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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)

select cable nielsen ratings
(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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