This week I've included some random shows outside of the top twenty below the top twenty list. While those shows are sorted by viewers, they are not ranked (hundreds of airings shows that fared as well as the shows listed were not included). For Damages fans who would chime in with "But, that doesn't count the additional airings!", I included all of the additional airings of the Wednesday season two premiere as well as a rerun on Sunday.
Someone asked me about Armageddon Week on the History channel, and while for whatever reasons the airings were not "named" in the data list, I included the airings. Unfortunately Nielsen doesn't run on a regular Sunday-Saturday week, instead opting for Monday-Sunday, so the Nostradamus portion of Armageddon week is in last week's cable rankings.
I picked the shows mostly randomly save for Stargate Atlantis, and Damages. Ok, ESPN's Pardon The Interruption and Around the Horn weren't random either, but they're perhaps my two favorite shows on television, and were off the air for nearly two weeks during the holidays.
Update: my bad for not including The Real World season XXI! The Brooklyn installment bowed to 2.261 million on Wednesday at 10pm. The Real World "After Show" at 11pm drew 1.71 million making for the two most-watched programs on MTV all week. The Hills offshoot, The City was #3 for MTV for the week with a mere 1.298 million.
Full Top 20 Cable Results for the week ending 01/11/2009:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | MONK | USA | Fri | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,247 |
| 2 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:07P | 5,019 |
| 3 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,968 |
| 4 | SECRET LIFE/AMERICAN TEEN | FAM | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 4,375 |
| 5 | iCarly | NICK | Wed | 06:30P-07:00P | 4,244 |
| 6 | PSYCH | USA | Fri | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,137 |
| 7 | NCIS | USA | Tue | 07:00P-08:00P | 4,102 |
| 8 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 12:00P-12:30P | 4,070 |
| 9 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 07:00P-08:00P | 4,064 |
| 10 | Meet the Browns | TBSC | Wed | 10:30P-11:00P | 4,027 |
| 11 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 12:30P-01:00P | 4,024 |
| 12 | NCIS | USA | Thu | 07:00P-08:00P | 4,002 |
| 13 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 09:30A-10:00A | 3,983 |
| 14 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 11:30A-12:00P | 3,950 |
| 15 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 3,913 |
| 16 | Meet the Browns | TBSC | Wed | 10:00P-10:30P | 3,909 |
| 17 | iCarly | NICK | Wed | 07:00P-07:30P | 3,901 |
| 18 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 11:00A-11:30A | 3,894 |
| 19 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sun | 12:00P-12:30P | 3,889 |
| 20 | Hannah Montana | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-08:30P | 3,693 |
| Random shows ( sorted by viewers, but not ranked) | |||||
| BACK AT THE BARNYARD | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,642 | |
| THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,560 | |
| NIP TUCK | FX | Tue | 10:00P-11:04P | 3,122 | |
| EXPECTING A MIRACLE | HALL | Sat | 09:00P-11:00P | 3,058 | |
| Top Chef | BRAV | Wed | 10:00P-11:00P | 2,933 | |
| LEVERAGE | TNT | Tue | 10:00P-11:00P | 2,850 | |
| BALL STATE/TULSA | ESPN | Tue | 07:55P-11:18P | 2,831 | |
| HOUSE OF PAYNE | TBSC | Wed | 09:30P-10:00P | 2,828 | |
| Ghost Hunters INTERNATL | SCIF | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,688 | |
| CELTICS/CAVALIERS | ESPN | Fri | 08:02P-10:34P | 2,578 | |
| Dirty Jobs | DISC | Tue | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,490 | |
| DORA THE EXPLORER | NICK | Tue | 08:00P-08:30P | 2,446 | |
| THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA | FX | Wed | 07:29P-10:00P | 2,383 | |
| STAR WARS:CLONE WARS | TOON | Fri | 09:00P-09:30P | 2,308 | |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | Sat | 09:00A-09:25A | 2,244 | |
| SECRET LIFE/TEEN MARATHON | FAM | Mon | 07:00P-08:00P | 2,182 | |
| DANE COOK: ROUGH AROUND | CMDY | Sun | 10:00P-11:15P | 2,119 | |
| SEINFELD | TBSC | Mon | 07:30P-08:00P | 2,127 | |
| Dog the Bounty Hunter | A&E | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,079 | |
| ROBOT CHICKEN | ADSM | Sun | 11:30P-11:45P | 2,032 | |
| STARGATE ATLANTIS | SCIF | Fri | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,019 | |
| THATS SO RAVEN - LN | DSNY | Sat | 12:00A-12:30A | 2,002 | |
| HOME IMPROVEMENT | NAN | Sat | 11:30P-12:00A | 1,997 | |
| SANCTUARY | SCIF | Fri | 10:00P-11:00P | 1,990 | |
| FAMILY MATTERS | NAN | Sat | 12:00A-12:30A | 1,977 | |
| Mythbusters | DISC | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 1,852 | |
| Intervention | A&E | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 1,787 | |
| DAMAGES | FX | Wed | 10:00P-11:07P | 1,715 | |
| Pardon The Interruption | ESPN | Mon | 05:30P-06:00P | 1,418 | |
| AROUND THE HORN | ESPN | Mon | 05:00P-05:30P | 925 | |
| DAMAGES | FX | Wed | 11:07P-12:20A | 735 | |
| DAMAGES | FX | Sun | 12:03A-01:13A | 493 | |
| DAMAGES | FX | Wed | 01:00A-02:00A | 277 | |
| SPECIAL PRESENTATION | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-11:00P | 2,352 | |
| SPECIAL PRESENTATION | HIST | Wed | 09:00P-11:00P | 1,926 | |
| SPECIAL PRESENTATION | HIST | Thu | 08:00P-10:00P | 1,882 | |
| SPECIAL PRESENTATION | HIST | Tue | 10:00P-11:00P | 1,770 |
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