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[06/28/11 - 02:54 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Returns Hot for HBO
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, june 26, 2011)

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

BET Awards '11 (7.710 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.3, #1)

True Blood (5.424 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.0, #2)

Falling Skies (4.200 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.5, #3)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (3.751 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T10)

In Plain Sight (3.603 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T7)

Leverage (3.418 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T7)

Good Luck Charlie (3.004 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

Ice Road Truckers (2.893 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.2, #5)

BET Awards '11 Pre-Show (2.717 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.1, #6)

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (2.696 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.4, #4)

The Glades (2.532 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T12)

Next Food Network Star (2.513 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T10)

Drop Dead Diva (2.384 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T12)

Real Housewives of New Jersey (2.030 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T7)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (1.868 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T16)

Finding Bigfoot (1.480 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.5, #18)

Ice Loves Coco (1.361 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

Mob Wives (1.308 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

The Protector (1.225 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Extreme Chef (1.154 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T19)

Celebrity Rehab (1.062 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T16)

Police POV (10:30) (1.012 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Police POV (10:00) (0.908 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Freaky Eaters (10:30) (0.857 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Freaky Eaters (10:00) (0.819 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Swamp Wars (0.732 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T27)

Treme (0.721 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Wild Amazon (8:00) (0.715 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T27)

The Glee Project (0.591 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T27)

Wild Amazon (7:00) (0.568 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T27)

Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes (0.398 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T31)

Finding Sarah (0.383 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T31)

Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals (0.349 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T31)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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