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[09/04/13 - 01:35 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Breaking Bad" Tops Demos, NASCAR Leads Viewers
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, september 1, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 24 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NASCAR Sprint Cup (7:15) - ESPN
5.323 million viewers, #1; 1.901 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

Breaking Bad (9:00) - AMC
4.413 million viewers, #2; 2.767 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #1

Austin & Ally (8:30) - Disney
2.440 million viewers, #3; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
2.316 million viewers, #4; 1.502 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Sunday Best (9:00) - BET
1.940 million viewers, #5; 0.710 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Real Housewives of New Jersey (8:00) - Bravo
1.826 million viewers, #6; 0.977 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Sister Wives (9:00) - TLC
1.752 million viewers, #7; 0.890 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Sunday Best (8:00) - BET
1.695 million viewers, #8; 0.626 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

The Great Food Truck Race (9:00) - Food
1.665 million viewers, #9; 0.798 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Total Divas (10:00) - E!
1.527 million viewers, #10; 1.042 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.494 million viewers, #11; 0.670 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Storage Hunters (9:30) - truTV
1.460 million viewers, #12; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Breaking Amish: LA (10:00) - TLC
1.438 million viewers, #13; 0.829 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Real Housewives of Orange County: Secrets Revealed (9:00) - Bravo
1.326 million viewers, #14; 0.667 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Container Wars (10:00) - truTV
1.323 million viewers, #15; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Jungle Gold (10:00) - Discovery
1.269 million viewers, #16; 0.551 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Low Winter Sun (10:00) - AMC
1.177 million viewers, #17; 0.529 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN2
0.853 million viewers, #18; 0.239 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Wendell & Vinnie (8:30) - Nickelodeon
0.771 million viewers, #19; 0.165 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

La La's Full Court Life (10:30) - VH1
0.678 million viewers, #20; 0.458 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

La La's Full Court Life (10:00) - VH1
0.648 million viewers, #21; 0.430 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.582 million viewers, #22; 0.382 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

Snapped (9:00) - Oxygen
0.446 million viewers, #23; 0.230 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (10:00) - OWN
0.435 million viewers, #24; 0.137 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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