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[08/13/13 - 01:23 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Breaking Bad" Return Dethrones "True Blood"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, august 11, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 40 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Breaking Bad (9:00) - AMC
5.915 million viewers, #1; 3.636 million adults 18-49 (2.9 rating), #1

True Blood (9:00) - HBO
3.998 million viewers, #2; 2.832 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #2

Mountain Men (9:00) - History
3.671 million viewers, #3; 1.176 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Duck Dynasty Sneak Peek - A&E
3.357 million viewers, #4; 1.876 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Good Luck Charlie (7:30) - Disney
3.168 million viewers, #5; 0.665 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Austin & Ally (8:30) - Disney
3.080 million viewers, #6; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

Dog with a Blog (8:00) - Disney
3.008 million viewers, #7; 0.505 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #31

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
2.856 million viewers, #8; 1.759 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
2.663 million viewers, #9; 1.183 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Food Network Star (9:00) - Food
2.648 million viewers, #10; 0.843 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #18

Low Winter Sun (10:00) - AMC
2.507 million viewers, #11; 1.362 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Drop Dead Diva (9:00) - Lifetime
2.459 million viewers, #12; 0.972 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #14

Real Housewives of New Jersey (8:00) - Bravo
2.410 million viewers, #13; 1.433 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Ice Road Truckers (10:00) - History
2.309 million viewers, #14; 0.724 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #21

Sister Wives (9:00) - TLC
2.134 million viewers, #15; 1.063 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

Breaking Amish: LA (10:00) - TLC
2.030 million viewers, #16; 1.158 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.925 million viewers, #17; 0.857 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #16

Dexter (9:00) - Showtime
1.904 million viewers, #18; 1.153 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

The Newsroom (10:00) - HBO
1.815 million viewers, #19; 1.059 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #13

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.727 million viewers, #20; 0.619 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #25

Total Divas (10:00) - E!
1.671 million viewers, #21; 1.084 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #11

Chopped (8:00) - Food
1.657 million viewers, #22; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #24

Bad Ink (10:00) - A&E
1.576 million viewers, #23; 0.832 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #19

Ray Donovan (10:00) - Showtime
1.441 million viewers, #24; 0.685 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Jungle Gold (10:00) - Discovery
1.400 million viewers, #25; 0.845 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #17

Bad Ink (10:30) - A&E
1.380 million viewers, #26; 0.773 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #20

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.354 million viewers, #27; 0.899 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #15

Call of the Wildman (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.270 million viewers, #28; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #28

Food Court Wars (7:00) - Food
1.198 million viewers, #29; 0.547 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Gator Boys (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.146 million viewers, #30; 0.521 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #29

Container Wars (9:30) - truTV
0.998 million viewers, #31; 0.344 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #35

Storage Hunters (9:00) - truTV
0.962 million viewers, #32; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #36

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (10:00) - OWN
0.892 million viewers, #33; 0.309 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #37

Tattoo Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
0.731 million viewers, #34; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #30

La La's Full Court Life (10:00) - VH1
0.662 million viewers, #35; 0.444 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #32

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.635 million viewers, #36; 0.182 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #39

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.623 million viewers, #37; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #33

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.612 million viewers, #38; 0.281 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #38

Eat, Drive, Love (9:00) - Bravo
0.609 million viewers, #39; 0.356 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #34

American Ninja Warrior (9:00) - G4
0.343 million viewers, #40; 0.177 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #40

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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