Nineteen out of this week’s top forty cable shows were SpongeBob. Five were Law & Order (four SVU airings in syndication on USA, plus an original CI) Three were WWE RAW, and two each for iCarly and Mighty B! That gets you to 31 out of 40 shows right there!
On a household ratings basis, Nielsen had NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing as number one, but in viewers it was third proving once again the main live hour of WWE RAW is more of a family affair (more people watching in the same house) than NASCAR. So too was the BET Awards Show which trailed both RAW and NASCAR in household rating, but edged out NASCAR in overall viewers.
USA’s Sunday night lineup of Law & Order: CI (#8) and In Plain Sight (#5)remains potent. Another airing of Camp ROCK landed at #6 for Disney. An airing of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory also landed Disney in the top ten at #9.
Army Wives couldn’t make it to 4 million viewers but was still strong for Lifetime at #13. The only shows in the top 40 not previously mentioned were the movie The Tenth Circle on Lifetime, an airing of Family Guy and the NBA Draft on ESPN this past Thursday (#39 out of 40).
Full Top 20 Cable Results for the week ending 6/29/2008:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY(S) | Live+SD HH Rating | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) | USA | MONDAY | 3.4 | 6,169 |
| 2 | BET AWARDS SHOW(S)-06/24/2008 | BET | TUESDAY | 3.2 | 5,849 |
| 3 | SPRINT CUP RACING/LOUDON | TNT | SUNDAY | 3.4 | 5,495 |
| 4 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) | USA | MONDAY | 2.9 | 5,366 |
| 5 | IN PLAIN SIGHT | USA | SUNDAY | 3.0 | 4,460 |
| 6 | CAMP ROCK | DSNY | SATURDAY | 2.5 | 4,243 |
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) | USA | MONDAY | 2.4 | 4,174 |
| 8 | LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG) | USA | SUNDAY | 2.7 | 4,049 |
| 9 | CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE F | DSNY | FRIDAY | 2.2 | 3,983 |
| 10 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | FRIDAY | 2.4 | 3,934 |
| 11 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SUNDAY | 2.5 | 3,932 |
| 12 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SUNDAY | 2.5 | 3,876 |
| 13 | ARMY WIVES | LIF | SUNDAY | 2.7 | 3,837 |
| 14 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SUNDAY | 2.4 | 3,752 |
| 15 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SATURDAY | 2.4 | 3,682 |
| 16 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SUNDAY | 2.3 | 3,668 |
| 17 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SATURDAY | 2.4 | 3,666 |
| 18 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | WEDNESDAY | 2.2 | 3,659 |
| 19 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | WEDNESDAY | 2.3 | 3,587 |
| 20 | ICARLY | NICK | MONDAY | 2.2 | 3,567 |
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NBA Draft = 2.1 rating, 2.895 million viewers
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Watch how big the numbers for “The Closer” will be when it begins in two weeks.
Could someone post the EURO 2008 Semifinals ratings on ESPN and ESPN2. The games were played on Wednesday (ESPN) and Thursday (ESPN 2). Thanks.
Stingbee, the Top Sports post which usually happens on Friday is going to be delayed this week because of the July 4 holiday. I'd expect us to see the data early next week and we'll post it soon afterwards.
Stingbee, my bad. The Sports data we get from Nielsen is broadcast only and we only see results for the top 40 cable shows each week and those EURO games didn't make the top 40, sorry.
Good for Raw as the show is getting way better and it deserves it big time. I think the show will finally be able to get 5.2 million viewers on a weekly basis until Monday Night Football starts up on September 8. It should be even higher next week with word of mouth that the show is improving over a bad 2007.
Big Engvall is doing very well averaging over 2.5 million viewers a week, but its slipping week to week. My Boys is only getting 1.7 million viewers a week and House of Payne is cable's comedy king at over 3 million viewers a week.