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[08/16/11 - 01:50 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Next Food Network Star" Wraps With Season High
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, august 14, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 34 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

True Blood (5.300 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.1, #1)

Next Food Network Star (4.227 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T3)

Ice Road Truckers (3.443 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.2, #6)

Leverage (9:00) (3.356 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

Leverage (10:00) (3.290 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.0, #8)

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (3.160 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.7, #2)

The Glades (2.885 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

So Random! (7:30) (2.793 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Real Housewives of New Jersey (2.741 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.3, #5)

Next Food Network Star Reunion (2.494 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

Entourage (2.460 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T3)

Drop Dead Diva (2.394 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (2.305 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 1.1, #7)

Top Gear (2.229 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

Sunday Best (2.068 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

Great Food Truck Race (2.038 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.8, #12)

Against the Wall (1.856 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T20)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (1.807 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T18)

Breaking Bad (1.754 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

Hoarding: Buried Alive (1.640 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13)

Hillbilly Handfishin' (1.345 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T20)

Bar Rescue (1.259 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T18)

Vegas Strip (10:00) (1.169 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Curiosity (1.101 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Bait Car (9:30) (1.070 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

High Stakes Sweepers (1.020 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Bait Car (9:00) (0.984 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

The Glee Project (0.917 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T30)

Celebrity Rehab (0.868 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Behind the Music (0.486 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T30)

Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals (0.362 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T32)

Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes (0.339 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T32)

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) (0.244 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T32)

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) (0.216 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T32)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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