WWE Raw took the top two spots for the week, but led by an airing of the movie Cars, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place and Sonny with a Chance, Disney dethroned USA Network as the primetime king for the week.
Much ado was made over Jim Cramer's appearance with Jon Stewart on Thursday's The Daily Show, and its ratings, but I didn't see any of those reports including the information that Wednesday's Daily Show, perhaps fueled by an improving Important Things with Demetri Martin as a lead-in had more viewers than the Thursday Cramer appearance! Some will say it is the increased anticipation for The Daily Show that is helping out Important Things. Either way Wednesday's airing of The Daily Show with 2.348 million edged out the Cramer appearance on Thursday that had 2.323 million.
That's So Raven had some sort of time slot change that impaired its ratings. Why Disney, why?!
I didn't look to see how it's replacement did at midnight, but I took it as a sign and decided to use the best performance of That's So Raven as some sort of imaginary cut off for the extra shows in the table below. So, I cut it off there, but, in the spirit of knowing I'll be hounded by a pack of mad dogs, Moonlight got 1.003 million viewers on Friday.
Fans of TNT's Trust Me - sorry, but your show seems doomed with 876,000 watching last Tuesday at 10pm, but then again, that was better than Damages 703,000 Wednesday at 10pm on FX. TNT is searching for answers with new episodes of Saving Grace just edging out repeats of The Closer (info in the table below).
The penultimate episode of Kyle XY had 1.283 million viewers.
Update: James Hibberd reports Sunday night's airing of Big Love averaged 2.3 million -- it's second most-watched episode of the season. Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America -- A Final Night with George W. Bush also averaged 2.3 million. That's the best a comedy special has done on HBO since 2004 according to Hibberd. Hibberd also has the Eastbound & Down numbers.
Top 20 cable shows for the week ending March 15, 2009:
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Please note, all shows outside of the top twenty are sorted by viewers but ARE NOT ranked. If you don't see a show listed here, the only thing you can conclude for sure is that it wasn't in the top twenty. The top twenty would include premium cable, if any of those shows ever made the top twenty. But the additional show list is for advertising supported basic cable networks only. We do not see data directly for premium cable channels. I don't KNOW how Big Love did, but if I see anything I'll post it here and if you see anything, please post a link in the comments.
There are over 14,000 shows. I'm not taking requests as it would be impossible to please everyone. Sorry! If you make a request in the comments anyway, I will ignore it, sorry.
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:08P | 5,643 |
| 2 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,165 |
| 3 | CARS | DSNY | Sat | 08:00P-10:10P | 4,650 |
| 4 | HANNAH MONTANA | DSNY | Sun | 07:30P-08:00P | 4,423 |
| 5 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 4,249 |
| 6 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 07:00P-08:00P | 4,228 |
| 7 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE | DSNY | Sun | 08:30P-09:00P | 4,164 |
| 8 | COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST | CMDY | Sun | 10:00P-11:30P | 4,079 |
| 9 | NCIS | USA | Thu | 07:00P-08:00P | 4,006 |
| 10 | SONNY WITH A CHANCE | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-08:30P | 3,993 |
| 11 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 12:30P-01:00P | 3,981 |
| 12 | NCIS | USA | Tue | 07:00P-08:00P | 3,980 |
| 13 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 12:00P-12:30P | 3,964 |
| 14 | iCarly | NICK | Wed | 05:30P-06:00P | 3,875 |
| 15 | BIG EAST BSKTBALL TOURN L | ESPN | Sat | 09:00P-11:18P | 3,874 |
| 16 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 07:00P-08:00P | 3,847 |
| 17 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:30A-12:00P | 3,725 |
| 18 | CARS | DSNY | Sun | 12:00P-02:05P | 3,724 |
| 19 | PHINEAS AND FERB | DSNY | Fri | 08:30P-09:00P | 3,704 |
| 20 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,660 |
| Other Shows (sorted in order but NOT ranked) | |||||
| BACK AT THE BARNYARD | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,476 | |
| SOUTH PARK | CMDY | Wed | 10:00P-10:30P | 3,412 | |
| SECRET LIFE/AMERICAN TEEN | FAM | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,357 | |
| MIGHTY B! | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 3,346 | |
| HOUSE | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,096 | |
| STAR WARS:CLONE WARS | TOON | Fri | 09:00P-09:30P | 3,009 | |
| FAMILY GUY | ADSM | Wed | 11:00P-11:30P | 2,889 | |
| BIG EAST BSKTBALL TOURN L | ESPN | Fri | 09:30P-11:57P | 2,833 | |
