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[08/04/11 - 02:51 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Still on Top for HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, july 31, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 41 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

True Blood (5.189 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.8, #1)

Falling Skies (4.312 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #3)

Good Luck Charlie (4.144 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T20)

In Plain Sight (3.939 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T10)

Friends for Change Games (3.612 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T22)

Next Food Network Star (3.467 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T7)

Leverage (3.375 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T10)

Shark Week: Great White Invasion (3.343 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.4, #4)

Ice Road Truckers (3.252 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T7)

Shark Week: Jaws Comes Home (3.073 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.6, #2)

Real Housewives of New Jersey (2.830 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T5)

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (2.742 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T5)

The Glades (2.591 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T15)

So Random! (7:30) (2.399 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T32)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (2.376 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T15)

Entourage (2.136 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T7)

Top Gear (2.126 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.9, #13)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (2.104 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T10)

Drop Dead Diva (2.092 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T15)

Sunday Best (1.928 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T15)

Against the Wall (1.780 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T22)

Ice Loves Coco (1.744 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.8, #14)

Breaking Bad (1.714 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T15)

Iron Chef America (1.409 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T20)

Bait Car (9:30) (1.335 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T22)

Vegas Strip (10:00) (1.313 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T22)

Hoarding: Buried Alive (1.204 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T27)

My Strange Addiction (10:00) (1.189 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T22)

My Strange Addiction (10:30) (1.156 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T27)

Celebrity Rehab (1.055 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T22)

Bait Car (9:00) (1.002 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T27)

Bar Rescue (0.986 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T27)

The Glee Project (0.789 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T32)

Behind the Music (0.501 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T34)

Heidi Fleiss: Prostitutes to Parrots (0.413 million viewers, #35; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T34)

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) (0.384 million viewers, #36; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T34)

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) (0.350 million viewers, #37; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T37)

Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals (0.282 million viewers, #38; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T37)

Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes (0.260 million viewers, #39; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T37)

The Real L Word (0.208 million viewers, #40; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T37)

Carson Nation (0.111 million viewers, #41; adults 18-49: 0.0, #41)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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