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[11/27/12 - 05:37 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Closes Holiday Weekend on Top
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, november 25, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 29 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead (9:00) - AMC
10.427 million viewers, #1; 6.815 million adults 18-49 (5.4 rating), #1

Liz & Dick - Lifetime
3.502 million viewers, #2; 1.287 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Soul Train Awards (8:00) - BET
3.398 million viewers, #3; 1.751 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Hitched for the Holidays - Hallmark
2.862 million viewers, #4; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Apollo Live (10:00) - BET
2.820 million viewers, #5; 1.539 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #4

Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist - ABC Family
2.616 million viewers, #6; 0.891 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Dog With a Blog (8:00) - Disney
2.580 million viewers, #7; 0.360 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Boardwalk Empire - HBO
2.297 million viewers, #8; 1.011 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Sister Wives (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.295 million viewers, #9; 1.128 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
2.251 million viewers, #10; 1.548 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Dexter - Showtime
2.124 million viewers, #11; 1.286 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Homeland - Showtime
2.015 million viewers, #12; 1.057 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Love at the Christmas Table - Lifetime
1.964 million viewers, #13; 0.608 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

The Next Iron Chef (9:00) - Food
1.854 million viewers, #14; 0.825 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Extreme Cougar Wives - TLC
1.672 million viewers, #15; 0.932 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Chopped - Food
1.647 million viewers, #16; 0.637 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

See Dad Run (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.298 million viewers, #17; 0.351 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Soul Train Awards Pre-Show (7:00) - BET
1.282 million viewers, #18; 0.573 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.258 million viewers, #19; 0.636 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
0.958 million viewers, #20; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Sugar Dome - Food
0.896 million viewers, #21; 0.389 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Curiosity (9:00) - Discovery
0.653 million viewers, #22; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Rattlesnake Republic (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.651 million viewers, #23; 0.246 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Ice Love Coco - E!
0.566 million viewers, #24; 0.434 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Treme - HBO
0.473 million viewers, #25; 0.158 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Snapped - Oxygen
0.439 million viewers, #26; 0.215 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.421 million viewers, #27; 0.198 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Just Kidding - Disney XD
0.309 million viewers, #28; 0.081 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

Married to the Army - OWN
0.232 million viewers, #29; 0.097 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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