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[04/24/12 - 05:55 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Another Week, Another "Game of Thrones" Win
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, april 22, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 33 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Game of Thrones - HBO
3.654 million viewers, #1; 2.342 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #1

Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion - Bravo
3.229 million viewers, #2; 2.180 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #2

Army Wives - Lifetime
3.178 million viewers, #3; 1.349 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #7

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.957 million viewers, #4; 1.941 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Austin & Ally (8:00) - Disney
2.867 million viewers, #5; 0.509 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Ax Men (9:00) - History
2.828 million viewers, #6; 1.522 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

The Client List - Lifetime
2.750 million viewers, #7; 1.412 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Ax Men (10:00) - History
2.682 million viewers, #8; 1.478 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.662 million viewers, #9; 1.192 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Chopped: All Stars - Food
2.556 million viewers, #10; 1.235 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
2.295 million viewers, #11; 1.064 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
2.028 million viewers, #12; 0.882 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

MythBusters - Discovery
1.935 million viewers, #13; 1.121 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Frozen Planet - Discovery
1.922 million viewers, #14; 0.842 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Khloe & Lamar - E!
1.686 million viewers, #15; 1.162 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.659 million viewers, #16; 0.813 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.592 million viewers, #17; 0.706 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #20

Mob Wives - VH1
1.587 million viewers, #18; 1.121 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #12

Veep - HBO
1.379 million viewers, #19; 0.748 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Breakout Kings - A&E
1.345 million viewers, #20; 0.716 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Ice Loves Coco - E!
1.275 million viewers, #21; 0.825 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

William & Kate: One Year Later - TLC
1.177 million viewers, #22; 0.512 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

River Monsters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.145 million viewers, #23; 0.574 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Girls - HBO
0.858 million viewers, #24; 0.495 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Bait Car (8:30) - truTV
0.846 million viewers, #25; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Tough Love - VH1
0.708 million viewers, #26; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Las Vegas Jailhouse (8:00) - truTV
0.701 million viewers, #27; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Snapped - Oxygen
0.618 million viewers, #28; 0.225 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.531 million viewers, #29; 0.212 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

The Borgias - Showtime
0.509 million viewers, #30; 0.245 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.507 million viewers, #31; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

The Big C - Showtime
0.442 million viewers, #32; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #33

Oprah Presents Master Class - OWN
0.406 million viewers, #33; 0.184 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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