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[03/20/12 - 02:56 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Big Finish for "Walking Dead" on AMC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, march 18, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 37 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead - AMC
8.991 million viewers, #1; 5.981 million adults 18-49 (4.7 rating), #1

NCAA Basketball: Kansas vs. Purdue - TNT
4.432 million viewers, #2; 2.122 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #3

Talking Dead (10:00) - AMC
4.298 million viewers, #3; 2.910 million adults 18-49 (2.3 rating), #2

Frozen Planet - Discovery
3.511 million viewers, #4; 1.194 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Army Wives - Lifetime
2.828 million viewers, #5; 1.114 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

NCAA Basketball: Florida St. vs. Cincinnati - TBS
2.658 million viewers, #6; 1.551 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

NCAA Basketball: S. Florida vs. Ohio - TBS
2.491 million viewers, #7; 1.161 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
2.467 million viewers, #8; 1.570 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Ax Men - History
2.310 million viewers, #9; 1.149 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Worst Cooks in America - Food
2.052 million viewers, #10; 0.886 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

NCAA Basketball: Xavier vs. Lehigh - truTV
1.995 million viewers, #11; 0.979 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

NBA Basketball: Orlando/Miami - ESPN
1.949 million viewers, #12; 1.030 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Khloe & Lamar - E!
1.762 million viewers, #13; 1.218 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

NCAA Basketball: Florida vs. Norfolk St. - TNT
1.610 million viewers, #14; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #22

Full Metal Jousting - History
1.602 million viewers, #15; 0.813 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Breakout Kings - A&E
1.590 million viewers, #16; 0.889 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.551 million viewers, #17; 0.686 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Coming Home - Lifetime
1.535 million viewers, #18; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #25

My Strange Addiction (10:00) - TLC
1.428 million viewers, #19; 0.818 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

NBA Basketball: Portland/Oklahoma City - ESPN
1.359 million viewers, #20; 0.749 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #20

Comic Book Men (10:30) - AMC
1.354 million viewers, #21; 0.980 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Mob Wives - VH1
1.286 million viewers, #22; 0.871 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Ice Loves Coco - E!
1.257 million viewers, #23; 0.831 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #17

Frozen Planet (Simulcast) - Animal Planet
1.237 million viewers, #24; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #29

Shameless - Showtime
1.155 million viewers, #25; 0.746 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #21

Unchained Reaction - Discovery
1.096 million viewers, #26; 0.551 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Shahs of Sunset - Bravo
1.085 million viewers, #27; 0.663 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #24

Frozen Planet (Simulcast) - TLC
0.911 million viewers, #28; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #33

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.808 million viewers, #29; 0.388 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Eastbound & Down - HBO
0.725 million viewers, #30; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

Californication - Showtime
0.637 million viewers, #31; 0.465 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #28

House of Lies - Showtime
0.616 million viewers, #32; 0.386 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

Nick News - Nickelodeon
0.563 million viewers, #33; 0.204 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #36

Mob Wives: The Sit Down (10:30) - VH1
0.555 million viewers, #34; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #32

Luck - HBO
0.459 million viewers, #35; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #35

House of Consignment (9:00) - VH1
0.394 million viewers, #36; 0.248 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Life's Too Short - HBO
0.367 million viewers, #37; 0.196 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #37

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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