
Burn Notice was good. Was fun to see Agent Blythe back, the earlier season episodes with the cat-and-mouse game between him and Michael were fun. Bruce Campbell’s and Gabrielle Anwar’s performances were excellent. It was a tense and fairly fast-moving episode for a two-hour finale.
Looking forward to a new season next summer.
By the way, latest news on Alphas is that Ryan Cartwright first tweeted that he assumed it was canceled to the long delay in announcing a renewal, but then he deleted that tweet, saying he had been informed that the show was still under consideration for another season.
Amish Mafia repeats are crazy high. Is that a mistake?
Why does FX keep doubling up on The League forcing them to use the 11pm slot? If they already know Sunny now has 10 episode seasons and League 13 why not just start The League a couple weeks early at 10?
I actually really like RHOM this season and I think that it was a great HW finale. I think that bravo will give the show a 3rd season, it’s averaging over 1 million viewers which is good for a cable show and more people like the show this season that last. Hopefully a 3rd season. I think that the reunion is going to be good.