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[05/30/12 - 04:35 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Spurs, "Thrones" Put TNT, HBO in Front
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 27, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: San Antonio/Oklahoma City - TNT
7.764 million viewers, #1; 4.306 million adults 18-49 (3.4 rating), #1

Game of Thrones - HBO
3.384 million viewers, #2; 2.094 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Next Food Network Star (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Food
2.094 million viewers, #3; 0.787 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.067 million viewers, #4; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Mermaids: The Body Found - Animal Planet
1.960 million viewers, #5; 0.878 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
1.763 million viewers, #6; 1.163 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

Sister Wives (9:30) - TLC
1.403 million viewers, #7; 0.716 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Sister Wives (9:00) - TLC
1.377 million viewers, #8; 0.658 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding - TLC
1.343 million viewers, #9; 0.672 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.312 million viewers, #10; 0.408 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Iron Chef America (10:30) - Food
1.292 million viewers, #11; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.197 million viewers, #12; 0.420 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.140 million viewers, #13; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Mrs. Eastwood & Company (10:00) - E!
0.964 million viewers, #14; 0.595 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Mob Wives Reunion - VH1
0.920 million viewers, #15; 0.538 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Girls - HBO
0.868 million viewers, #16; 0.621 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Mob Wives Chicago (9:00) - VH1
0.848 million viewers, #17; 0.539 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Veep - HBO
0.831 million viewers, #18; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

River Monsters (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.818 million viewers, #19; 0.343 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Tough Love (10:00) - VH1
0.584 million viewers, #20; 0.369 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Snapped - Oxygen
0.457 million viewers, #21; 0.240 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Nick News (9:00) - Nickelodeon
0.343 million viewers, #22; 0.085 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.257 million viewers, #23; 0.115 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.233 million viewers, #24; 0.134 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) - G4
0.193 million viewers, #25; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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