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[11/20/12 - 01:28 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: AMC's "Walking Dead" Remains Untouchable
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, november 18, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 30 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead (9:00) - AMC
9.214 million viewers, #1; 6.211 million adults 18-49 (4.9 rating), #1

Sofia the First: Once Upon A Princess - Disney
5.151 million viewers, #2; 1.436 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Dog With a Blog (8:00) - Disney
3.682 million viewers, #3; 0.868 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Breaking Amish: The Stunning Truth - TLC
3.063 million viewers, #4; 1.587 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Sister Wives (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.786 million viewers, #5; 1.376 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
2.482 million viewers, #6; 1.493 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

It's Christmas, Carol! - Hallmark
2.334 million viewers, #7; 0.388 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Dexter - Showtime
2.251 million viewers, #8; 1.454 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Boardwalk Empire - HBO
2.181 million viewers, #9; 0.993 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Homeland - Showtime
1.867 million viewers, #10; 1.076 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

See Dad Run (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.643 million viewers, #11; 0.449 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
1.440 million viewers, #12; 0.770 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

The Next Iron Chef (9:00) - Food
1.428 million viewers, #13; 0.682 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Superstorm 2012: Hell and High Water - History
1.407 million viewers, #14; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

All-Star Family Cook-Off - Food
1.346 million viewers, #15; 0.544 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.145 million viewers, #16; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Holiday Spin - Lifetime
1.088 million viewers, #17; 0.287 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.076 million viewers, #18; 0.433 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Rattlesnake Republic (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.971 million viewers, #19; 0.420 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Oprah's Favorite Things: 2012 - OWN
0.874 million viewers, #20; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Curiosity (9:00) - Discovery
0.855 million viewers, #21; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Ice Love Coco - E!
0.614 million viewers, #22; 0.424 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Treme - HBO
0.590 million viewers, #23; 0.251 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Breaking Magic (10:00) - Discovery
0.536 million viewers, #24; 0.244 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Breaking Magic (10:30) - Discovery
0.530 million viewers, #25; 0.261 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Rehab with Dr. Drew - VH1
0.446 million viewers, #26; 0.292 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Married to the Army - OWN
0.431 million viewers, #27; 0.162 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Nicki Minaj: My Truth - E!
0.405 million viewers, #28; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Snapped - Oxygen
0.382 million viewers, #29; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (8:00) - Disney XD
0.332 million viewers, #30; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #30

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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