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[07/02/13 - 02:32 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "BET Awards 2013" Dominate the Competition
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, june 30, 2013)

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

BET Awards 2013 - BET
7.771 million viewers, #1; 4.356 million adults 18-49 (3.4 rating), #1

True Blood (9:00) - HBO
3.936 million viewers, #2; 2.726 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #2

Mountain Men (9:00) - History
3.263 million viewers, #3; 1.133 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Falling Skies (10:00) - TNT
3.217 million viewers, #4; 1.329 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

BET Awards 2013 Pre-Show - BET
2.572 million viewers, #5; 1.405 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Dexter (9:00) - Showtime
2.484 million viewers, #6; 1.510 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Ice Road Truckers (10:00) - History
2.456 million viewers, #7; 0.894 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
2.422 million viewers, #8; 0.953 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
2.343 million viewers, #9; 1.428 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Real Housewives of New Jersey (8:00) - Bravo
2.195 million viewers, #10; 1.273 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Drop Dead Diva (9:00) - Lifetime
2.141 million viewers, #11; 0.792 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
2.086 million viewers, #12; 0.809 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

Breaking Amish: Brave New World (10:00) - TLC
2.069 million viewers, #13; 1.037 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
2.061 million viewers, #14; 0.701 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Long Island Medium: Unseen - TLC
1.992 million viewers, #15; 0.771 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Naked & Afraid (10:00) - Discovery
1.707 million viewers, #16; 0.929 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.434 million viewers, #17; 0.675 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.398 million viewers, #18; 0.542 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.366 million viewers, #19; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Ray Donovan (10:00) - Showtime
1.350 million viewers, #20; 0.600 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Call of the Wildman (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.193 million viewers, #21; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Cupcake Wars (8:00) - Food
0.940 million viewers, #22; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #24

Top Hooker (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.899 million viewers, #23; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #25

The Wanted Life (10:00) - E!
0.749 million viewers, #24; 0.425 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Princesses: Long Island (9:00) - Bravo
0.735 million viewers, #25; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #21

Skywire: Nik Talks the Walk - Discovery
0.698 million viewers, #26; 0.253 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #28

Off the Hook: Extreme Catches (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.675 million viewers, #27; 0.297 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #27

Family Tree (10:00) - HBO
0.556 million viewers, #28; 0.322 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #26

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.362 million viewers, #29; 0.136 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #30

NHL Draft - NBCSN
0.295 million viewers, #30; 0.184 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #29

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.183 million viewers, #31; 0.088 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #31

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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