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[05/15/12 - 05:16 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Game of Thrones" Pulls Back in Front for HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 13, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Game of Thrones - HBO
3.694 million viewers, #1; 2.439 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #1

Good Luck Charlie (8:00) - Disney
3.605 million viewers, #2; 0.795 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
3.284 million viewers, #3; 0.657 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Good Luck Charlie (7:30) - Disney
2.996 million viewers, #4; 0.684 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Army Wives - Lifetime
2.606 million viewers, #5; 1.036 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Ax Men - History
2.601 million viewers, #6; 1.285 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

The Client List - Lifetime
2.274 million viewers, #7; 1.038 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.259 million viewers, #8; 1.570 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.125 million viewers, #9; 0.929 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
2.080 million viewers, #10; 0.923 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Sister Wives - TLC
2.035 million viewers, #11; 1.153 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Next Food Network Star (9:00, 120 Minutes) - Food
1.969 million viewers, #12; 0.751 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Khloe & Lamar - E!
1.833 million viewers, #13; 1.216 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.606 million viewers, #14; 0.635 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding - TLC
1.587 million viewers, #15; 0.888 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

MythBusters - Discovery
1.480 million viewers, #16; 0.864 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

River Monsters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.454 million viewers, #17; 0.697 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.301 million viewers, #18; 0.608 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Mob Wives - VH1
1.230 million viewers, #19; 0.814 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Veep - HBO
0.942 million viewers, #20; 0.739 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Tough Love - VH1
0.880 million viewers, #21; 0.550 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Girls - HBO
0.830 million viewers, #22; 0.620 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

The Borgias - Showtime
0.687 million viewers, #23; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Swamp Wars (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.669 million viewers, #24; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

E! True Hollywood Story: Joan & Melissa Rivers - E!
0.619 million viewers, #25; 0.323 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.497 million viewers, #26; 0.232 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

The Big C - Showtime
0.417 million viewers, #27; 0.217 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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