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[05/24/11 - 06:06 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: TNT Rides NBA Wave Once Again
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 22, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of SonoftheBronx & TVBill while TravisYanan is on hiatus:

TNT NBA Playoffs (10.889 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.7, #1)

Army Wives (3.663 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.3, #2)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (3.333 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T5)

In Plain Sight (2.616 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T7)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (2.540 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Game of Thrones (2.444 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T3)

Coming Home (2.218 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Real Housewives of Orange County (2.102 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T3)

Khloe & Lamar (1.956 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T5)

Sister Wives (1.836 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

The Killing (1.686 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T14)

Mob Wives (1.495 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T7)

River Monsters (1.348 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T12)

Breakout Kings (1.341 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T12)

Strange Sex (10:00) (1.211 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T14)

Strange Sex (10:30) (1.188 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T14)

The Borgias (0.810 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T20)

The Dance Scene (0.682 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #17)

Audrina (0.635 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T18)

Treme (0.591 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T20)

Saddle Ranch (0.502 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T18)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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