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[06/12/12 - 02:58 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Returns on Top for HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, june 10, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 36 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

True Blood - HBO
5.201 million viewers, #1; 3.720 million adults 18-49 (2.9 rating), #1

Longmire - A&E
4.095 million viewers, #2; 1.161 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

The Glades - A&E
2.902 million viewers, #3; 0.965 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
2.872 million viewers, #4; 0.512 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.701 million viewers, #5; 1.203 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Ice Road Truckers - History
2.360 million viewers, #6; 0.845 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.293 million viewers, #7; 1.389 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

Next Food Network Star (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Food
2.192 million viewers, #8; 0.865 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

The Client List - Lifetime
2.191 million viewers, #9; 1.081 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Drop Dead Diva - Lifetime
2.118 million viewers, #10; 0.894 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
2.079 million viewers, #11; 0.796 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
2.038 million viewers, #12; 1.340 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.889 million viewers, #13; 0.817 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.841 million viewers, #14; 0.673 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Sister Wives (9:30) - TLC
1.660 million viewers, #15; 0.854 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Sister Wives (9:00) - TLC
1.651 million viewers, #16; 0.827 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

MythBusters - Discovery
1.637 million viewers, #17; 0.916 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.599 million viewers, #18; 0.662 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding - TLC
1.542 million viewers, #19; 0.814 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Little People, Big World - TLC
1.257 million viewers, #20; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Veep - HBO
1.075 million viewers, #21; 0.726 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Head Games - Discovery
0.984 million viewers, #22; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.911 million viewers, #23; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Mrs. Eastwood & Company (10:00) - E!
0.906 million viewers, #24; 0.570 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Call of the Wildman (10:30) - Animal Planet
0.902 million viewers, #25; 0.360 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Call of the Wildman (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.870 million viewers, #26; 0.325 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Girls - HBO
0.866 million viewers, #27; 0.650 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Tough Love (9:00) - VH1
0.739 million viewers, #28; 0.488 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Mob Wives Chicago (8:00) - VH1
0.672 million viewers, #29; 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Snapped - Oxygen
0.625 million viewers, #30; 0.360 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

The Borgias - Showtime
0.621 million viewers, #31; 0.297 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.602 million viewers, #32; 0.278 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

The Big C - Showtime
0.499 million viewers, #33; 0.235 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Our America With Lisa Ling - OWN
0.420 million viewers, #34; 0.167 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #36

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) - G4
0.380 million viewers, #35; 0.225 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #35

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.358 million viewers, #36; 0.228 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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