Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Game of Thrones' Rises, Ties NBA Playoffs + 'Real Housewives,' 'The Client List,' 'Army Wives,' 'Mad Men' & More

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1. Jimmy

   Posted May 1, 2012 at 7:41 AM

   DW: I think those numbers are fine for basketball. They’re way better than the hockey playoff numbers.

2. rob60990

   Posted May 1, 2012 at 7:42 AM

   Wow has iCarly fallen this season.

3. I Love the Farm

   Posted May 1, 2012 at 7:46 AM

   Week in, week out: Mad Man loses to everybody else and declines from the previous week.

   What is Mad Man even doing in the title of this blog post? The rerun of Law & Order SVU is more deserving.

   Time to cancel this POS. Now watch The Idiot (you know who he is) try to convince us this monumental money loser is guaranteed a 7th season when the only thing guaranteed is Matt Weiner will get paid.

   Long live The Walking Dead!

4. AO

   Posted May 1, 2012 at 7:52 AM

   That 0.4 rating for The Killing is a huge drop when compared to what AMC was getting a couple of months ago with The Walking Dead. I wonder if they’re satisfied with that?

5. DW

   Posted May 1, 2012 at 7:54 AM

   mad men makes money , the walking dead makes money. get over yourself.

6. CC

   Posted May 1, 2012 at 7:56 AM

   Breakout Kings rules! Heres hoping for a third season!

7. Rabbit

   Posted May 1, 2012 at 7:58 AM

   Nick, do you have the ratings for Shrek 2 on CN on Saturday? Those Saturday ratings for the Nick shows are low and I wonder if they were affected by the movie.

8. AppleStinx

   Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:00 AM

   Excellent for the fourth and final qualifying round of ‘Chopped All-Stars’, featuring four ‘Chopped’ judges. I was looking forward to seeing Chris Santos and Marc Murphy cook. Alas, Chris Santos made 1 dish and was eliminated, Marc Murphy made 2. (Chris surely gained some serious weight in the past year) Final round next Sunday should be very interesting. My money is on Michael Symon (and his Italian side, of course).

9. Harris

   Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:05 AM

   All my shows seem to have taken a tumble this week, except for Game of Thrones. Mad Men, Mythbusters, Client List..

10. AZTop

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:06 AM

    Chopped and Choppped All Stars is a very solid performer for the Food Network. It doesn’t get the buzz of Top Chef, but from a ratings standpoint, Food Network must be very pleased. It also seems to repeat very well.

11. I Love the Farm

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:07 AM

    DW: When I mentioned “The Idiot”, that was not a cue for you.

12. Harris

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:07 AM

    It’s funny that enthusiastic fans like Bonodel (probably misspelled that) get banned, but guys like I Love the Farm stick around long past their trollish welcome.

13. DW

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:14 AM

    oh ive been called worse but you should be thanking man men not hurting mad men. if it wasnt for man men we wouldn’t have the walking dead. mad men helped breaking bad , breaking bad led to the walking dead. or you can thank people for not watching Rubicon.

14. Rabbit

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:15 AM

    Also, yay for Loiter Squad. It was down from the ratings two weeks ago, but held on to most of Family Guy’s ratings.

15. AO

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:16 AM

    @ Harris,

    I’m pretty sure that Bondeol’s banning had something to do with the fact that he regularly posted under multiple screen names.

16. Harris

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:22 AM

    Well, since my comment is still awaiting moderation, I think I will try to repost it without the links to my sources, see if that’s the reason why it’s pending. You’ll have to look them up yourself:

    We know Mad Men must at least break even, because it gets a million dollars an episode from Netflix, and I seriously doubt it costs more than 2, 2.5 million an episode to produce that show. We also know their sales figures on DVD/Blu-ray are very strong for its live audience size. It has also been inferred in articles that people pay a little more money per capita than average to advertise on Mad Men, especially for specialized campaigns. I would be surprised if Mad Men didn’t make money when it’s all said and done. I believe the cable model is also such that the network doesn’t take as large of a financial risk (meaning they don’t fork over as much money as broadcast networks do for shows), though I don’t have a source for that, I just remember reading it somewhere. Robert, any comments on that?

17. Rocco

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:23 AM

    There’s no way Veena Sud gets her wish to copy American Horror Story and introduce a new family next season.

18. John A

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:28 AM

    I think Big C will get renewed. The producers did say they would like to run 4 seasons.

19. Patrick

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:29 AM

    @Rocco,

    by introducing a new family, she means a new case for next season. She is in no way copying that bore fest that is “American Horror Story”. Introducing a new case for a season is nothing new. Damages and Justified have both been doing it for the past couple years. I’m sure there’s even a show before them that used that format. Linden and Holder will still be on the next case.

20. AO

    Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:42 AM

    @ Harris,

    Any post with more than one link has to wait for moderation, so it’s usually easier and quicker to post each link separately, even if you have to write several posts.