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[05/09/12 - 11:40 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs, Disney's "Good Luck Charlie" Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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(national numbers for sunday, may 6, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Denver/L.A. Lakers - TNT
4.622 million viewers, #1; 2.818 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #1

Good Luck Charlie (8:30) - Disney
4.257 million viewers, #2; 1.129 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Good Luck Charlie (8:00) - Disney
3.962 million viewers, #3; 0.970 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Game of Thrones - HBO
3.879 million viewers, #4; 2.543 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #2

NBA Playoffs: Atlanta/Boston - TNT
3.588 million viewers, #5; 2.048 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #3

Army Wives - Lifetime
3.073 million viewers, #6; 1.129 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Ax Men - History
2.791 million viewers, #7; 1.334 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.543 million viewers, #8; 1.561 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

The Client List - Lifetime
2.507 million viewers, #9; 1.146 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Chopped: All Stars - Food
2.503 million viewers, #10; 1.037 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.290 million viewers, #11; 0.912 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
2.240 million viewers, #12; 1.045 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
1.996 million viewers, #13; 0.889 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding - TLC
1.687 million viewers, #14; 0.856 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #17

MythBusters - Discovery
1.653 million viewers, #15; 0.955 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Khloe & Lamar - E!
1.548 million viewers, #16; 1.026 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.528 million viewers, #17; 0.642 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #24

River Monsters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.446 million viewers, #18; 0.749 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #20

Iron Chef America - Food
1.446 million viewers, #19; 0.644 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Mob Wives - VH1
1.350 million viewers, #20; 0.896 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.344 million viewers, #21; 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

The Comedy Awards - Comedy Central
1.304 million viewers, #22; 0.853 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #18

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.296 million viewers, #23; 0.590 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #25

Bait Car (8:30) - truTV
1.061 million viewers, #24; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

Between Two Ferns: A Fairytale of New York - Comedy Central
1.006 million viewers, #25; 0.784 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Veep - HBO
0.949 million viewers, #26; 0.725 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #21

Tough Love - VH1
0.919 million viewers, #27; 0.676 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Swamp Wars - Animal Planet
0.791 million viewers, #28; 0.330 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Meet Mrs. Eastwood & Company - E!
0.765 million viewers, #29; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #28

Girls - HBO
0.743 million viewers, #30; 0.530 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

The Borgias - Showtime
0.567 million viewers, #31; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.542 million viewers, #32; 0.200 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Snapped - Oxygen
0.514 million viewers, #33; 0.270 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

The Big C - Showtime
0.483 million viewers, #34; 0.199 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Oprah Presents Master Class - OWN
0.253 million viewers, #35; 0.122 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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