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[04/10/12 - 03:35 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Game of Thrones" Continues Its Reign
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, april 8, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Game of Thrones - HBO
3.759 million viewers, #1; 2.438 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #1

Army Wives - Lifetime
3.100 million viewers, #2; 1.174 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

The Client List - Lifetime
2.792 million viewers, #3; 1.157 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.754 million viewers, #4; 1.323 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Ax Men - History
2.737 million viewers, #5; 1.394 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
2.312 million viewers, #6; 1.418 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #2

Chopped: All Stars - Food
2.235 million viewers, #7; 0.953 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Frozen Planet - Discovery
2.055 million viewers, #8; 0.813 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.945 million viewers, #9; 0.945 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
1.914 million viewers, #10; 0.867 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.806 million viewers, #11; 0.748 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Khloe & Lamar - E!
1.794 million viewers, #12; 1.209 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

River Monsters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.700 million viewers, #13; 0.982 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Ice Loves Coco - E!
1.630 million viewers, #14; 0.939 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Breakout Kings - A&E
1.605 million viewers, #15; 0.852 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

MythBusters - Discovery
1.594 million viewers, #16; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
1.487 million viewers, #17; 0.651 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Iron Chef America - Food
1.424 million viewers, #18; 0.658 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.384 million viewers, #19; 0.659 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Shahs of Sunset - Bravo
1.331 million viewers, #20; 0.844 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Full Metal Jousting - History
1.223 million viewers, #21; 0.674 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Eastbound & Down - HBO
1.154 million viewers, #22; 0.825 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Unchained Reaction - Discovery
0.944 million viewers, #23; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Bait Car (8:30) - truTV
0.886 million viewers, #24; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Las Vegas Jailhouse (10:30) - truTV
0.879 million viewers, #25; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Las Vegas Jailhouse (10:00) - truTV
0.829 million viewers, #26; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Leave It to Niecy (10:00) - TLC
0.795 million viewers, #27; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.759 million viewers, #28; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

Bait Car (8:00) - truTV
0.706 million viewers, #29; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Leave It to Niecy (10:30) - TLC
0.662 million viewers, #30; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.653 million viewers, #31; 0.350 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Snapped - Oxygen
0.609 million viewers, #32; 0.244 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #35

The Borgias - Showtime
0.605 million viewers, #33; 0.288 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

The Big C - Showtime
0.581 million viewers, #34; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Life's Too Short - HBO
0.518 million viewers, #35; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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