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[07/30/13 - 04:00 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Remains on Top for HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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(national numbers for sunday, july 28, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 38 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

True Blood (9:00) - HBO
4.357 million viewers, #1; 3.094 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #1

Mountain Men (9:00) - History
3.742 million viewers, #2; 1.237 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Naked & Afraid (10:00) - Discovery
3.616 million viewers, #3; 1.972 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Shake It Up (9:00) - Disney
3.597 million viewers, #4; 0.648 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Good Luck Charlie (7:30) - Disney
3.357 million viewers, #5; 0.644 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Austin & Ally (8:30) - Disney
3.320 million viewers, #6; 0.595 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #24

Falling Skies (10:00) - TNT
3.055 million viewers, #7; 1.291 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Dog with a Blog (8:00) - Disney
3.047 million viewers, #8; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #30

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
2.884 million viewers, #9; 1.386 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
2.838 million viewers, #10; 1.087 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
2.827 million viewers, #11; 1.730 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Dexter (9:00) - Showtime
2.550 million viewers, #12; 1.557 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Real Housewives of New Jersey (8:00) - Bravo
2.481 million viewers, #13; 1.480 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Ice Road Truckers (10:00) - History
2.427 million viewers, #14; 0.894 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
2.377 million viewers, #15; 0.768 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Drop Dead Diva (9:00) - Lifetime
2.153 million viewers, #16; 0.873 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Sister Wives (9:00) - TLC
1.974 million viewers, #17; 0.997 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.860 million viewers, #18; 0.665 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

The Newsroom (10:00) - HBO
1.804 million viewers, #19; 1.017 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Breaking Amish: LA (10:00) - TLC
1.776 million viewers, #20; 0.905 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.482 million viewers, #21; 0.985 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.471 million viewers, #22; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

Sunday Best (8:00) - BET
1.471 million viewers, #23; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Ray Donovan (10:00) - Showtime
1.461 million viewers, #24; 0.657 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Food Court Wars (8:00) - Food
1.430 million viewers, #25; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #25

Total Divas (10:00) - E!
1.343 million viewers, #26; 0.855 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Storage Hunters (9:00) - truTV
1.301 million viewers, #27; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

Call of the Wildman (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.278 million viewers, #28; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #34

Container Wars (9:30) - truTV
1.172 million viewers, #29; 0.404 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #32

Gator Boys (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.087 million viewers, #30; 0.382 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #33

La La's Full Court Life (10:00) - VH1
1.069 million viewers, #31; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.957 million viewers, #32; 0.563 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Princesses: Long Island (9:00) - Bravo
0.798 million viewers, #33; 0.482 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #29

Tattoo Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
0.726 million viewers, #34; 0.509 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #28

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (10:00) - OWN
0.657 million viewers, #35; 0.266 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #36

Snapped: Killer Couples (9:00) - Oxygen
0.608 million viewers, #36; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #35

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.398 million viewers, #37; 0.161 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #38

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.308 million viewers, #38; 0.227 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #37

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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