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[02/12/13 - 12:50 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Return Demolishes the Competition
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, february 10, 2013)

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

The Walking Dead - AMC
12.257 million viewers, #1; 7.739 million adults 18-49 (6.1 rating), #1

Talking Dead - AMC
4.143 million viewers, #2; 2.731 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #2

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2013 Grammy Awards - E!
3.161 million viewers, #3; 1.526 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Ax Men (9:00) - History
2.903 million viewers, #4; 1.430 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
2.699 million viewers, #5; 1.539 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (8:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
1.804 million viewers, #6; 0.806 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off (9:00) - Food
1.775 million viewers, #7; 0.665 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Shameless - Showtime
1.531 million viewers, #8; 0.918 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Shahs of Sunset (9:00) - Bravo
1.466 million viewers, #9; 0.814 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

NBA Basketball: Spurs at Nets - ESPN
1.344 million viewers, #10; 0.632 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Kourtney & Kim Take Miami (9:00, 60 Minutes) - E!
1.313 million viewers, #11; 0.788 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.264 million viewers, #12; 0.604 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Container Wars (10:30) - truTV
1.211 million viewers, #13; 0.571 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.198 million viewers, #14; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Gypsy Sisters (9:00, 120 Minutes) - TLC
1.167 million viewers, #15; 0.600 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Syfy
1.145 million viewers, #16; 0.386 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.144 million viewers, #17; 0.509 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Gator Boys (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.085 million viewers, #18; 0.488 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Wild West Alaska (8:00) - Animal Planet
1.058 million viewers, #19; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.040 million viewers, #20; 0.766 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

House of Lies - Showtime
0.915 million viewers, #21; 0.571 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Californication - Showtime
0.753 million viewers, #22; 0.378 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Girls (9:00) - HBO
0.746 million viewers, #23; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Mob Wives (10:00) - VH1
0.639 million viewers, #24; 0.349 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Snapped - Oxygen
0.496 million viewers, #25; 0.231 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Chasing the Saturdays (10:00) - E!
0.371 million viewers, #26; 0.191 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Enlightened (9:30) - HBO
0.217 million viewers, #27; 0.124 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00) - OWN
0.101 million viewers, #28; 0.029 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #28

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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