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[08/09/11 - 02:53 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Big Finish for TNT's "Falling Skies"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, august 7, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 44 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Falling Skies (9:00) (5.703 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.9, #T2)

Falling Skies (10:00) (5.541 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.9, #T2)

True Blood (5.143 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.9, #1)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (4.722 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.5, #5)

In Plain Sight (4.085 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T11)

Good Luck Charlie (3.759 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T18)

Next Food Network Star (3.253 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T7)

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (3.158 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.7, #4)

Ice Road Truckers (3.149 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T7)

So Random! (7:30) (2.777 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T32)

Entourage (2.364 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.3, #6)

Drop Dead Diva (2.360 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

Real Housewives of New Jersey (2.320 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 1.0, #10)

The Glades (2.258 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (2.051 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T11)

Ice Loves Coco (2.050 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T7)

Sunday Best (1.963 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

Teen Spirit (1.887 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T18)

Top Gear (1.835 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.8, #13)

Breaking Bad (1.834 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14)

Against the Wall (1.767 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Iron Chef America (1.534 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T18)

Hillbilly Handfishin' (1.502 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T18)

Vegas Strip (10:00) (1.389 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Bait Car (9:30) (1.318 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T27)

Food Network Challenge (1.300 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T27)

Bait Car (9:00) (1.285 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T27)

My Strange Addiction (10:30) (1.281 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T18)

Bar Rescue (1.190 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Curiosity (Discovery) (1.167 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T23)

Into the Universe With Stephen Hawking (1.018 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T27)

My Strange Addiction (10:00) (0.949 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T27)

The Creation Question (Discovery) (0.930 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T32)

The Glee Project (0.912 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T32)

Celebrity Rehab (0.713 million viewers, #35; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T32)

Curiosity (TLC) (0.490 million viewers, #36; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T36)

Behind the Music (0.438 million viewers, #37; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T36)

Curiosity (Animal Planet) (0.402 million viewers, #38; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T38)

Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes (0.345 million viewers, #39; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T38)

The Creation Question (TLC) (0.335 million viewers, #40; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T38)

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) (0.329 million viewers, #41; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T38)

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) (0.292 million viewers, #42; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T38)

Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals (10:00) (0.284 million viewers, #43; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T38)

Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals (9:00) (0.279 million viewers, #44; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T38)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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