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[03/19/13 - 06:06 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "The Walking Dead" Leads Demos, "The Bible" Tops Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, march 17, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 33 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Bible (8:00, 120 Minutes) - History
10.872 million viewers, #1; 3.494 million adults 18-49 (2.8 rating), #2

The Walking Dead - AMC
10.843 million viewers, #2; 7.010 million adults 18-49 (5.5 rating), #1

Vikings (10:00) - History
4.834 million viewers, #3; 1.918 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #4

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
4.455 million viewers, #4; 0.820 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Austin & Ally (8:00) - Disney
4.380 million viewers, #5; 0.768 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Talking Dead - AMC
3.710 million viewers, #6; 2.382 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #3

Real Housewives of Atlanta (8:00) - Bravo
2.747 million viewers, #7; 1.567 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Army Wives - Lifetime
2.266 million viewers, #8; 0.885 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

The Client List - Lifetime
2.075 million viewers, #9; 1.237 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Worst Cooks in America - Food
2.011 million viewers, #10; 0.978 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.702 million viewers, #11; 0.756 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Shameless - Showtime
1.667 million viewers, #12; 1.061 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

30 for 30 - ESPN
1.603 million viewers, #13; 0.851 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Gypsy Sisters (9:00) - TLC
1.410 million viewers, #14; 0.812 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Kourtney & Kim Take Miami (9:00, 60 Minutes) - E!
1.386 million viewers, #15; 0.949 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Bar Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
1.367 million viewers, #16; 0.841 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

See Dad Run (8:30) - Nickelodeon
1.316 million viewers, #17; 0.313 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #26

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
1.261 million viewers, #18; 0.657 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Finding Bigfoot (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.197 million viewers, #19; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Welcome to Myrtle Manor (10:00) - TLC
1.159 million viewers, #20; 0.682 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Wild West Alaska (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.962 million viewers, #21; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Mob Wives (10:00) - VH1
0.937 million viewers, #22; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

House of Lies - Showtime
0.805 million viewers, #23; 0.464 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Californication - Showtime
0.766 million viewers, #24; 0.370 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Girls (9:00) - HBO
0.632 million viewers, #25; 0.476 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.567 million viewers, #26; 0.260 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

2013 mtvU Woodie Awards - MTV
0.532 million viewers, #27; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.499 million viewers, #28; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Snapped: Killer Couples (10:00) - Oxygen
0.455 million viewers, #29; 0.224 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Infiniti Selection Sunday Show - truTV
0.396 million viewers, #30; 0.167 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

Playing with Fire (10:00) - E!
0.350 million viewers, #31; 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Oprah's Master Class (10:00) - OWN
0.335 million viewers, #32; 0.134 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Bluegrass Kingdom: The Gospel of Kentucky Basketball - truTV
0.278 million viewers, #33; 0.132 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #33

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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