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[05/29/13 - 01:10 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: TNT Tops Charts with Latest NBA Playoffs Coverage
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 26, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 24 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Indiana/Miami - Game 3 - TNT
7.279 million viewers, #1; 3.864 million adults 18-49 (3.1 rating), #1

Mermaids: The New Evidence - Animal Planet
3.640 million viewers, #2; 1.733 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Mermaids: The Body Found - The Extended Cut - Animal Planet
2.411 million viewers, #3; 1.089 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

Behind the Candelabra - HBO
2.392 million viewers, #4; 0.824 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
2.205 million viewers, #5; 0.824 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

North America (9:00) - Discovery
1.984 million viewers, #6; 0.717 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
1.938 million viewers, #7; 0.690 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
1.882 million viewers, #8; 0.762 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Breaking Amish: Brave New World (10:00) - TLC
1.631 million viewers, #9; 0.744 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.588 million viewers, #10; 0.606 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Alaska: The Last Frontier (8:00) - Discovery
1.420 million viewers, #11; 0.470 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Married to Medicine Reunion (9:00) - Bravo
1.222 million viewers, #12; 0.658 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.213 million viewers, #13; 0.340 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Iron Chef America (9:00) - Food
1.202 million viewers, #14; 0.470 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

D-Day in 3D (10:00) - Discovery
0.950 million viewers, #15; 0.395 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.874 million viewers, #16; 0.366 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

The Sheards (8:00) - BET
0.697 million viewers, #17; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.695 million viewers, #18; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Married to Jonas (10:00) - E!
0.671 million viewers, #19; 0.370 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

The Kandi Factory (10:00) - Bravo
0.627 million viewers, #20; 0.308 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Nurse Jackie (9:00) - Showtime
0.563 million viewers, #21; 0.217 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.494 million viewers, #22; 0.261 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

The Borgias (10:00) - Showtime
0.421 million viewers, #23; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

What Would Ryan Lochte Do? (10:30) - E!
0.410 million viewers, #24; 0.237 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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