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[08/23/11 - 01:12 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Season Highs for "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," "True Blood"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, august 21, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

True Blood (5.526 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.1, #1)

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (3.622 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.0, #2)

Good Luck Charlie (3.428 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T13)

Shake It Up (3.426 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

Ice Road Truckers (3.299 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #5)

Leverage (9:00) (3.033 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.9, #7)

Real Housewives of New Jersey (2.698 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.3, #4)

So Random! (7:30) (2.647 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

The Glades (2.639 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Entourage (2.529 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.5, #3)

Drop Dead Diva (2.234 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (2.078 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.0, #6)

Great Food Truck Race (1.863 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Against the Wall (1.823 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

Top Gear (1.810 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.8, #8)

Sunday Best (1.690 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T13)

Breaking Bad (1.674 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Hoarding: Buried Alive (1.666 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T13)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (1.566 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

My Collection Obsession (1.410 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

Bait Car (9:30) (1.330 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Bait Car (9:00) (1.304 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

The Glee Project (1.237 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Vegas Strip (10:00) (1.206 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Curiosity (1.195 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

Food Network Challenge (1.096 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Bar Rescue (1.060 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

Celebrity Rehab (0.979 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

Hillbilly Handfishin' (0.757 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.3, #29)

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) (0.296 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T30)

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) (0.251 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T30)

Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon (0.153 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T30)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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