Sunday Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs, + 'Game of Thrones', 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'Ax Men', 'The Client List', 'Sister Wives', + More

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1. Can

   Posted May 22, 2012 at 7:50 AM

   Game of Thrones, love you so much.

2. me

   Posted May 22, 2012 at 7:51 AM

   Does HBO even broadcast advertisements, considering it’s a pay channel? If not, does the adults 18-49 Rating even matter?

3. Harris

   Posted May 22, 2012 at 7:51 AM

   Mad Men . At least its basically guaranteed this season plus another, and that was probably going to be the end of the series anyway. It’s getting so good now.

4. Harris

   Posted May 22, 2012 at 7:52 AM

   @me: No, they don’t In-fact, total live viewership doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is unique subscribers keeping/renewing their subscription because the show exists, and I suspect that’s probably over 5 million people.

5. Kid

   Posted May 22, 2012 at 7:53 AM

   One of the best episodes, even without tits and blood (almost). 8))

6. Rocco

   Posted May 22, 2012 at 7:54 AM

   Hallaleujiah. Mad Men = Good. Killing = Bad.

7. brandojames

   Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:01 AM

   I think next episode of Game of Thrones the ratings will climb again. Hopefully to series highs. 2 episodes left. I can’t wait for the Blackwater!

8. SarahL

   Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:02 AM

   Great episode of Game of Thrones. I am glad that it hung tough with the Heat/Pacers. Veep is growing on me.

   X-Men: First Class is my favorite of the X-Men movies so I am glad that it did well on HBO.

   Did Mad Men drop? You know who, will be in his element when he visits. LOL!

   @Amanda

   Usually, I ignore typos, but in the second sentenceyou typed “2.o” instead of “2.0.”

9. SarahL

   Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:04 AM

   I wonder if The Killing is getting another season. The ratings aren’t great, but it might be cheap enough for AMC to do decide to bring it back.

10. Nick

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:08 AM

    Additional telecasts:

    The Pitch (AMC)
    -11:04 PM: 0.339 million viewers, 0.12 A18-49

    Veep (HBO)
    -12:01 AM: 0.325 million viewers, 0.16 A18-49

    Girls (HBO)
    -10:31 PM: 0.678 million viewers, 0.38 A18-49
    -12:32 AM: 0.263 million viewers, 0.15 A18-49

    Nurse Jackie (SHO)
    -9 PM: 0.554 million viewers, 0.23 A18-49
    -11 PM: 0.275 million viewers, 0.14 A18-49

    The Big C (SHO)
    -9:30 PM: 0.450 million viewers, 0.19 A18-49
    -11:30 PM: 0.167 million viewers, 0.08 A18-49

    The Borgias (SHO)
    -10 PM: 0.554 million viewers, 0.21 A18-49
    -12 AM: 0.134 million viewers, 0.07 A18-49

    Tough Love 4 (VH1)
    -9 PM: 0.418 million viewers, 0.19 A18-49

    Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel)
    -7:30 PM: 2.548 million viewers, 0.44 A18-49

    Shake It Up (Disney Channel)
    -8:30 PM: 3.139 million viewers, 0.53 A18-49

    Wilson Phillips (TV Guide Network)
    - 9 PM: 0.164 million viewers, 0.06 A18-49
    - 9:30 PM: 0.124 million viewers, 0.06 A18-49

    Sandwich King (Food Network)
    -11 AM: 0.834 million viewers, 0.34 A18-49 (ranked #1 in viewers through 2 PM and #1 in the demo through 8 PM)

    Saturday:

    NBA Conference Semifinals – Oklahoma City at LA Lakers: Game 4 (TNT)
    -10:30 PM: 6.366 million viewers, 2.83 A18-49

    American Battleship (Syfy)
    -9 PM: 1.722 million viewers, 0.33 A18-49

    Spongebob (Nickelodeon)
    -9:30 AM: 2.819 million viewers, 0.50 A18-49
    -10 AM: 2.884 million viewers, 0.56 A18-49
    -10:30 AM: 3.065 million viewers, 0.56 A18-49
    -11:30 AM: 2.320 million viewers, 0.55 A18-49

    Legend of Korra (Nickelodeon)
    -11 AM: 3.452 million viewers, 0.89 A18-49 (#1 in the demo for the day)

    Power Rangers (Nickelodeon)
    -12 PM: 1.673 million viewers, 0.31 A18-49

    Victorious: Tori Goes Platinum (Nickelodeon)
    -8 PM: 3.823 million viewers, 0.69 A18-49

    iCarly (Nickelodeon)
    -9 PM: 2.899 million viewers, 0.45 A18-49

    Thundercats (Cartoon Network)
    -9:30 AM: 1.755 million viewers, 0.55 A18-49

    Green Lantern (Cartoon Network)
    -10 AM: 1.675 million viewers, 0.54 A18-49

    Young Justice: Invasion (Cartoon Network)
    -10:30 AM: 2.037 million viewers, 0.72 A18-49

    Sweetie Pies (OWN)
    -9 PM: 0.564 million viewers, 0.16 A18-49
    -10 PM: 0.548 million viewers, 0.15 A18-49

    WWE AM Raw (USA)
    -2 AM: 0.545 million viewers, 0.24 A18-49

    Food Network AM:
    Trisha’s Southern Kitchen again had the highest viewership with 977K while Paula’s Best Dishes was #2 (878K), though just edging it out in the demo (0.24 to 0.23). Pioneer Woman took 3rd in both (813K, 0.22) and Mexican Made Easy was 4th in the demo and 6th in viewers.

11. Barbarossa

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:11 AM

    Hopefully Blackwater and/or the Finale will bring Game of thrones over the 4 million mark.

12. DW

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:11 AM

    both the killing and mad men are doing really well story wise. i dont like the numbers but they were never going to get walking dead numbers. thats a beast.

13. John A

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:15 AM

    Nice Jump for The Client List.

14. John A

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    Mad Men really looking bad.

15. Tommy

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:27 AM

    I’m starting to get concerned for “The Big C”…

16. xwiseguyx

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:27 AM

    Thanks Nick for posting.. I was wondering how Sandwich King was doing since he was a food network star as well as The Pitch, which is an interesting advertising show.

    On another note, does anyone post the Sat Cable Ratings? I really wanted to see how Russell Hantz show Flipping Off on AMC was doing (I saw premiere ratings and they were impressive, but wondering if they held subsequent weeks) Also Meg’s Great Rooms on HGTV which has a Chicago following…

17. Sun Drop Forever!

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:29 AM

    mad men falls to 32nd most watched show on sunday, below 5 SVU reruns, spongebob, “very funny news”, and both the TBS and TNT movies of the night. #BetterLuckNextTime

    i’m glad AMC gave Mad Men the budget that should have been Breaking Bad’s and Walking Dead’s.

18. Chris

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:30 AM

    Mad Men ran too long. They simply didn’t have enough story to justify such a long run. They’re padding it out. I can understand this is the best job any of them have ever had, and they don’t want it to end, but ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ALREADY.

19. rob60990

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    Nice for The Client List. Mad Men dropping like a rock.

20. Liz

    Posted May 22, 2012 at 8:34 AM

    @Sun Drop Forever!

    i’m glad AMC gave Mad Men the budget that should have been Breaking Bad’s and Walking Dead’s.

    Except that’s not the way that TV works. But I assume that you’re not actually too concerned about facts.