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[03/05/13 - 04:00 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Keeps Demo Crown, "The Bible" Tops Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, march 3, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 29 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Bible (8:00, 120 Minutes) - History
13.103 million viewers, #1; 4.143 million adults 18-49 (3.3 rating), #2

The Walking Dead - AMC
11.296 million viewers, #2; 7.174 million adults 18-49 (5.7 rating), #1

Vikings (10:00) - History
6.212 million viewers, #3; 2.490 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #4

Talking Dead - AMC
3.746 million viewers, #4; 2.526 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #3

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
3.066 million viewers, #5; 1.781 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #5

Amish Mafia: Amish Exorcism - Discovery
2.816 million viewers, #6; 1.520 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #6

Shahs of Sunset Reunion (9:00) - Bravo
1.833 million viewers, #7; 1.060 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Worst Cooks in America - Food
1.827 million viewers, #8; 0.793 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Shameless - Showtime
1.762 million viewers, #9; 1.072 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

NBA Basketball: Bulls at Pacers - ESPN
1.665 million viewers, #10; 0.787 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Kourtney & Kim Take Miami (9:00, 60 Minutes) - E!
1.426 million viewers, #11; 1.000 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.337 million viewers, #12; 0.495 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Welcome to Myrtle Manor - TLC
1.315 million viewers, #13; 0.642 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Gator Boys (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.298 million viewers, #14; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.280 million viewers, #15; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
1.271 million viewers, #16; 0.535 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

See Dad Run (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.230 million viewers, #17; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.218 million viewers, #18; 0.616 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.101 million viewers, #19; 0.804 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Gypsy Sisters (9:00) - TLC
1.073 million viewers, #20; 0.478 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Mob Wives (10:00) - VH1
1.055 million viewers, #21; 0.687 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Wild West Alaska (8:00) - Animal Planet
1.004 million viewers, #22; 0.416 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

House of Lies - Showtime
0.947 million viewers, #23; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Californication - Showtime
0.788 million viewers, #24; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Girls (9:00) - HBO
0.673 million viewers, #25; 0.528 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.596 million viewers, #26; 0.257 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.509 million viewers, #27; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Oprah's Master Class (10:00) - OWN
0.452 million viewers, #28; 0.219 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Enlightened (9:30) - HBO
0.220 million viewers, #29; 0.108 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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