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[02/28/12 - 02:33 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "NBA All-Star Game" Sneaks Past "The Walking Dead"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, february 26, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA All-Star Game - TNT
7.070 million viewers, #1; 4.246 million adults 18-49 (3.3 rating), #2

The Walking Dead - AMC
7.040 million viewers, #2; 4.877 million adults 18-49 (3.8 rating), #1

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2012 Academy Awards (7:30 PM) - E!
3.693 million viewers, #3; 1.877 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2012 Academy Awards (5:30 PM) - E!
3.595 million viewers, #4; 1.760 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

Austin & Ally - Disney
2.731 million viewers, #5; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Ax Men - History
2.658 million viewers, #6; 1.496 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Shake It Up - Disney
2.627 million viewers, #7; 0.427 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Worst Cooks in America - Food
2.252 million viewers, #8; 1.060 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

So Random! (7:30) - Disney
2.180 million viewers, #9; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

NBA All-Star Game Tip Off - TNT
2.160 million viewers, #10; 1.344 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
1.581 million viewers, #11; 1.108 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Iron Chef America - Food
1.278 million viewers, #12; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.271 million viewers, #13; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Comic Book Men - AMC
1.261 million viewers, #14; 0.922 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Full Metal Jousting - History
1.240 million viewers, #15; 0.695 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Eastbound & Down - HBO
1.102 million viewers, #16; 0.900 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Finding Bigfoot - Animal Planet
1.005 million viewers, #17; 0.454 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Vegas Strip - truTV
0.971 million viewers, #18; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Hillbilly Handfishin' - Animal Planet
0.950 million viewers, #19; 0.414 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Bait Car (8:00) - truTV
0.891 million viewers, #20; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Rattlesnake Republic - Animal Planet
0.797 million viewers, #21; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Nick News - Nickelodeon
0.650 million viewers, #22; 0.187 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Jerseylicious - Style
0.611 million viewers, #23; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Luck - HBO
0.501 million viewers, #24; 0.235 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Big Rich Texas - Style
0.447 million viewers, #25; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Life's Too Short - HBO
0.439 million viewers, #26; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Snapped - Oxygen
0.419 million viewers, #27; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Goose - ESPN
0.349 million viewers, #28; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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