A very nice top 10 for USA Network with TNT and NICK sneaking in the usual suspects.
Notably, three of Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly factor made the top 20, and all five days made the top forty. I don't watch cable news channels at all unless there is a major, major breaking news story so I have no idea if there were special guests or if his contingency just can't get enough now that Obama is in office. I don't have a horse in the cable news race (I truly couldn't care less) but the best performance of Countdown with Keith Olbermann could do was a tie for 316th (in viewer P2+ rating).
I've included that and many other airings that were outside the top 20 and while they are sorted by viewers, they are not ranked. Thousands of shows were left off, but I included all four airings of the two hour Puppy Bowl that looped on Animal Planet on Sunday night.
Battlestar Galactica ratings dived, and I'm not surprised really because the second episode sort of stunk it up. Last week's third episode was much better, but there were still fewer people around to see it. Damages popped back up over a million.
Please note, the data here is only for advertising supported cable, I will try to add in anything from HBO and Showtime if I see it later.
Update Feb 4: Big Love drew 1.5 million on Sunday, additionally it has been renewed for another season.
Full top twenty cable programs (and others) for the week ending February 1, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | CLOSER, THE | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 6,243 |
| 2 | MONK | USA | Fri | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,393 |
| 3 | BURN NOTICE | USA | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 5,376 |
| 4 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:06P | 5,310 |
| 5 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,028 |
| 6 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 4,432 |
| 7 | PSYCH | USA | Fri | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,319 |
| 8 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 07:00P-08:00P | 4,285 |
| 9 | NCIS | USA | Tue | 07:00P-08:01P | 4,200 |
| 10 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 07:00P-08:00P | 4,196 |
| 11 | NCIS | USA | Thu | 07:00P-08:00P | 4,159 |
| 12 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,963 |
| 13 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:00A-09:30A | 3,893 |
| 14 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,891 |
| 15 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,855 |
| 16 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Thu | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,816 |
| 17 | SUITE LIFE ON DECK | DSNY | Fri | 08:00P-08:30P | 3,751 |
| 18 | JON & Kate Plus 8 | TLC | Mon | 09:00P-09:31P | 3,735 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:30A-12:00P | 3,649 |
| 20 | BACK AT THE BARNYARD | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,648 |
| Other Shows | |||||
| iCarly | NICK | Wed | 07:00P-07:30P | 3,431 | |
| TRUST ME | TNT | Mon | 10:00P-11:00P | 3,400 | |
| TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE | HALL | Sat | 09:00P-11:00P | 3,308 | |
| HOUSE | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,260 | |
| MEET THE BROWNS | TBSC | Wed | 10:00P-10:30P | 3,235 | |
| TOP CHEF | BRAV | Wed | 10:00P-11:15P | 3,216 | |
| SECRET LIFE/AMERICAN TEEN | FAM | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,104 | |
| REAL CHANCE OF LOVE | VH1 | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,041 | |
| DRAKE & JOSH | NICK | Wed | 06:00P-06:30P | 2,908 | |
| HANNAH MONTANA | DSNY | Mon | 07:30P-08:00P | 2,863 | |
| SUITE LIFE OF ZACK & CODY | DSNY | Sat | 06:30P-07:00P | 2,863 | |
| FAMILY GUY | ADSM | Thu | 11:30P-12:00A | 2,829 | |
| LEVERAGE | TNT | Tue | 10:00P-11:00P | 2,809 | |
| NIP TUCK | FX | Tue | 10:00P-11:02P | 2,677 | |
| GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATL | SCIF | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,598 | |
| STAR WARS:CLONE WARS | TOON | Fri | 09:00P-09:30P | 2,625 | |
| HOUSE OF PAYNE | TBSC | Wed | 09:30P-10:00P | 2,595 | |
| AMERICAS BEST DANCE CREW | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 2,564 | |
| DIRTY JOBS | DISC | Tue | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,546 | |
| DUKE/WAKE FOREST | ESPN | Wed | 07:00P-09:13P | 2,533 | |
| MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DSNY | Sun | 09:30A-09:55A | 2,467 | |
