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[04/02/13 - 05:22 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "The Walking Dead" Goes Out on Top for AMC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, march 31, 2013)

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 - AMC
12.419 million viewers, #1; 8.107 million adults 18-49 (6.4 rating), #1

The Bible (8:00, 120 Minutes) - History
11.745 million viewers, #2; 3.831 million adults 18-49 (3.0 rating), #2

Talking Dead - AMC
5.158 million viewers, #3; 3.258 million adults 18-49 (2.6 rating), #3

Vikings (10:00) - History
4.741 million viewers, #4; 1.653 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #6

Game of Thrones (9:00) - HBO
4.366 million viewers, #5; 3.019 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #4

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
3.026 million viewers, #6; 1.881 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #5

Army Wives (9:00) - Lifetime
2.120 million viewers, #7; 0.916 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

The Client List (10:00) - Lifetime
1.848 million viewers, #8; 1.054 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Worst Cooks in America (9:00) - Food
1.783 million viewers, #9; 0.835 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Shameless - Showtime
1.651 million viewers, #10; 1.047 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Kourtney & Kim Take Miami (9:00, 60 Minutes) - E!
1.562 million viewers, #11; 0.976 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Chopped (10:00) - Food
1.552 million viewers, #12; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Married to Medicine (9:00) - Bravo
1.382 million viewers, #13; 0.763 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

See Dad Run (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.235 million viewers, #14; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.166 million viewers, #15; 0.816 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.014 million viewers, #16; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.955 million viewers, #17; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Mob Wives (10:00) - VH1
0.944 million viewers, #18; 0.623 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Welcome to Myrtle Manor (10:00) - TLC
0.928 million viewers, #19; 0.528 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (9:00) - TLC
0.788 million viewers, #20; 0.406 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

House of Lies - Showtime
0.787 million viewers, #21; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Californication - Showtime
0.580 million viewers, #22; 0.296 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Finding Bigfoot: Untold Stories (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.559 million viewers, #23; 0.267 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.516 million viewers, #24; 0.262 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Snapped: Killer Couples (10:00) - Oxygen
0.508 million viewers, #25; 0.244 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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