Top 20 Scripted Cable Programs for Week of 04/01/13

HBO's +Game of Thrones claims the top spot this week as it drew 4.3 million viewers on Sunday night. Despite rising three spots on the chart, viewership was down by 100k viewers, from last week's premiere.

AMC's +Mad Men takes over Sunday nights from THE WALKING DEAD, but does not have the same "bite" as the hit zombie drama has. The 6th season premiere drew a respectable 3.4 million viewers, but that is just 25% of what THE WALKING DEAD was averaging over the previous eight weeks.

VIKINGS had its first significant drop in viewership, now that THE BIBLE is no longer its lead in. The still good numbers of 3.3 million viewers is down 30% from last week. This is still a strong series for a network more known for its reality and documentary series.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers*	A18-49
1	Sun	Game of Thrones	HBOM	9:03 PM	4.270	2.3
2	Fri	JESSIE	DSNY	8:30 PM	3.720	0.5
3	Fri	JESSIE	DSNY	8:30 PM	3.720	0.5
4	Sun	Mad Men	AMC	9:00 PM	3.370	1.1
5	Fri	Gravity Falls	DSNY	9:00 PM	3.360	0.5
6	Sun	VIKINGS	HIST	10:00 PM	3.310	1.2
7	Fri	Phineas and Ferb	DSNY	9:30 PM	3.240	0.5
8	Fri	A.N.T.  Farm	DSNY	8:00 PM	3.100	0.4
9	Mon	Bates Motel	AEN	10:00 PM	2.823	1.2
10	Mon	Dallas	TNT	9:00 PM	2.603	0.8
11	Sun	Army Wives	LIF	9:00 PM	2.600	0.8
12	Wed	PSYCH	USA	10:00 PM	2.406	0.7
13	Tues	JUSTIFIED	FX	10:00 PM	2.249	0.7
14	Sun	The Client List	LIF	10:00 PM	2.190	0.8
15	Fri	Teenage Mutant Turtles	NICK	8:00 PM	2.110	0.5
16	Fri	Teenage Mutant Turtles	NICK	8:30 PM	2.030	0.5
17	Tues	Cougar Town	TBSC	10:00 PM	1.936	1.0
18	Sun	Shameless S3	SHO1	9:00 PM	1.820	0.9
19	Sun	Married to Medicine	BRVO	9:00 PM	1.810	1.0
20	Tues	The Game	BET	10:00 PM	1.805	0.9

* - in millions