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[04/03/12 - 02:56 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: HBO's "Game of Thrones" Returns With Series High
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, april 1, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 33 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Game of Thrones - HBO
3.858 million viewers, #1; 2.536 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #1

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.937 million viewers, #2; 1.256 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Army Wives - Lifetime
2.604 million viewers, #3; 1.077 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Shake It Up - Disney
2.514 million viewers, #4; 0.478 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #28

Ax Men - History
2.440 million viewers, #5; 1.316 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Frozen Planet - Discovery
2.370 million viewers, #6; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Worst Cooks in America - Food
2.170 million viewers, #7; 0.873 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Celebration of Gospel 2012 - BET
2.090 million viewers, #8; 0.992 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
2.044 million viewers, #9; 1.349 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

The Killing (8:00) - AMC
1.802 million viewers, #10; 0.661 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

River Monsters (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.771 million viewers, #11; 0.940 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
1.692 million viewers, #12; 0.771 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
1.618 million viewers, #13; 0.775 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Khloe & Lamar - E!
1.533 million viewers, #14; 1.143 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Iron Chef America - Food
1.485 million viewers, #15; 0.716 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Shameless - Showtime
1.454 million viewers, #16; 0.931 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Breakout Kings - A&E
1.447 million viewers, #17; 0.852 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.412 million viewers, #18; 0.640 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

MythBusters - Discovery
1.408 million viewers, #19; 0.781 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Mob Wives - VH1
1.398 million viewers, #20; 0.986 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Coming Home - Lifetime
1.280 million viewers, #21; 0.493 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Full Metal Jousting - History
1.204 million viewers, #22; 0.686 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Ice Loves Coco - E!
1.159 million viewers, #23; 0.824 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Shahs of Sunset - Bravo
1.151 million viewers, #24; 0.707 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Joy Koy: Lights Out - Comedy Central
0.993 million viewers, #25; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Unchained Reaction - Discovery
0.921 million viewers, #26; 0.486 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

House of Lies - Showtime
0.775 million viewers, #27; 0.538 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Californication - Showtime
0.768 million viewers, #28; 0.570 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Leave It to Niecy (10:00) - TLC
0.654 million viewers, #29; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Snapped - Oxygen
0.588 million viewers, #30; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

Leave It to Niecy (10:30) - TLC
0.543 million viewers, #31; 0.325 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.491 million viewers, #32; 0.246 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Oprah Presents Master Class - OWN
0.348 million viewers, #33; 0.172 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #33

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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