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[03/13/12 - 01:46 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Still Unstoppable for AMC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, march 11, 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
6.888 million viewers, #1; 4.570 million adults 18-49 (3.6 rating), #1

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
3.498 million viewers, #2; 1.526 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Shake It Up - Disney
3.250 million viewers, #3; 0.709 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Army Wives - Lifetime
3.038 million viewers, #4; 1.279 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Ax Men - History
2.850 million viewers, #5; 1.488 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Worst Cooks in America - Food
2.663 million viewers, #6; 1.296 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Austin & Ally - Disney
2.625 million viewers, #7; 0.558 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
2.297 million viewers, #8; 1.510 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Cupcake Wars - Food
2.073 million viewers, #9; 0.944 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Khloe & Lamar - E!
1.810 million viewers, #10; 1.301 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Restaurant Stakeout - Food
1.810 million viewers, #11; 0.985 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Full Metal Jousting - History
1.762 million viewers, #12; 1.031 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Comic Book Men - AMC
1.744 million viewers, #13; 1.210 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Breakout Kings - A&E
1.701 million viewers, #14; 0.846 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

Finding Bigfoot - Animal Planet
1.543 million viewers, #15; 0.648 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Hoarding: Buried Alive - Where Are They Now? - TLC
1.411 million viewers, #16; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Ice Loves Coco - E!
1.400 million viewers, #17; 1.015 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

My Strange Addiction (10:00) - TLC
1.386 million viewers, #18; 0.834 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Shameless - Showtime
1.306 million viewers, #19; 0.862 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Coming Home - Lifetime
1.291 million viewers, #20; 0.647 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Hoarding: Buried Alive - TLC
1.273 million viewers, #21; 0.476 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Mob Wives - VH1
1.169 million viewers, #22; 0.826 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Shahs of Sunset - Bravo
1.114 million viewers, #23; 0.707 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Eastbound & Down - HBO
0.990 million viewers, #24; 0.785 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Rattlesnake Republic - Animal Planet
0.771 million viewers, #25; 0.248 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

House of Lies - Showtime
0.698 million viewers, #26; 0.473 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Californication - Showtime
0.680 million viewers, #27; 0.473 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Las Vegas Jailhouse - truTV
0.658 million viewers, #28; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Mob Wives: The Sit Down - VH1
0.499 million viewers, #29; 0.382 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Luck - HBO
0.474 million viewers, #30; 0.183 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Life's Too Short - HBO
0.265 million viewers, #31; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Duke '91 & '92: Back to Back - truTV
0.241 million viewers, #32; 0.143 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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