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[05/01/12 - 03:05 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs, "Game of Thrones" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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(national numbers for sunday, april 29, 2012)

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

NBA Playoffs: L.A. Clippers/Memphis - TNT
3.982 million viewers, #1; 2.445 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

NBA Playoffs: Atlanta/Boston - TNT
3.971 million viewers, #2; 2.220 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #3

Game of Thrones - HBO
3.903 million viewers, #3; 2.494 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #1

Chopped: All Stars - Food
2.922 million viewers, #4; 1.412 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Army Wives - Lifetime
2.812 million viewers, #5; 1.143 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Ax Men - History
2.685 million viewers, #6; 1.258 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

The Client List - Lifetime
2.405 million viewers, #7; 1.156 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.308 million viewers, #8; 0.941 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.240 million viewers, #9; 1.481 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
2.117 million viewers, #10; 0.977 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
1.841 million viewers, #11; 0.857 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.773 million viewers, #12; 0.886 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Khloe & Lamar - E!
1.700 million viewers, #13; 1.145 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding - TLC
1.686 million viewers, #14; 0.887 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.597 million viewers, #15; 0.609 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

MythBusters - Discovery
1.525 million viewers, #16; 0.791 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.353 million viewers, #17; 0.568 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Breakout Kings (9:00, 120 Minutes) - A&E
1.334 million viewers, #18; 0.764 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Mob Wives - VH1
1.298 million viewers, #19; 0.868 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Ice Loves Coco - E!
1.293 million viewers, #20; 0.832 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Veep - HBO
1.149 million viewers, #21; 0.645 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Bait Car (8:30) - truTV
0.964 million viewers, #22; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

River Monsters (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.860 million viewers, #23; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Tough Love - VH1
0.858 million viewers, #24; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Girls - HBO
0.816 million viewers, #25; 0.486 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Swamp Wars - Animal Planet
0.637 million viewers, #26; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Snapped - Oxygen
0.586 million viewers, #27; 0.299 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

The Borgias - Showtime
0.579 million viewers, #28; 0.276 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.555 million viewers, #29; 0.151 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.474 million viewers, #30; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

The Big C - Showtime
0.429 million viewers, #31; 0.227 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Oprah Presents Master Class - OWN
0.329 million viewers, #32; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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