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[09/17/13 - 12:51 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Breaking Bad" Continues Victory March
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, september 15, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Breaking Bad (9:00) - AMC
6.366 million viewers, #1; 4.052 million adults 18-49 (3.19 rating), #1

Liv and Maddie (8:00) - Disney
3.598 million viewers, #2; 0.715 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #15

Austin & Ally (8:30) - Disney
3.556 million viewers, #3; 0.651 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #19

Good Luck Charlie (7:30) - Disney
3.322 million viewers, #4; 0.723 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #14

Shake It Up (9:00) - Disney
3.308 million viewers, #5; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #23

Mountain Men (9:00) - History
3.042 million viewers, #6; 0.992 million adults 18-49 (0.78 rating), #7

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
2.519 million viewers, #7; 1.121 million adults 18-49 (0.88 rating), #5

Real Housewives of New Jersey (8:00) - Bravo
2.404 million viewers, #8; 1.347 million adults 18-49 (1.06 rating), #2

Dexter (9:00) - Showtime
2.400 million viewers, #9; 1.323 million adults 18-49 (1.04 rating), #3

Sister Wives (8:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.374 million viewers, #10; 1.158 million adults 18-49 (0.91 rating), #4

Boardwalk Empire (9:00) - HBO
2.210 million viewers, #11; 1.100 million adults 18-49 (0.87 rating), #6

NASCAR Sprint Cup (10:00) - ESPN2
2.068 million viewers, #12; 0.903 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #9

Rachael vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off (8:00) - Food
1.973 million viewers, #13; 0.728 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #13

The Great Food Truck Race (9:00) - Food
1.893 million viewers, #14; 0.670 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #17

Breaking Amish: LA (10:00) - TLC
1.854 million viewers, #15; 0.983 million adults 18-49 (0.70 rating), #8

My Five Wives - TLC
1.827 million viewers, #16; 0.886 million adults 18-49 (0.77 rating), #10

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.809 million viewers, #17; 0.618 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #21

The Newsroom (10:00) - HBO
1.671 million viewers, #18; 0.865 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #11

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.544 million viewers, #19; 0.617 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #22

Ray Donovan (10:00) - Showtime
1.407 million viewers, #20; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #24

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.268 million viewers, #21; 0.859 million adults 18-49 (0.68 rating), #12

Bad Ink (10:00) - A&E
1.249 million viewers, #22; 0.667 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #18

Bad Ink (10:30) - A&E
1.194 million viewers, #23; 0.648 million adults 18-49 (0.51 rating), #20

Gator Boys (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.060 million viewers, #24; 0.425 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #28

Low Winter Sun (10:00) - AMC
1.045 million viewers, #25; 0.473 million adults 18-49 (0.37 rating), #25

Total Divas (10:00) - E!
1.036 million viewers, #26; 0.676 million adults 18-49 (0.53 rating), #16

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.701 million viewers, #27; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #26

Tattoo Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
0.574 million viewers, #28; 0.446 million adults 18-49 (0.35 rating), #27

[EDITOR'S NOTE: As of press time, numbers for Call of the Wildman (9:00), The Great Santini Brothers (10:00), The Great Santini Brothers (10:30), See Dad Run (8:00), Wendell & Vinnie (8:30), Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00), Snapped (9:00), Container Wars (9:30) and Miami Monkey (10:00) were not available.]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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