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[06/20/12 - 10:16 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Falling Skies" Tops Viewers, "True Blood" Leads Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, june 17, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Falling Skies (9:00, 121 Minutes) - TNT
4.461 million viewers, #1; 1.869 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

True Blood - HBO
4.417 million viewers, #2; 3.301 million adults 18-49 (2.6 rating), #1

Longmire - A&E
3.517 million viewers, #3; 0.868 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Austin & Ally (8:00) - Disney
2.870 million viewers, #4; 0.535 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Ice Road Truckers - History
2.779 million viewers, #5; 1.143 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

The Client List - Lifetime
2.729 million viewers, #6; 1.242 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.654 million viewers, #7; 1.642 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

The Glades - A&E
2.526 million viewers, #8; 0.820 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
2.510 million viewers, #9; 1.541 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Next Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
2.231 million viewers, #10; 0.943 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Drop Dead Diva - Lifetime
2.169 million viewers, #11; 0.934 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Sister Wives (9:00) - TLC
1.927 million viewers, #12; 0.913 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Sister Wives (9:30) - TLC
1.813 million viewers, #13; 0.862 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

MythBusters - Discovery
1.754 million viewers, #14; 0.987 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.605 million viewers, #15; 0.824 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding - TLC
1.487 million viewers, #16; 0.766 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.448 million viewers, #17; 0.588 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.362 million viewers, #18; 0.557 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Mrs. Eastwood & Company (10:00) - E!
1.271 million viewers, #19; 0.787 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Head Games - Discovery
1.239 million viewers, #20; 0.727 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.213 million viewers, #21; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Oprah's Next Chapter (8:00) - OWN
1.111 million viewers, #22; 0.623 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Girls (10:00) - HBO
1.004 million viewers, #23; 0.694 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Call of the Wildman (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.912 million viewers, #24; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Gator Boys - Animal Planet
0.734 million viewers, #25; 0.323 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.718 million viewers, #26; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Snapped - Oxygen
0.561 million viewers, #27; 0.279 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.535 million viewers, #28; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

The Borgias - Showtime
0.517 million viewers, #29; 0.187 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #33

Mob Wives Chicago (8:00) - VH1
0.508 million viewers, #30; 0.356 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Redneck Roadtrip - Animal Planet
0.507 million viewers, #31; 0.289 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

The Big C - Showtime
0.445 million viewers, #32; 0.228 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Tough Love (9:00) - VH1
0.407 million viewers, #33; 0.301 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) - G4
0.250 million viewers, #34; 0.140 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.216 million viewers, #35; 0.162 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #34

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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