or


[07/10/12 - 01:16 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Remains Unstoppable for HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, july 8, 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
4.500 million viewers, #1; 3.377 million adults 18-49 (2.6 rating), #1

Longmire - A&E
4.064 million viewers, #2; 0.903 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Falling Skies - TNT
3.635 million viewers, #3; 1.540 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Army Wives - Lifetime
3.291 million viewers, #4; 1.382 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

The Glades - A&E
3.192 million viewers, #5; 0.998 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
3.071 million viewers, #6; 1.147 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Ice Road Truckers - History
2.595 million viewers, #7; 0.971 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
2.524 million viewers, #8; 1.742 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.516 million viewers, #9; 1.558 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Next Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
2.514 million viewers, #10; 1.018 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
2.324 million viewers, #11; 1.199 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Drop Dead Diva - Lifetime
2.277 million viewers, #12; 1.034 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

The Newsroom - HBO
2.211 million viewers, #13; 1.200 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Sunday Best (8:00, 120 Minutes) - BET
2.058 million viewers, #14; 0.883 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Call of the Wildman (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.629 million viewers, #15; 0.679 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Talking Dead - AMC
1.588 million viewers, #16; 0.965 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

The Walking Dead: Black & White - AMC
1.585 million viewers, #17; 0.935 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Gator Boys - Animal Planet
1.514 million viewers, #18; 0.597 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.420 million viewers, #19; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Hoarding: Buried Alive - TLC
1.419 million viewers, #20; 0.753 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.270 million viewers, #21; 0.584 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

The Great Escape - TNT
1.249 million viewers, #22; 0.755 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Shark Wranglers - History
1.111 million viewers, #23; 0.538 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Mrs. Eastwood & Company (10:00) - E!
1.060 million viewers, #24; 0.714 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Hell and Back: Special Ops Ranger - Discovery
0.974 million viewers, #25; 0.506 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Bounty Wars - Discovery
0.722 million viewers, #26; 0.425 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Snapped - Oxygen
0.685 million viewers, #27; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Big Ang - VH1
0.670 million viewers, #28; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Mass Moon Wedding - TLC
0.640 million viewers, #29; 0.374 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Weeds - Showtime
0.608 million viewers, #30; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Mob Wives Chicago (8:00) - VH1
0.481 million viewers, #31; 0.335 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

Oprah's Next Chapter (8:00) - OWN
0.479 million viewers, #32; 0.241 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Episodes - Showtime
0.373 million viewers, #33; 0.229 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.358 million viewers, #34; 0.202 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Oprah Builds a Network - OWN
0.272 million viewers, #35; 0.132 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #36

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) - G4
0.265 million viewers, #36; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [july 2012]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[07/02/26 - 06:09 PM]
ESPN Delivers Most-Watched Wimbledon Day 2 Coverage on Record
Serena Williams' Wimbledon return on Tuesday, June 30, delivered record viewership.

[07/02/26 - 03:18 PM]
FOX Sports' Strong FIFA World Cup 2026 Viewership Continues with 10.43 Million viewers Tuning in for Mexico-Ecuador
The telecast reached a peak viewership of 13.087 million viewers from 10:30-10:45 PM ET.

[07/02/26 - 02:49 PM]
ABC News Is No. 1 in Total Viewers for the Second Quarter on Sunday Morning and Friday Evening
"20/20" ranked as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine during the 2nd Quarter 2026 in Total Viewers (3.806 million) and Adults 18-49 (473,000).

[07/02/26 - 01:48 PM]
FOX Sports Soars Into the Record Books with Most-Watched Soccer Telecast in English-Language U.S. History
24.429 million viewers watched the USMNT's historic FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 victory Wednesday on FOX.

[07/02/26 - 08:27 AM]
"BET Awards" 2026 Grows Across Every Platform with First-Time Host Druski, Cementing BET as the Epicenter of Black Culture
The telecast was the highest-rated "BET Awards" on BET since 2019 among P18-49, with P18-49 impressions up +50% year-over-year.

[07/01/26 - 03:00 PM]
FOX Scores 10.579 Million Viewers for Netherlands-Morocco FIFA World Cup 2026 Knock Out Thriller - Monday's Most-Watched Telecast on Any Network
Coverage peaked with 12.657 million viewers from 10:45-11:00 PM ET.

[07/01/26 - 01:07 PM]
"Dateline" Is the #1 Friday Newsmagazine in Both Key Demos for the 10th Consecutive Quarter
According to Nielsen Media Research, the true crime original averages 786,000 A25-54 viewers, +31,000 vs. last quarter and +11,000 vs. last year.

[07/01/26 - 12:11 PM]
Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of June 22
"Off Campus," "Every Year After," "Clarkson's Farm," "Spider-Noir," and "The Boys" led all original series worldwide.

[07/01/26 - 11:19 AM]
ABC Delivers Most-Watched Banana Ball Telecast Ever!
The June 28 broadcast averaged 1.2 million viewers across the two-hour showcase.

[06/30/26 - 05:54 PM]
FOX Sports Smashes FIFA World Cup Group Stage Records as U.S. Men's National Team and Global Superstars Shine Bright
Averaging 5,052,000 viewers across 72 matches, the Group Stage on FOX, FS1 and Tubi was up +92% versus 2022 (2,638,000 viewers), for the most-watched FIFA Men's World Cup Group Stage telecast average in English-language U.S. history.

[06/30/26 - 02:17 PM]
NBC Sports Delivers Audience Milestones for Sunday Golf and Baseball Coverage on NBC and Peacock
NBC Sports' first New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game since 1995, a 10-inning, 5-4 victory by the Red Sox, averaged 4.0 million viewers from 8:28-10:35 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

[06/30/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of June 22 - The Search Continues as "I Will Find You" Holds at No. 1 for a Second Week
The second season of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" launched in the No. 2 spot on the English TV list with 8.7 million views, and the first season reentered the list in the No. 3 spot with 3 million views.

[06/29/26 - 10:00 AM]
USMNT FIFA World Cup 2026 Group Stage Finale Pulls in 17.015 Million Viewers on FOX
Said coverage delivered a peak audience of 19,471,000 viewers from 10:30-10:45 PM ET.

[06/26/26 - 05:35 PM]
Third Leg of FIFA World Cup 2026 Group Stage Kicks Off, FOX Sports Viewership Stays Strong
8.7 million viewers tuned into 9:00 PM ET window featuring Mexico-Czechia on FOX and South Africa-Korea Republic on FS1.

[06/26/26 - 02:44 PM]
USMNT Caps Historic FIFA World Cup 2026 Group Stage with 15.856M Viewers on FOX
Said coverage marked the third most-watched FIFA Men's World Cup Group Stage telecast in English-language U.S. history.