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[05/07/13 - 02:39 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Game of Thrones" Goes Untouched for HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 5, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 30 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Game of Thrones (9:00) - HBO
5.503 million viewers, #1; 3.623 million adults 18-49 (2.9 rating), #1

Good Luck Charlie (7:30) - Disney
3.698 million viewers, #2; 0.896 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Austin & Ally (8:30) - Disney
3.672 million viewers, #3; 0.662 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Dog With a Blog (8:00) - Disney
3.451 million viewers, #4; 0.652 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Army Wives (9:00) - Lifetime
2.733 million viewers, #5; 1.097 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Ax Men (9:00) - History
2.729 million viewers, #6; 1.259 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.445 million viewers, #7; 1.103 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
2.300 million viewers, #8; 0.809 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Chopped All-Stars (9:00) - Food
2.250 million viewers, #9; 0.866 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

The Client List (10:00) - Lifetime
2.114 million viewers, #10; 1.029 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.784 million viewers, #11; 0.713 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Married to Medicine (9:00) - Bravo
1.579 million viewers, #12; 0.850 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

River Monsters (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.485 million viewers, #13; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Watch What Happens Live (8:00) - Bravo
1.381 million viewers, #14; 0.652 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (9:00) - TLC
1.368 million viewers, #15; 0.769 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (8:00) - TLC
1.355 million viewers, #16; 0.780 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Welcome to Myrtle Manor (10:00) - TLC
1.217 million viewers, #17; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Veep (10:00) - HBO
1.186 million viewers, #18; 0.814 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
1.154 million viewers, #19; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Ice Cold Gold (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.891 million viewers, #20; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

The Kandi Factory (10:00) - Bravo
0.879 million viewers, #21; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.730 million viewers, #22; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Nurse Jackie (9:00) - Showtime
0.725 million viewers, #23; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Married to Jonas (10:00) - E!
0.719 million viewers, #24; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

The Sheards (8:00) - BET
0.705 million viewers, #25; 0.262 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

The Borgias (10:00) - Showtime
0.674 million viewers, #26; 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00, 120 Minutes) - OWN
0.570 million viewers, #27; 0.249 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Oprah's Next Chapter (7:30, 90 Minutes) - OWN
0.563 million viewers, #28; 0.175 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

What Would Ryan Lochte Do? (10:30) - E!
0.476 million viewers, #29; 0.289 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

I'm Married to a... (10:00) - VH1
0.354 million viewers, #30; 0.258 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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