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[08/30/11 - 04:45 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: MTV Gets Huge Results from "VMAs," "Jersey Shore"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, august 28, 2011)

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

2011 Video Music Awards (12.445 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 6.2, #1)

Jersey Shore (8.028 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 4.4, #2)

2011 Video Music Awards Preshow (7.328 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 3.6, #3)

True Blood (5.312 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.9, #4)

Leverage (9:00) (3.218 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

Good Luck Charlie (3.125 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T18)

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (2.878 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.5, #5)

Ice Road Truckers (2.831 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T7)

The Glades (2.711 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T15)

Drop Dead Diva (2.532 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T12)

Real Housewives of New Jersey (2.386 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T7)

So Random! (7:30) (2.302 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T25)

Entourage (2.164 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 1.3, #6)

Top Gear (1.977 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

Breaking Bad (1.913 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T12)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (1.871 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T9)

Against the Wall (1.863 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T15)

Sunday Best (1.827 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.7, #14)

Great Food Truck Race (1.794 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T15)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (1.584 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Hoarding: Buried Alive (1.512 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T18)

Cupcake Wars (1.383 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T18)

2011 Video Music Awards (VH1 Simulcast) (1.081 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T18)

Bar Rescue (1.052 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Iron Chef America (1.051 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T25)

Bait Car (9:30) (0.989 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T25)

Bait Car (9:00) (0.974 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T25)

Livin' for the Apocalypse (0.970 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T22)

Curiosity (0.899 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T25)

Michelle Obama on a Mission: Impact Africa (0.862 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T25)

Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK (0.847 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T25)

Vegas Strip (10:00) (0.804 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.2, #33)

Hillbilly Handfishin' (0.691 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T25)

Home Takeover With Simon & Tomas (0.184 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.1, #34)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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