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[10/23/12 - 12:41 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "The Walking Dead" Once Again Devours the Competition
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, october 21, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead (9:00) - AMC
9.547 million viewers, #1; 6.489 million adults 18-49 (5.1 rating), #1

Breaking Amish - TLC
3.387 million viewers, #2; 1.704 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

American Pickers - History
3.295 million viewers, #3; 0.953 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
2.931 million viewers, #4; 1.343 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
2.646 million viewers, #5; 1.244 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Boardwalk Empire - HBO
2.344 million viewers, #6; 1.075 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

SpongeBob SquarePants (7:30, 30 Minutes) - Nickelodeon
2.295 million viewers, #7; 0.509 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Dexter - Showtime
2.176 million viewers, #8; 1.421 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Homeland - Showtime
1.745 million viewers, #9; 0.995 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Real Housewives of New Jersey: The Lost Footage - Bravo
1.641 million viewers, #10; 0.834 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Halloween Wars - Food
1.632 million viewers, #11; 0.776 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Outback Hunters - History
1.553 million viewers, #12; 0.620 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

See Dad Run (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.515 million viewers, #13; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.481 million viewers, #14; 0.632 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
1.453 million viewers, #15; 0.876 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs - Comedy Central
0.926 million viewers, #16; 0.533 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

America's Most Secret: Structures - Discovery
0.757 million viewers, #17; 0.374 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Married to Jonas - E!
0.727 million viewers, #18; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Treme - HBO
0.602 million viewers, #19; 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.583 million viewers, #20; 0.269 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Rehab with Dr. Drew - VH1
0.568 million viewers, #21; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Curiosity (9:00) - Discovery
0.564 million viewers, #22; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Couples Therapy (9:00) - VH1
0.554 million viewers, #23; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Snapped - Oxygen
0.551 million viewers, #24; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

The Soup Presents: The Goodest Moments of Redneck Shows - E!
0.447 million viewers, #25; 0.273 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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