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[03/06/12 - 03:32 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Another Week, Another "Walking Dead" Win
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, march 4, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 38 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead - AMC
6.771 million viewers, #1; 4.424 million adults 18-49 (3.5 rating), #1

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
4.176 million viewers, #2; 2.095 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Army Wives - Lifetime
3.626 million viewers, #3; 1.569 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Austin & Ally - Disney
3.060 million viewers, #4; 0.406 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
2.667 million viewers, #5; 1.870 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Worst Cooks in America - Food
2.456 million viewers, #6; 1.175 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Ax Men - History
2.432 million viewers, #7; 1.289 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

So Random! (7:30) - Disney
2.335 million viewers, #8; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

NBA Basketball: Chicago/Philadelphia - ESPN
2.276 million viewers, #9; 1.194 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Breakout Kings - A&E
2.117 million viewers, #10; 0.995 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Khloe & Lamar - E!
2.107 million viewers, #11; 1.468 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

NBA Basketball: Denver/San Antonio - ESPN
1.867 million viewers, #12; 0.976 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

Ice Loves Coco - E!
1.667 million viewers, #13; 1.210 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

My Strange Addiction (10:00) - TLC
1.644 million viewers, #14; 0.910 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Shameless - Showtime
1.601 million viewers, #15; 1.046 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.551 million viewers, #16; 0.709 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #21

Ralphie May: Too Big to Ignore - Comedy Central
1.522 million viewers, #17; 0.854 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #17

Comic Book Men - AMC
1.516 million viewers, #18; 1.061 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Hoarding: Buried Alive - TLC
1.511 million viewers, #19; 0.618 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

My Strange Addiction (10:30) - TLC
1.440 million viewers, #20; 0.877 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Mob Wives - VH1
1.402 million viewers, #21; 0.897 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Iron Chef America - Food
1.379 million viewers, #22; 0.786 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

The Kandi Factory - Bravo
1.374 million viewers, #23; 0.820 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Full Metal Jousting - History
1.311 million viewers, #24; 0.753 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #20

Finding Bigfoot - Animal Planet
1.167 million viewers, #25; 0.571 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Las Vegas Jailhouse - truTV
1.050 million viewers, #26; 0.512 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Stolen Gold: Battle for the Black Swan Treasure - Discovery
0.960 million viewers, #27; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

Eastbound & Down - HBO
0.882 million viewers, #28; 0.688 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

House of Lies - Showtime
0.823 million viewers, #29; 0.497 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Rattlesnake Republic - Animal Planet
0.790 million viewers, #30; 0.268 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #35

Hillbilly Handfishin' - Animal Planet
0.771 million viewers, #31; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.752 million viewers, #32; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Luck - HBO
0.686 million viewers, #33; 0.318 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Californication - Showtime
0.668 million viewers, #34; 0.410 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Oprah Presents Master Class - OWN
0.609 million viewers, #35; 0.191 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #38

Stevie TV (9:00) - VH1
0.428 million viewers, #36; 0.270 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Mob Wives: The Sit Down (10:30) - VH1
0.409 million viewers, #37; 0.218 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #36

Life's Too Short - HBO
0.365 million viewers, #38; 0.211 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #37

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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