With the monster Patriots v. Saints Monday Night Football game ESPN turned in its strongest cable primetime ratings win in recent memory leading both the primetime weekly cable ratings for adults 18-49 and average viewership ratings by much wider than typical margins. It didn’t hurt that they also had a Thursday night college football game. USA, boosted by the Monk series finale was a strong #2, but nobody was getting close to ESPN this week.
Nickelodeon remains, as always, on the top of the total day average viewership.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week of November 30 – December 6, 2009
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 4,725 |
| USA | 3,342 |
| DSNY | 2,471 |
| FAM | 2,281 |
| FOXN | 2,265 |
| FX | 2,135 |
| A&E | 1,964 |
| TNT | 1,941 |
| NAN | 1,937 |
| HALL | 1,732 |
| TBSC | 1,624 |
| AMC | 1,458 |
| HIST | 1,279 |
| SYFY | 1,271 |
| HGTV | 1,271 |
| SPK | 1,266 |
| TOON | 1,219 |
| LIFE | 1,206 |
| TRU | 1,156 |
| FOOD | 1,107 |
| DISC | 1,043 |
| TLC | 998 |
| NKJR | 832 |
| NFLN | 516 |
| CMDY | 874 |
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Adults 18-49 Primetime Average (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 2,315 |
| USA | 1,368 |
| FX | 1,146 |
| FAM | 1,075 |
| TBSC | 962 |
| A&E | 896 |
| TNT | 867 |
| SPK | 836 |
| AMC | 675 |
| SYFY | 638 |
| HIST | 600 |
| DSNY | 599 |
| TRU | 578 |
| CMDY | 546 |
| FOOD | 530 |
| DISC | 529 |
| TLC | 517 |
| NAN | 484 |
| MTV | 479 |
| BRAV | 473 |
| HGTV | 434 |
| LIFE | 433 |
| BET | 387 |
| HALL | 380 |
| NFLN | 283 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 2,435 |
| NAN | 1,581 |
| ESPN | 1,545 |
| DSNY | 1,504 |
| USA | 1,459 |
| TNT | 1,281 |
| FOXN | 1,219 |
| ADSM | 1,088 |
| FAM | 1,052 |
| A&E | 957 |
| FX | 932 |
| TOON | 928 |
| TBSC | 908 |
| HALL | 897 |
| LIFE | 777 |
| TRU | 761 |
| HIST | 719 |
| SPK | 708 |
| FOOD | 682 |
| HGTV | 672 |
| AMC | 636 |
| NKJR | 543 |
| DISC | 633 |
| SYFY | 571 |
| TVLD | 541 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
