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[02/20/13 - 02:59 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Holds Off NBA All-Star Game
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, february 17, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead - AMC
11.050 million viewers, #1; 7.126 million adults 18-49 (5.6 rating), #1

2013 NBA All-Star Game - TNT
8.020 million viewers, #2; 4.488 million adults 18-49 (3.5 rating), #2

Austin & Ally (8:30) - Disney
4.913 million viewers, #3; 0.823 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Shake It Up (9:00) - Disney
4.496 million viewers, #4; 0.673 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Dog With a Blog (8:00) - Disney
4.258 million viewers, #5; 0.651 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

2013 NBA All-Star Game Tip Off - TNT
4.069 million viewers, #6; 2.334 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #4

Talking Dead - AMC
4.009 million viewers, #7; 2.773 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #3

Ax Men (9:00) - History
3.131 million viewers, #8; 1.331 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
2.603 million viewers, #9; 1.576 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Worst Cooks in America - Food
1.976 million viewers, #10; 0.833 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Chopped (8:00) - Food
1.697 million viewers, #11; 0.782 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Shahs of Sunset Reunion (9:00) - Bravo
1.635 million viewers, #12; 0.975 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Kourtney & Kim Take Miami (9:00, 60 Minutes) - E!
1.483 million viewers, #13; 1.012 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.461 million viewers, #14; 0.964 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

See Dad Run (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.458 million viewers, #15; 0.325 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Container Wars (10:30) - truTV
1.453 million viewers, #16; 0.678 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.357 million viewers, #17; 0.717 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Shameless - Showtime
1.315 million viewers, #18; 0.751 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Gator Boys (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.236 million viewers, #19; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell - Food
1.226 million viewers, #20; 0.547 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Wild West Alaska (8:00) - Animal Planet
1.157 million viewers, #21; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.143 million viewers, #22; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Gypsy Sisters (9:00) - TLC
1.114 million viewers, #23; 0.666 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Mob Wives (10:00) - VH1
0.849 million viewers, #24; 0.523 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Gypsy Sisters (8:00) - TLC
0.825 million viewers, #25; 0.514 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

House of Lies - Showtime
0.795 million viewers, #26; 0.476 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Girls (9:00) - HBO
0.686 million viewers, #27; 0.506 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Californication - Showtime
0.669 million viewers, #28; 0.360 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Snapped - Oxygen
0.568 million viewers, #29; 0.283 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

Chasing the Saturdays (10:00) - E!
0.497 million viewers, #30; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Fame in the Family (10:30) - E!
0.398 million viewers, #31; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Enlightened (9:30) - HBO
0.272 million viewers, #32; 0.118 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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