Top 20 Scripted Cable Programs for Week of 03/04/13

THE WALKING DEAD regains its title as the #1 show on Cable TV as week 2 of THE BIBLE dropped by 18% for a total of 10.8 million viewers. The scripted interpretation of the Christian stories is still strong and should continue its ratings dominance through the five week run. I would expect a spike in the numbers when they get to the New Testament and the story of Jesus.

THE WALKING DEAD grew from last week by about 200,000 viewers, but stayed flat in the demo ratings. It again was the #1 program in ALL of television in the A18-49 ratings with a 5.7. Just three episodes left for the series third season and we should expect a possible record breaking numer for the season finale.

Vikings, the other History series on Sundays, stayed strong with 4.6 million viewers, but was down 2 million viewers from the series premiere last week.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers(m)	Demo
1	Sun	Walking Dead	AMC	9:00 PM	11.460	5.7
2	Sun	BIBLE, THE	HIST	8:00 PM	10.820	2.5
3	Sun	VIKINGS	HIST	10:00 PM	4.620	1.3
4	Fri	JESSIE	DSNY	8:30 PM	3.600	0.4
5	Fri	JESSIE	DSNY	9:00 PM	3.070	0.4
6	Sun	SpongeBob	NICK	7:00 PM	2.910	0.6
7	Sun	SpongeBob	NICK	7:30 PM	2.880	0.6
8	Wed	PSYCH	USA	10:00 PM	2.811	0.9
9	Mon	Dallas	TNT	9:00 PM	2.785	0.7
10	Tue	Pretty Little Liars	FAM	8:00 PM	2.559	1.2
11	Mon	Regular Show	TOON	8:00 PM	2.403	0.6
12	Sun	Army Wives	LIF	9:00 PM	2.380	0.8
13	Sat	Wendell & Vinnie	NICK	8:00 PM	2.380	0.4
14	Tue	White Collar	USA	10:00 PM	2.358	0.6
15	Tue	JUSTIFIED	FX	10:00 PM	2.316	0.9
16	Thu	Good Luck Charlie	DSNY	8:30 PM	2.310	0.4
17	Sun	The Client List	LIF	10:00 PM	2.210	0.9
18	Wed	The Bible	HIST	9:00 PM	2.109	0.6
19	Sun	Walking Dead	AMC	8:00 PM	2.050	0.9
20	Wed	The Americans	FX	10:00 PM	1.878	0.7