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[05/14/13 - 01:27 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Another Week, Another "Game of Thrones" Victory
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 12, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 33 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Game of Thrones (9:00) - HBO
4.842 million viewers, #1; 3.044 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #1

Good Luck Charlie (7:30) - Disney
2.778 million viewers, #2; 0.629 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Dog With a Blog (8:00) - Disney
2.745 million viewers, #3; 0.538 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
2.629 million viewers, #4; 0.444 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
2.508 million viewers, #5; 0.963 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

Ax Men (9:00) - History
2.364 million viewers, #6; 0.936 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.356 million viewers, #7; 1.062 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #3

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
2.341 million viewers, #8; 0.932 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Army Wives (9:00) - Lifetime
2.306 million viewers, #9; 0.898 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Breaking Amish: Brave New World (10:00) - TLC
2.140 million viewers, #10; 1.124 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #2

Long Island Medium: On the Road (8:00) - TLC
1.995 million viewers, #11; 0.763 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

The Client List (10:00) - Lifetime
1.793 million viewers, #12; 0.856 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

River Monsters (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.600 million viewers, #13; 0.908 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.453 million viewers, #14; 0.553 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.420 million viewers, #15; 0.623 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Great Bear Stakeout - Discovery
1.252 million viewers, #16; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Veep (10:00) - HBO
1.210 million viewers, #17; 0.809 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Married to Medicine (9:00) - Bravo
1.184 million viewers, #18; 0.662 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Iron Chef America (9:00) - Food
1.108 million viewers, #19; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

See Dad Run (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.020 million viewers, #20; 0.341 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.879 million viewers, #21; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Nurse Jackie (9:00) - Showtime
0.840 million viewers, #22; 0.385 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Ice Cold Gold (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.802 million viewers, #23; 0.445 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Family Tree (10:30) - HBO
0.794 million viewers, #24; 0.512 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Married to Jonas (10:00) - E!
0.749 million viewers, #25; 0.436 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

The Borgias (10:00) - Showtime
0.749 million viewers, #26; 0.238 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

The Kandi Factory (10:00) - Bravo
0.596 million viewers, #27; 0.344 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

The Sheards (8:00) - BET
0.553 million viewers, #28; 0.277 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Holly Has a Baby - E!
0.519 million viewers, #29; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

NHL Playoffs: NY Rangers/Washington - Game 6 - CNBC
0.512 million viewers, #30; 0.242 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

What Would Ryan Lochte Do? (10:30) - E!
0.474 million viewers, #31; 0.283 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

I'm Married to a... (10:00) - VH1
0.432 million viewers, #32; 0.255 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00) - OWN
0.351 million viewers, #33; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #33

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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