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[04/30/13 - 04:59 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: No Stopping "Game of Thrones" on HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, april 28, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 34 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Game of Thrones (9:00) - HBO
5.349 million viewers, #1; 3.545 million adults 18-49 (2.8 rating), #1

Good Luck Charlie (7:30) - Disney
3.896 million viewers, #2; 1.058 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Vikings (10:00) - History
3.580 million viewers, #3; 1.662 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

NBA Playoffs: LA Lakers/San Antonio - Game 4 - TNT
3.513 million viewers, #4; 1.866 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

NBA Playoffs: Golden State/Denver - Game 4 - TNT
3.196 million viewers, #5; 1.774 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Dog With a Blog (8:00) - Disney
3.193 million viewers, #6; 0.693 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
3.062 million viewers, #7; 0.583 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Ax Men (9:00) - History
2.836 million viewers, #8; 1.215 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Army Wives (9:00) - Lifetime
2.762 million viewers, #9; 1.093 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Real Housewives of Atlanta: Secrets Revealed (8:00) - Bravo
2.432 million viewers, #10; 1.370 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

The Client List (10:00) - Lifetime
2.387 million viewers, #11; 1.187 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.379 million viewers, #12; 1.042 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Chopped All-Stars (9:00) - Food
2.228 million viewers, #13; 0.909 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
2.133 million viewers, #14; 0.771 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Married to Medicine (9:00) - Bravo
1.942 million viewers, #15; 1.197 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.705 million viewers, #16; 0.768 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Naked Castaway (10:00) - Discovery
1.672 million viewers, #17; 0.849 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
1.357 million viewers, #18; 0.523 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

River Monsters (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.351 million viewers, #19; 0.673 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Veep (10:00) - HBO
1.324 million viewers, #20; 0.916 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

See Dad Run (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.203 million viewers, #21; 0.247 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

The Kandi Factory (10:00) - Bravo
1.189 million viewers, #22; 0.698 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Welcome to Myrtle Manor (10:00) - TLC
1.059 million viewers, #23; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (9:00) - TLC
1.027 million viewers, #24; 0.521 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Ice Cold Gold (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.815 million viewers, #25; 0.372 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

The Sheards (8:00) - BET
0.747 million viewers, #26; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Nurse Jackie (9:00) - Showtime
0.688 million viewers, #27; 0.330 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Married to Jonas (10:30) - E!
0.611 million viewers, #28; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

The Borgias (10:00) - Showtime
0.569 million viewers, #29; 0.192 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.562 million viewers, #30; 0.242 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (10:00) - OWN
0.541 million viewers, #31; 0.204 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00) - OWN
0.433 million viewers, #32; 0.135 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #34

What Would Ryan Lochte Do? (10:00) - E!
0.392 million viewers, #33; 0.261 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

I'm Married to a... (10:00) - VH1
0.318 million viewers, #34; 0.221 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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