According to tvbythenumbers.com, Major Crimes scored the Top Cable Viewership spot for the week of August 26th- not bad for it’s second episode ever!
Top 25 cable shows for the week ending August 26, 2012
| Rank | Shows | Net | Day | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | MAJOR CRIMES | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5399 |
| 2 | PHILADELPHIA/NEW ENGLAND | ESPN | Mon | 08:00P-11:22P | 5066 |
| 3 | TRUE BLOOD | HBOM | Sun | 09:04P-09:57P | 5049 |
| 4 | BURN NOTICE | USA | Thu | 09:00P-10:01P | 4958 |
| 5 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:01P | 4818 |
“If TNT is concerned about losing cable’s gold standard, the premiere numbers for Closer spinoff Major Crimes should give it some confidence. The Mary McDonnell starrer, which follows her Closer character, debuted at 10 p.m. ET to 7.2 million viewers.
The strongest cable premiere of the year, Major Crimes tops previous record holders (and TNT neighbors) Dallas and Perception. The episode also brought in 1.7 million adults 18-49 and 2.0 million adults 25-54.
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