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[03/12/13 - 06:58 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Leads Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, march 10, 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
11.458 million viewers, #1; 7.244 million adults 18-49 (5.7 rating), #1

The Bible (8:00, 120 Minutes) - History
10.824 million viewers, #2; 3.166 million adults 18-49 (2.5 rating), #2

Vikings (10:00) - History
4.615 million viewers, #3; 1.660 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

Talking Dead - AMC
3.431 million viewers, #4; 2.295 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #3

Shake It Up (9:00) - Disney
3.242 million viewers, #5; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
2.714 million viewers, #6; 1.631 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #5

Army Wives - Lifetime
2.379 million viewers, #7; 1.048 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

The Client List - Lifetime
2.212 million viewers, #8; 1.152 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Worst Cooks in America - Food
1.879 million viewers, #9; 0.690 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.722 million viewers, #10; 0.669 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Shameless - Showtime
1.664 million viewers, #11; 0.962 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.552 million viewers, #12; 1.032 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Kourtney & Kim Take Miami (9:00, 60 Minutes) - E!
1.408 million viewers, #13; 0.997 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Shahs of Sunset: The Lost Footage (9:00) - Bravo
1.356 million viewers, #14; 0.793 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.309 million viewers, #15; 0.483 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

See Dad Run (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.299 million viewers, #16; 0.335 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
1.287 million viewers, #17; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Gypsy Sisters (9:00) - TLC
1.195 million viewers, #18; 0.637 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.156 million viewers, #19; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Wild West Alaska (8:00) - Animal Planet
1.111 million viewers, #20; 0.395 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Gator Boys (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.046 million viewers, #21; 0.493 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Welcome to Myrtle Manor - TLC
0.925 million viewers, #22; 0.479 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Mob Wives (10:00) - VH1
0.916 million viewers, #23; 0.651 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

House of Lies - Showtime
0.856 million viewers, #24; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Kristin Cavallari (10:00) - E!
0.748 million viewers, #25; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Californication - Showtime
0.693 million viewers, #26; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Girls (9:00) - HBO
0.677 million viewers, #27; 0.516 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.615 million viewers, #28; 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Snapped: Killer Couples (10:00) - Oxygen
0.582 million viewers, #29; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.536 million viewers, #30; 0.220 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

Oprah's Master Class (10:00) - OWN
0.442 million viewers, #31; 0.187 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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