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[06/26/12 - 02:06 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Continues Demo Reign for HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, june 24, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Good Luck Charlie (8:00) - Disney
7.477 million viewers, #1; 1.569 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

True Blood - HBO
4.661 million viewers, #2; 3.327 million adults 18-49 (2.6 rating), #1

Falling Skies - TNT
3.807 million viewers, #3; 1.653 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

Longmire - A&E
3.779 million viewers, #4; 0.910 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Army Wives - Lifetime
3.333 million viewers, #5; 1.247 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

The Glades - A&E
3.105 million viewers, #6; 0.925 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
2.969 million viewers, #7; 1.243 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.872 million viewers, #8; 1.840 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Ice Road Truckers - History
2.673 million viewers, #9; 0.932 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Next Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
2.513 million viewers, #10; 1.098 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
2.485 million viewers, #11; 1.664 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

Sister Wives (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.216 million viewers, #12; 1.188 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

The Newsroom - HBO
2.139 million viewers, #13; 1.217 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Sister Wives Tell All - TLC
2.124 million viewers, #14; 1.084 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Drop Dead Diva - Lifetime
2.040 million viewers, #15; 0.784 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.800 million viewers, #16; 0.839 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

The Great Escape - TNT
1.616 million viewers, #17; 0.827 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Call of the Wildman (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.499 million viewers, #18; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.462 million viewers, #19; 0.717 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Oprah's Next Chapter (8:00) - OWN
1.209 million viewers, #20; 0.699 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Gator Boys - Animal Planet
1.133 million viewers, #21; 0.516 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Mrs. Eastwood & Company (10:00) - E!
1.132 million viewers, #22; 0.694 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute to Shirley MacLaine - TV Land
0.804 million viewers, #23; 0.115 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Snapped - Oxygen
0.792 million viewers, #24; 0.450 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Tough Love (9:00) - VH1
0.594 million viewers, #25; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Mob Wives Chicago (8:00) - VH1
0.487 million viewers, #26; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) - G4
0.421 million viewers, #27; 0.250 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.410 million viewers, #28; 0.229 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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