While not in the same league as the High School Musical franchise, Disney’s Camp Rock was a tour de force leading all cable programs for the week with almost 9 million viewers. I suppose you could say Camp Rock lapped the field, including second place NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing. Our friends at the WWE took the third and fourth spots with WWE RAW and the first half of the epic 18 hole US Open golf playoff took the fifth spot with almost 4.8 million viewers. Considering that aired during the daytime, on a Monday that’s pretty impressive. Sadly for golf fans and the TV networks, no more Tiger this year.
Bill’s favorite of the Law & Order franchise, Law & Order: CI took the sixth spot. It’s obvious from the 4.7 million-ish viewers that it was a Goren/Eames episode. No edit is required Bill, if it’s close to 5 million, it’s Goren/Eames. If it’s close to 4 million it’s Logan/Wheeler. No rocket science involved. How that makes the Logan/Wheeler team feel is another story!
USA’s freshman drama In Plain Sight put the smack down on Lifetime’s sophomore Army Wives. While the show’s were close in household rating, Sight wound up #7 with 4.7mm viewers and Wives took the #14 spot with 3.8 million. SpongeBob wasn’t as absorbent this week placing only 15 airings in the top forty, and only eight of them in the top twenty, the best at #8. Disney also placed Hannah Montana (12th), a re-airing of Camp Rock (16th) and the Wizards of Waverly Place in the top 20.
Not in the chart below but in the top 40 were: more SpongeBob and Hannah Montana, one airing each of NICK’s Back at the Barnyard and Mighty B! several Law & Order: SVU airings, a few airings of Family Guy on Adult Swim and more still more Disney with High School Musical, and the Suite Life of Zach & Cody.
Full Top 20 Cable Results for the week ending 6/22/2008:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY(S) | Live+SD HH Rating | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | CAMP ROCK | DSNY | FRIDAY | 4.7 | 8,858 |
| 2 | SPRINT CUP RACING/SONOMA | TNT | SUNDAY | 3.7 | 6,015 |
| 3 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) | USA | MONDAY | 2.8 | 5,214 |
| 4 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) | USA | MONDAY | 2.8 | 5,204 |
| 5 | GOLF: U.S. OPEN L (PLAYOFF) | ESPN | MONDAY | 3.6 | 4,762 |
| 6 | LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG) | USA | SUNDAY | 3.1 | 4,690 |
| 7 | IN PLAIN SIGHT | USA | SUNDAY | 3.1 | 4,674 |
| 8 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SATURDAY | 2.6 | 4,246 |
| 9 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE | DSNY | FRIDAY | 2.6 | 4,162 |
| 10 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SATURDAY | 2.6 | 4,010 |
| 11 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SATURDAY | 2.6 | 3,906 |
| 12 | S HANNAH MONTANA(S) | DSNY | FRIDAY | 2.4 | 3,868 |
| 13 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | MONDAY | 2.2 | 3,814 |
| 14 | ARMY WIVES | LIF | SUNDAY | 2.9 | 3,754 |
| 15 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | MONDAY | 2.1 | 3,753 |
| 16 | CAMP ROCK(S)-06/22/2008 | FAM | SUNDAY | 2.1 | 3,733 |
| 17 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SATURDAY | 2.4 | 3,667 |
| 18 | S WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLAC(S) | DSNY | FRIDAY | 2.4 | 3,629 |
| 19 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SATURDAY | 2.4 | 3,580 |
| 20 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | MONDAY | 2.1 | 3,579 |
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Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved
NYI, our agreement with Nielsen only allows us to post lists of 20 maximum.
NYIsland,
The Middle man drew just 524,000 viewers last week, with a 0.2/1 in the 18-49 demo.
its series premiere, IIRC, was in the 750K viewer range
Logan (Noth) is off the show. Jeff Goldblum is taking his spot.
Let the rumors fly about why. The ratings? Contract demands?
http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/06/noth_out_gol...