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[05/22/12 - 05:27 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Spurs/Clippers Best "Thrones," "Kardashians"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 20, 2012)

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

NBA Playoffs: San Antonio/L.A. Clippers - TNT
4.443 million viewers, #1; 2.545 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #1

Game of Thrones - HBO
3.864 million viewers, #2; 2.509 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #2

Ax Men (10:00) - History
3.522 million viewers, #3; 1.776 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #5

Ax Men (9:00) - History
3.485 million viewers, #4; 1.793 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
3.139 million viewers, #5; 0.676 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Austin & Ally (8:00) - Disney
3.049 million viewers, #6; 0.638 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
2.855 million viewers, #7; 1.946 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Army Wives - Lifetime
2.773 million viewers, #8; 1.285 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Good Luck Charlie (7:30) - Disney
2.548 million viewers, #9; 0.562 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

The Client List - Lifetime
2.547 million viewers, #10; 1.391 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #7

Real Housewives of New Jersey - Bravo
2.345 million viewers, #11; 1.629 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #6

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
1.922 million viewers, #12; 0.799 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Sister Wives - TLC
1.856 million viewers, #13; 1.000 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.730 million viewers, #14; 0.684 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Next Food Network Star (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Food
1.724 million viewers, #15; 0.723 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

MythBusters - Discovery
1.590 million viewers, #16; 0.900 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Mystery Diners (10:30) - Food
1.327 million viewers, #17; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.319 million viewers, #18; 0.530 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding - TLC
1.306 million viewers, #19; 0.743 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.305 million viewers, #20; 0.553 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

River Monsters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.243 million viewers, #21; 0.707 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Mob Wives Reunion - VH1
1.196 million viewers, #22; 0.745 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Mrs. Eastwood & Company (10:00, 60 Minutes) - E!
1.095 million viewers, #23; 0.685 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious - Comedy Central
1.016 million viewers, #24; 0.807 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Veep - HBO
0.807 million viewers, #25; 0.579 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Swamp Wars (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.706 million viewers, #26; 0.278 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Girls - HBO
0.678 million viewers, #27; 0.486 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Oprah's Next Chapter - OWN
0.561 million viewers, #28; 0.168 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
0.554 million viewers, #29; 0.291 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

The Borgias - Showtime
0.554 million viewers, #30; 0.264 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Snapped - Oxygen
0.530 million viewers, #31; 0.238 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

The Big C - Showtime
0.450 million viewers, #32; 0.245 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Tough Love - VH1
0.418 million viewers, #33; 0.242 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.338 million viewers, #34; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

American Ninja Warrior (10:00) - G4
0.273 million viewers, #35; 0.172 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #34

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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