| BOURNE SUPREMACY, THE | TNT | Sat | 08:00P-10:00P | 2,384 | |
| GEORGE LOPEZ | NAN | Fri | 10:00P-10:30P | 2,340 | |
| REAL WORLD XXI | MTV | Wed | 10:00P-11:00P | 2,271 | |
| INTERVENTION | A&E | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,220 | |
| WYVERN | SCIF | Sat | 09:00P-11:00P | 2,159 | |
| JON & Kate Plus 8 | TLC | Mon | 09:31P-10:00P | 2,146 | |
| THE FIRST 48 | A&E | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,146 | |
| DAILY SHOW | CMDY | Wed | 10:59P-11:30P | 2,117 | |
| TRUE JACKSON, VP | NICK | Sat | 08:30P-09:00P | 2,106 | |
| FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE | AMC | Sat | 08:00P-11:00P | 2,098 | |
| REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC | BRAV | Tue | 10:00P-11:00P | 2,032 | |
| LARRY KING LIVE | CNN | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 1,983 | |
| NFL COUNTDOWN L | ESPN | Sun | 10:00A-02:00P | 1,978 | |
| HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | Thu | 09:30P-10:00P | 1,940 | |
| THATS SO RAVEN | DSNY | Wed | 06:30P-07:00P | 1,934 | |
| ECW | SCIF | Tue | 09:00P-10:00P | 1,931 | |
| DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES | FOOD | Fri | 09:30P-10:00P | 1,800 | |
| COUNTDOWN W/ K. OLBERMANN | MSNB | Thu | 08:00P-09:00P | 1,583 | |
| BATTLSTR GALACTICA (ORIG) | SCIF | Fri | 10:00P-11:01P | 1,560 | |
| KYLE XY | FAM | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 1,239 | |
| MOONLIGHT | SCIF | Fri | 09:00P-10:00P | 1,199 | |
| PUPPY BOWL | APL | Sun | 03:00P-05:00P | 1,152 | |
| DAMAGES | FX | Wed | 10:00P-11:01P | 1,027 | |
| PUPPY BOWL | APL | Sun | 05:00P-07:00P | 769 | |
| PUPPY BOWL | APL | Sun | 07:00P-09:00P | 509 | |
| PUPPY BOWL | APL | Sun | 09:00P-11:00P | 370 |
Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved
That was close for MONK vs BURN NOTICE. Al Franken demands a recount.
By any chance do you have the Celtics/Pistons numbers aired on espn?
Celtics/Pistons averaged 1.44 million Friday night from 7p-9:43p
Do you have the numbers for Invasion/SciF? Thanks!
Thanks as always Robert. Now an annoying question as always.
Was that Friday night airing of “Diners” (nice #s for a rerun!) Food’s highest-rated program?
Jon & Kate Plus Eight doesn’t seem to be a regular in the top 20. Did it get a bump from the octuplet media frenzy?
John, only 656,00 Friday at 8p. Chris, yes by 135K over BAREFOOT CONTESSA
How did “The Beast” do on A&E?
The Beast = 1.351 million, not very beastly.
I see in your random other shows, you noted Intervention. Any chance of seeing Paranormal State ratings for the 10pm hour on A&E? They’ve been running new Paranormal State episodes for a couple of weeks now. I’m a big fan of the show. Wondering how many others are out there watching it
Wow. Diners, Drive-ins & Dives is a Food Network hit! Considering their lousy track record for actually picking the “Next Food Network Star”, they hit it big with Guy Fiero.
If you have it available, I’d love to see how Food Detectives is doing on Food Network. It’s the only show I watch on that channel.
It’s a shame for BSG, because it was the best episode in the last few years, the first one without all that soap opera crap BSG has became famous for. It’s nice to see Leverage pull same numbers every week, and it’s also good to see that Damages is improving a little bit.
i ask again in hopes one day someone knows something… any futurama numbers on comedy central? i wish they were still on adult swim. but comedy central does run it every day so i assume they are happy with it.
Congrats once again to “Monk.” It’s nice to see it heading out on a high note.
Is it just me, or are “Secret Life’s” ratings very up-and-down this season? Wonder what that’s all about. As far as I can tell, it doesn’t seem to have much to do with the competition from “House” or “Gossip Girl.”
Puppy Bowl! Woohoo!
hey rob next week can you be sure to include The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central on Thrusday nights 10pm……thanks
the request line is closed after these…sorry, but I need a break
PARANORMAL STATE Mon 10p, 1.468 million
FOOD DETECTIVES Tue 9p, 821,000
FUTURAMA — there are many airings but the best one was at midnight Saturday/Sunday morning with 1.125 million
Sarah Silverman = 847,000. I don’t see mentioning it weekly.
awwwe… robert. thanks. was not expecting that.
Any numbers out for the Australian Open on ESPN2?
What about Daddy’s Girls, The City, Shot of Love and Bromance on MTV?