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[07/10/13 - 01:12 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Holds Off Competition for HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, july 7, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 36 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

True Blood (9:00) - HBO
4.144 million viewers, #1; 2.875 million adults 18-49 (2.3 rating), #1

Falling Skies (10:00) - TNT
3.488 million viewers, #2; 1.507 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Mountain Men (9:00) - History
3.339 million viewers, #3; 1.167 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
2.625 million viewers, #4; 0.950 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
2.556 million viewers, #5; 1.653 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
2.533 million viewers, #6; 1.122 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Dexter (9:00) - Showtime
2.524 million viewers, #7; 1.547 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Breaking Amish: Brave New World Reunion (10:00) - TLC
2.379 million viewers, #8; 1.200 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Ice Road Truckers (10:00) - History
2.179 million viewers, #9; 0.830 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Real Housewives of New Jersey (8:00) - Bravo
2.171 million viewers, #10; 1.268 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Naked & Afraid (10:00) - Discovery
2.165 million viewers, #11; 1.110 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Drop Dead Diva (9:00) - Lifetime
2.164 million viewers, #12; 0.856 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Sunday Best (8:00, 120 Minutes) - BET
2.025 million viewers, #13; 0.883 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.912 million viewers, #14; 0.637 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Long Island Medium: On the Road (9:00) - TLC
1.798 million viewers, #15; 0.799 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.749 million viewers, #16; 1.196 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.616 million viewers, #17; 0.604 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Ray Donovan (10:00) - Showtime
1.556 million viewers, #18; 0.749 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Food Court Wars (10:00) - Food
1.541 million viewers, #19; 0.609 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Call of the Wildman (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.346 million viewers, #20; 0.548 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
1.273 million viewers, #21; 0.571 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Storage Hunters (9:00) - truTV
1.226 million viewers, #22; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Top Hooker (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.099 million viewers, #23; 0.606 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Princesses: Long Island (9:00) - Bravo
0.921 million viewers, #24; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Girl Code (10:30) - MTV
0.798 million viewers, #25; 0.511 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Naked Castaway: Ed Bares All (9:00) - Discovery
0.723 million viewers, #26; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Girl Code (10:00) - MTV
0.680 million viewers, #27; 0.442 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Snapped: Killer Couples (9:00) - Oxygen
0.653 million viewers, #28; 0.288 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Girl Code (9:00) - MTV
0.611 million viewers, #29; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Off the Hook: Extreme Catches (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.606 million viewers, #30; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

The Wanted Life (10:00) - E!
0.575 million viewers, #31; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Family Tree (10:00) - HBO
0.563 million viewers, #32; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Girl Code (9:30) - MTV
0.521 million viewers, #33; 0.324 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00, 90 Minutes) - OWN
0.407 million viewers, #34; 0.210 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Totally Royal Tots (10:00) - VH1
0.271 million viewers, #35; 0.187 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.216 million viewers, #36; 0.132 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #36

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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