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[07/26/11 - 03:01 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Overshadows the Competition
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, july 24, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 39 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

True Blood (5.261 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.8, #1)

Good Luck Charlie (4.933 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T16)

Falling Skies (4.068 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T2)

Shake It Up (4.056 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Wizards of Waverly Place (3.527 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T19)

Leverage (3.429 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T11)

Next Food Network Star (3.372 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T6)

In Plain Sight (3.343 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T11)

Ice Road Truckers (3.015 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T6)

Real Housewives of New Jersey (2.920 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T2)

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (2.794 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T2)

Entourage (2.493 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T2)

The Glades (2.396 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T16)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (2.372 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 1.0, #8)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (2.324 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T19)

Drop Dead Diva (2.083 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T16)

Breaking Bad (1.968 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

Top Gear (1.959 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

My Strange Addiction (10:30) (1.706 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T11)

My Strange Addiction (10:00) (1.657 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T11)

Ice Loves Coco (1.615 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T11)

Iron Chef America (1.580 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Vegas Strip (10:00) (1.560 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T19)

Food Network Challenge (1.548 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Sunday Best (1.539 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Hoarding: Buried Alive (1.466 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Vegas Strip (10:30) (1.394 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Bait Car (9:30) (1.369 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T30)

The Protector (1.208 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T30)

Celebrity Rehab (1.183 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T19)

Bait Car (9:00) (1.046 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T33)

Bar Rescue (0.999 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T30)

Swamp Wars (0.877 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T33)

Behind the Music (0.871 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

The Glee Project (0.741 million viewers, #35; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T33)

Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes (0.365 million viewers, #36; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T36)

Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals (0.357 million viewers, #37; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T36)

Finding Sarah (0.225 million viewers, #38; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T36)

The Real L Word (0.217 million viewers, #39; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T36)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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