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[02/26/13 - 12:30 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "The Walking Dead" Continues Reign for AMC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, february 24, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead - AMC
11.014 million viewers, #1; 7.243 million adults 18-49 (5.7 rating), #1

Austin & Ally (8:30) - Disney
4.029 million viewers, #2; 0.719 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2013 Academy Awards (7:30, 60 Minutes) - E!
3.767 million viewers, #3; 1.933 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #4

Shake It Up (9:00) - Disney
3.725 million viewers, #4; 0.672 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2013 Academy Awards (5:30, 120 Minutes) - E!
3.725 million viewers, #5; 1.943 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Talking Dead - AMC
3.495 million viewers, #6; 2.381 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

Dog With a Blog (8:00) - Disney
3.387 million viewers, #7; 0.641 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Ax Men (9:00) - History
2.820 million viewers, #8; 1.263 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

Worst Cooks in America - Food
1.866 million viewers, #9; 0.904 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Chopped (8:00) - Food
1.602 million viewers, #10; 0.714 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

NBA Basketball: Bulls at Thunder - ESPN
1.556 million viewers, #11; 0.798 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.518 million viewers, #12; 0.711 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Shameless - Showtime
1.479 million viewers, #13; 0.936 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Container Wars (10:30) - truTV
1.383 million viewers, #14; 0.649 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

NBA Basketball: 76ers at Knicks - ESPN
1.382 million viewers, #15; 0.719 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.279 million viewers, #16; 0.946 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Silver Rush (10:00) - Discovery
1.212 million viewers, #17; 0.591 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Silver Rush (8:00) - Discovery
1.211 million viewers, #18; 0.575 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.090 million viewers, #19; 0.490 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Mob Wives (10:00) - VH1
1.031 million viewers, #20; 0.709 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.020 million viewers, #21; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Wild West Alaska (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.980 million viewers, #22; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Gator Boys (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.955 million viewers, #23; 0.383 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

See Dad Run (8:30) - Nickelodeon
0.947 million viewers, #24; 0.223 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Silver Rush (9:00) - Discovery
0.921 million viewers, #25; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

House of Lies - Showtime
0.773 million viewers, #26; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Snapped - Oxygen
0.608 million viewers, #27; 0.279 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Californication - Showtime
0.574 million viewers, #28; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Girls (9:00) - HBO
0.484 million viewers, #29; 0.372 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00) - OWN
0.207 million viewers, #30; 0.071 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Enlightened (9:30) - HBO
0.126 million viewers, #31; 0.064 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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