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[05/18/11 - 06:02 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Another Night, Another NBA Win
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 15, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 22 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of SonoftheBronx & TVBill while TravisYanan is on hiatus:

TNT NBA Playoffs (11.109 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.6, #1)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (3.834 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #3)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (3.294 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T4)

Army Wives (3.277 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T4)

In Plain Sight (3.177 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T7)

Game of Thrones (2.580 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2)

The Killing (1.977 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Breakout Kings (1.755 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #9)

Real Housewives of Orange County (1.700 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T4)

Khloe & Lamar (1.690 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T7)

Coming Home (1.619 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Sister Wives (9:30) (1.574 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Sister Wives (9:00) (1.526 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

River Monsters (1.372 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Mob Wives (1.186 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Strange Sex (10:00) (0.951 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Strange Sex (10:30) (0.923 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

The Borgias (0.764 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T21)

The Dance Scene (0.706 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Audrina (0.653 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Treme (0.561 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T21)

Saddle Ranch (0.472 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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