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[03/26/13 - 12:28 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Dominates Demos, Edges "Bible" in Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, march 24, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead - AMC
10.993 million viewers, #1; 6.853 million adults 18-49 (5.4 rating), #1

The Bible (8:00, 120 Minutes) - History
10.267 million viewers, #2; 3.404 million adults 18-49 (2.7 rating), #2

Vikings (10:00) - History
4.538 million viewers, #3; 1.828 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #7

Talking Dead - AMC
4.491 million viewers, #4; 2.734 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #3

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Florida Gulf Coast vs. San Diego State - TBS
3.861 million viewers, #5; 1.932 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #4

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Creighton vs. Duke - TBS
3.711 million viewers, #6; 1.830 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #6

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Illinois vs. Miami - TNT
3.711 million viewers, #7; 1.879 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #5

Dog With a Blog (8:00) - Disney
2.812 million viewers, #8; 0.493 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
2.795 million viewers, #9; 1.727 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #8

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
2.740 million viewers, #10; 0.433 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Minnesota vs. Florida - TNT
2.469 million viewers, #11; 1.146 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Army Wives - Lifetime
2.451 million viewers, #12; 0.971 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

The Client List - Lifetime
2.003 million viewers, #13; 1.160 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Married to Medicine (9:00) - Bravo
1.892 million viewers, #14; 1.196 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle vs. Ole Miss - truTV
1.813 million viewers, #15; 0.838 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Worst Cooks in America - Food
1.698 million viewers, #16; 0.699 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Shameless - Showtime
1.606 million viewers, #17; 1.014 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.535 million viewers, #18; 0.578 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Kourtney & Kim Take Miami (9:00, 60 Minutes) - E!
1.498 million viewers, #19; 1.125 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #12

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (9:00) - TLC
1.258 million viewers, #20; 0.675 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Wild West Alaska (8:00) - Animal Planet
1.243 million viewers, #21; 0.524 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Welcome to Myrtle Manor (10:00) - TLC
1.240 million viewers, #22; 0.688 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.204 million viewers, #23; 0.858 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.087 million viewers, #24; 0.569 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine (8:00) - TLC
1.071 million viewers, #25; 0.599 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
1.048 million viewers, #26; 0.444 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

Mob Wives (10:00) - VH1
0.774 million viewers, #27; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

House of Lies - Showtime
0.771 million viewers, #28; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Phil Spector - HBO
0.754 million viewers, #29; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

Californication - Showtime
0.592 million viewers, #30; 0.258 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Snapped: Killer Couples (10:00) - Oxygen
0.534 million viewers, #31; 0.295 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.518 million viewers, #32; 0.245 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Oprah's Master Class (10:00) - OWN
0.387 million viewers, #33; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #34

Playing with Fire (10:00) - E!
0.366 million viewers, #34; 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.245 million viewers, #35; 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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