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[04/17/12 - 01:31 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Game of Thrones" Win Streak Continues
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, april 15, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 36 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Game of Thrones - HBO
3.766 million viewers, #1; 2.295 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #1

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
3.669 million viewers, #2; 0.620 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Austin & Ally (8:00) - Disney
3.281 million viewers, #3; 0.583 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion - Bravo
3.138 million viewers, #4; 2.090 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #2

Army Wives - Lifetime
2.913 million viewers, #5; 1.194 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

The Client List - Lifetime
2.852 million viewers, #6; 1.284 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
2.830 million viewers, #7; 1.195 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Titanic at 100: Mystery Solved - History
2.735 million viewers, #8; 1.071 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.691 million viewers, #9; 1.217 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Frozen Planet - Discovery
2.242 million viewers, #10; 0.918 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

MythBusters - Discovery
1.942 million viewers, #11; 1.044 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Long Island Medium (9:30) - TLC
1.916 million viewers, #12; 1.000 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Long Island Medium (9:00) - TLC
1.757 million viewers, #13; 0.927 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Khloe & Lamar - E!
1.712 million viewers, #14; 1.242 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.650 million viewers, #15; 0.719 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

River Monsters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.621 million viewers, #16; 0.907 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Shahs of Sunset - Bravo
1.534 million viewers, #17; 1.009 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Undercover Bridesmaid - Hallmark
1.528 million viewers, #18; 0.269 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Full Metal Jousting - History
1.441 million viewers, #19; 0.676 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Breakout Kings - A&E
1.390 million viewers, #20; 0.831 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Mob Wives - VH1
1.321 million viewers, #21; 0.957 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Eastbound & Down - HBO
1.144 million viewers, #22; 0.792 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Ice Loves Coco - E!
1.099 million viewers, #23; 0.742 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Unchained Reaction - Discovery
0.985 million viewers, #24; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Las Vegas Jailhouse (10:00) - truTV
0.938 million viewers, #25; 0.420 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Girls - HBO
0.872 million viewers, #26; 0.518 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Leave It to Niecy (10:00) - TLC
0.793 million viewers, #27; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Bait Car (8:00) - truTV
0.748 million viewers, #28; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Leave It to Niecy (10:30) - TLC
0.739 million viewers, #29; 0.425 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Snapped - Oxygen
0.682 million viewers, #30; 0.314 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Tough Love - VH1
0.612 million viewers, #31; 0.432 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.579 million viewers, #32; 0.281 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

Nick News - Nickelodeon
0.557 million viewers, #33; 0.151 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

The Borgias - Showtime
0.534 million viewers, #34; 0.257 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

The Big C - Showtime
0.465 million viewers, #35; 0.211 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.382 million viewers, #36; 0.144 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #36

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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