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[10/25/11 - 01:03 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Dead" Devours Competition Again
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, october 23, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead (6.703 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.6, #1)

Shake It Up (3.520 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion (3.393 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.7, #2)

Good Luck Charlie (3.325 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Boardwalk Empire (2.691 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3)

Halloween Wars (2.584 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3)

The Walking Dead (10:00, Encore) (2.077 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.0, #5)

Sister Wives (9:00) (2.021 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.8, #8)

Iron Chef America (1.922 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

Dexter (1.888 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

Food Network Challenge (1.700 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #9)

IRT: Deadliest Roads (10:00) (1.541 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Against the Wall (10:00) (1.473 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Long Island Medium (10:00) (1.448 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Against the Wall (9:00) (1.432 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Kendra (1.160 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Homeland (1.101 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Hung (1.041 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Curiosity (9:00) (1.034 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Nick News (0.818 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T24)

Tough Love (0.757 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Storm Chasers (0.693 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Dirty Soap (0.675 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Our America With Lisa Ling (10:00) (0.520 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T24)

How to Make It in America (0.479 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Why Am I Still Single? (0.442 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T24)

Our America With Lisa Ling (9:00) (0.278 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T27)

Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind (0.188 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T27)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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