Primetime Cable Ratings: December 29, 2013

With THE WALKING DEAD out of the way for a couple of months, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA takes over as the top cable show on Sunday nights. The long running reality series pulled in 3.8 million viewers, about 1/4 that of what atypical DEAD episode would pull in. But, a win is a win.

USA got a lot of mileage from three rerun episode of LAW & ORDER: SVU. the second run drama took three of the top five spots, including the second and third positions.

Show                       Net    Time     Viewers    A18-49
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Real Housewives/ATL        BRVO   8:00       3.83       1.8
Law & Order: SVU           USA   10:00       3.05       1.0
Law & Order: SVU           USA    9:00       2.97       1.0
High School Musical 2      DSNY   8:00       2.96       0.5
Law & Order: SVU           USA    8:00       2.88       0.9
Sister Wives               TLC    9:00       2.41       0.9
Alaska: Final Frontier     DISC   9:00       2.29       0.6
Ax Men                     HIST   9:00       2.17       0.7
Duck Dynasty               A&E   10:00       2.04       0.7
Thicker Than Water         BRVO   9:00       2.00       0.9