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[02/14/12 - 02:23 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Returns Big for AMC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, february 12, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead - AMC
8.102 million viewers, #1; 5.386 million adults 18-49 (4.2 rating), #1

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2012 Grammy Awards - E!
4.081 million viewers, #2; 2.125 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #2

Ax Men - History
2.614 million viewers, #3; 1.381 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
2.346 million viewers, #4; 1.587 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

So Random! (7:30) - Disney
2.250 million viewers, #5; 0.404 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

NBA Basketball: Miami/Atlanta - ESPN
2.215 million viewers, #6; 1.248 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Comic Book Men - AMC
1.963 million viewers, #7; 1.330 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Full Metal Jousting - History
1.921 million viewers, #8; 1.164 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Worst Cooks in America - Food
1.876 million viewers, #9; 0.829 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

My Strange Addiction (10:00) - TLC
1.499 million viewers, #10; 0.936 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Finding Bigfoot - Animal Planet
1.464 million viewers, #11; 0.820 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Shameless - Showtime
1.440 million viewers, #12; 0.993 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

My Strange Addiction (10:30) - TLC
1.438 million viewers, #13; 0.964 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

NBA Basketball: Utah/Memphis - ESPN
1.327 million viewers, #14; 0.690 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.231 million viewers, #15; 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Mob Wives - VH1
1.198 million viewers, #16; 0.848 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Ultimate Armored Car: The Presidential Beast - Discovery
1.163 million viewers, #17; 0.521 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Gator Boys - Animal Planet
1.027 million viewers, #18; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Hoarding: Buried Alive - TLC
1.013 million viewers, #19; 0.435 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

House of Lies - Showtime
0.986 million viewers, #20; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Vegas Strip - truTV
0.973 million viewers, #21; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

The 9/11 Tapes: Chaos in the Sky - Discovery
0.960 million viewers, #22; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Secret Service Secrets: Campaign Nightmare - Discovery
0.921 million viewers, #23; 0.427 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Californication - Showtime
0.834 million viewers, #24; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Hillbilly Handfishin' - Animal Planet
0.796 million viewers, #25; 0.374 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Extreme Couponing: Midnight Madness - TLC
0.697 million viewers, #26; 0.331 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Bait Car (8:00) - truTV
0.596 million viewers, #27; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Teen Mom 2: Baby Talk - MTV
0.575 million viewers, #28; 0.327 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Luck - HBO
0.549 million viewers, #29; 0.229 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Mob Wives: The Sit Down - VH1
0.466 million viewers, #30; 0.287 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.355 million viewers, #31; 0.123 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Oprah Presents Master Class - OWN
0.175 million viewers, #32; 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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