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[04/23/13 - 12:50 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Game of Thrones," NBA Playoffs Top Charts
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, april 21, 2013)

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

NBA Playoffs: Milwaukee at Miami - Game 1 - TNT
4.902 million viewers, #1; 2.906 million adults 18-49 (2.3 rating), #2

Game of Thrones (9:00) - HBO
4.869 million viewers, #2; 3.327 million adults 18-49 (2.6 rating), #1

NBA Playoffs: Houston at Oklahoma City - Game 1 - TNT
4.276 million viewers, #3; 2.542 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #3

Vikings (10:00) - History
3.849 million viewers, #4; 1.773 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #5

Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion (8:00) - Bravo
3.748 million viewers, #5; 2.297 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #4

Ax Men (9:00) - History
2.892 million viewers, #6; 1.113 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Army Wives (9:00) - Lifetime
2.583 million viewers, #7; 1.105 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Mad Men (10:00) - AMC
2.403 million viewers, #8; 1.118 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Chopped All-Stars (9:00) - Food
2.378 million viewers, #9; 1.110 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Married to Medicine (9:00) - Bravo
2.284 million viewers, #10; 1.370 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

The Client List (10:00) - Lifetime
2.107 million viewers, #11; 1.036 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.939 million viewers, #12; 0.855 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.551 million viewers, #13; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

River Monsters (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.497 million viewers, #14; 0.719 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Ryan Seacrest with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
1.487 million viewers, #15; 0.921 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

See Dad Run (8:00) - Nickelodeon
1.475 million viewers, #16; 0.412 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

Lovestruck: The Musical - ABC Family
1.420 million viewers, #17; 0.681 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
1.192 million viewers, #18; 0.471 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Veep (10:00) - HBO
1.114 million viewers, #19; 0.804 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Mob Wives: The Reunion (9:00) - VH1
1.067 million viewers, #20; 0.704 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Married to Jonas (10:30) - E!
0.999 million viewers, #21; 0.601 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Welcome to Myrtle Manor (10:00) - TLC
0.980 million viewers, #22; 0.614 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Ice Cold Gold (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.920 million viewers, #23; 0.329 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Naked Castaway (10:00) - Discovery
0.874 million viewers, #24; 0.520 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

All the President's Men Revisited (8:00) - Discovery
0.834 million viewers, #25; 0.244 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #30

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (9:00) - TLC
0.817 million viewers, #26; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

What Would Ryan Lochte Do? (10:00) - E!
0.807 million viewers, #27; 0.528 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Nurse Jackie (9:00) - Showtime
0.759 million viewers, #28; 0.386 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.656 million viewers, #29; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

The Borgias (10:00) - Showtime
0.474 million viewers, #30; 0.117 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #33

The Sheards (8:00) - BET
0.459 million viewers, #31; 0.230 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

I'm Married to a... (10:00) - VH1
0.448 million viewers, #32; 0.310 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #29

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (9:00) - OWN
0.442 million viewers, #33; 0.121 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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