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[06/05/12 - 05:01 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Game 4 of Celtics/Heat Draws 11 Million Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, june 3, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 34 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Miami/Boston - ESPN
11.068 million viewers, #1; 6.232 million adults 18-49 (4.9 rating), #1

Game of Thrones - HBO
4.202 million viewers, #2; 2.834 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #2

Longmire - A&E
4.146 million viewers, #3; 0.986 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

21st Annual MTV Movie Awards - MTV
3.199 million viewers, #4; 1.771 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
3.171 million viewers, #5; 0.565 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

The Glades - A&E
3.108 million viewers, #6; 1.111 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Ice Road Truckers - History
3.068 million viewers, #7; 1.235 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.483 million viewers, #8; 1.535 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Next Food Network Star - Food
2.431 million viewers, #9; 0.956 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.414 million viewers, #10; 1.051 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Drop Dead Diva - Lifetime
2.301 million viewers, #11; 1.083 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

The Client List - Lifetime
2.102 million viewers, #12; 1.028 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

Sister Wives (9:30) - TLC
2.049 million viewers, #13; 1.113 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Sister Wives (9:00) - TLC
1.980 million viewers, #14; 1.034 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

MythBusters - Discovery
1.931 million viewers, #15; 1.071 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding - TLC
1.887 million viewers, #16; 1.076 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.669 million viewers, #17; 0.663 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

2012 Movie Awards Punk'd Pre-Party - MTV
1.459 million viewers, #18; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.447 million viewers, #19; 0.644 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

MLB Baseball: St. Louis/N.Y. Mets - ESPN2
1.263 million viewers, #20; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Veep - HBO
1.175 million viewers, #21; 0.766 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Girls - HBO
1.094 million viewers, #22; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Call of the Wildman (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.987 million viewers, #23; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
0.979 million viewers, #24; 0.410 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Head Games - Discovery
0.966 million viewers, #25; 0.573 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Call of the Wildman (10:30) - Animal Planet
0.903 million viewers, #26; 0.371 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Snapped - Oxygen
0.644 million viewers, #27; 0.365 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.627 million viewers, #28; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.611 million viewers, #29; 0.265 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

The Big C - Showtime
0.589 million viewers, #30; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

The Borgias - Showtime
0.567 million viewers, #31; 0.239 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.350 million viewers, #32; 0.199 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) - G4
0.344 million viewers, #33; 0.195 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Are You Normal, America? - OWN
0.203 million viewers, #34; 0.079 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #34

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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