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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)

select cable nielsen ratings
(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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