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[07/23/13 - 01:17 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: Another Sunday, Another "True Blood" Victory
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

True Blood (9:00) - HBO
4.472 million viewers, #1; 3.051 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #1

Falling Skies (10:00) - TNT
3.740 million viewers, #2; 1.592 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #5

Naked & Afraid (10:00) - Discovery
3.273 million viewers, #3; 1.791 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Mountain Men (9:00) - History
2.880 million viewers, #4; 0.980 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

Real Housewives of New Jersey (8:00) - Bravo
2.830 million viewers, #5; 1.625 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
2.778 million viewers, #6; 1.257 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
2.671 million viewers, #7; 1.716 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

Sister Wives (9:00) - TLC
2.575 million viewers, #8; 1.290 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #7

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
2.566 million viewers, #9; 0.901 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Dexter (9:00) - Showtime
2.471 million viewers, #10; 1.488 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #6

Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
2.375 million viewers, #11; 0.954 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Dog with a Blog (7:30) - Disney
2.298 million viewers, #12; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

Drop Dead Diva (9:00) - Lifetime
2.202 million viewers, #13; 0.858 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Breaking Amish: LA (10:00) - TLC
1.940 million viewers, #14; 0.859 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #14

The Newsroom (10:00) - HBO
1.882 million viewers, #15; 1.037 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #10

Ice Road Truckers (10:00) - History
1.800 million viewers, #16; 0.584 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Sunday Best (8:00) - BET
1.714 million viewers, #17; 0.722 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.550 million viewers, #18; 1.097 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.549 million viewers, #19; 0.705 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

Ray Donovan (10:00) - Showtime
1.516 million viewers, #20; 0.734 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Ryan Seacrest with Selena Gomez - E!
1.429 million viewers, #21; 0.811 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Call of the Wildman (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.360 million viewers, #22; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

The Killing (9:00) - AMC
1.350 million viewers, #23; 0.541 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Storage Hunters (9:00) - truTV
1.331 million viewers, #24; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

Container Wars (9:30) - truTV
1.197 million viewers, #25; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #28

Food Court Wars (8:00) - Food
1.016 million viewers, #26; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Top Hooker (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.007 million viewers, #27; 0.447 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #29

Princesses: Long Island (9:00) - Bravo
0.886 million viewers, #28; 0.496 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

La La's Full Court Life (10:00) - VH1
0.849 million viewers, #29; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Tattoo Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
0.820 million viewers, #30; 0.593 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.723 million viewers, #31; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Guy Code Honors - MTV
0.537 million viewers, #32; 0.304 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Snapped: Killer Couples (9:00) - Oxygen
0.457 million viewers, #33; 0.216 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00) - OWN
0.419 million viewers, #34; 0.192 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.263 million viewers, #35; 0.123 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #35

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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