| FAIRLY ODD PARENTS | NICK | Sat | 08:30A-09:00A | 2,797 | |
| GHOST HUNTERS | SCIF | Wed | 09:00P-10:01P | 2,668 | |
| JON & Kate Plus 8 | TLC | Mon | 09:00P-09:30P | 2,627 | |
| BIG EAST BSKTBALL TOURN L | ESPN | Thu | 09:32P-01:26A | 2,598 | |
| TRUE JACKSON, VP | NICK | Wed | 06:00P-06:30P | 2,580 | |
| GEORGE LOPEZ | NAN | Sat | 10:30P-11:00P | 2,572 | |
| IMPORTANT THINGS | CMDY | Wed | 10:30P-10:59P | 2,477 | |
| ROCK OF LOVE 3 | VH1 | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,407 | |
| BIG 12 CONF TOURNAMENT L | ESPN | Sat | 06:12P-08:16P | 2,387 | |
| DAILY SHOW | CMDY | Wed | 10:59P-11:30P | 2,348 | |
| SAVING GRACE | TNT | Mon | 10:00P-11:00P | 2,337 | |
| CLOSER, THE | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,333 | |
| DAILY SHOW | CMDY | Thu | 10:59P-11:30P | 2,323 | |
| LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | Thu | 11:00P-12:00A | 2,297 | |
| SEA BEAST | SCIF | Sat | 09:00P-11:00P | 2,201 | |
| WONDER PETS | NICK | Mon | 08:00P-08:30P | 2,110 | |
| FAMILY MATTERS | NAN | Mon | 11:30P-12:00A | 2,087 | |
| I LOVE MONEY 2 | VH1 | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 2,046 | |
| BATMAN:BRAVE & THE BOLD | TOON | Fri | 08:30P-09:00P | 1,997 | |
| TOUGH LOVE | VH1 | Sun | 10:00P-11:00P | 1,953 | |
| BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE | TOON | Fri | 09:30P-10:00P | 1,931 | |
| ACC BASKETBALL TOURNMNT L | ESPN | Sat | 04:08P-06:12P | 1,910 | |
| BIG EAST BSKTBALL TOURN L | ESPN | Thu | 07:00P-09:12P | 1,907 | |
| HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | Thu | 09:30P-10:00P | 1,824 | |
| ACC BASKETBALL TOURNMNT L | ESPN | Sun | 01:01P-03:15P | 1,803 | |
| CAVALIERS/SUNS | TNT | Thu | 10:50P-01:33A | 1,788 | |
| ECW | SCIF | Tue | 09:00P-10:00P | 1,784 | |
| DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER | A&E | Wed | 10:00P-10:30P | 1,767 | |
| AX MEN | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-11:00P | 1,763 | |
| IRON CHEF AMERICA | FOOD | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 1,663 | |
| BATTLSTR GALACTICA (ORIG) | SCIF | Fri | 10:00P-11:01P | 1,661 | |
| THATS SO RAVEN | DSNY | Sat | 03:30P-04:00P | 1,571 |
We also have weekly rankings of the top advertising supported cable networks.
Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved






Trust Me is dead.
RAW is ruling.
Robert, you have an odd obsession with That’s So Raven…
I know you don’t take the request, but please you have forget to write the ratings of Kyle XY ! And do you know what does the series finale of the L World ? Thank you very much !
If I may say, That’s So Raven Rulez.
I love Robert’s Raven Simone obsession. It’s my favorite part of the weekly posts! I look for it every week, hahaha!
Thanks for the information, Robert.
What about From G’s to Gents on Tuesday at 10 on MTV?
So, 2.5 million people watched the 6 overtime game. I wonder what the ratings were from 1am to the end of the game. fyi this is not a request, just wondering out loud
I’m so annoyed I missed it. I was on espn.com watching the scores and I thought about watching the ending of the game since it was so close, but it was 11:00 and I was too tired, so I went to bed. Sad times.
won’t be long now to watch abc familys new shows crash and hopefully burn!!! I think kyleXy being cancelled was a huge mistake!!
Ben 10: Alien Force must have been a rerun because apparently its Cartoon Networks gem show (apart from the Star Wars one) but if Batman beats it then surely theres a proberly happening.
For a show that has been cancelled for I believe about 2 and a half years now, That’s So Raven is doing mind-bogglingly well.
Disney Channel just had a really good week in general.
Even a non in slot repeat of iCarly can crack the top 20/
I watched iCarly for the first time this week because of this site. It was nice but the girl who plays Carly screams too much and too loud.
Was this the Comedy Central Roast with Larry the Cable Guy as the “roastee?” It fared very well for airing fairly late Sunday night
What about RW:Brooklyn? Uve always included it but not now? Why
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What about RW:Brooklyn? Uve always included it but not now? Why
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Forgot to say great post. Looking forward to reading the next one!
I’d like to see The Real World numbers too.
You mean you’d like to see MTV air programs that outdraw That’s So Raven! Unfortunately, The Real World is not one of them.
Ooh, I’m pleasantly surprised by Demetri Martin beating Daily Show. Hopefully his building fanbase helps Ang Lee’s film coming out later this year; based on nothing besides the fact that I think Ang Lee is awesome, I’m hoping Taking Woodstock sweeps the Oscars and finally allows a gay-themed film to win the big prize, rather than, say, a mediocre, backwards, bang you over the head, exploitative, disingenuous, dumb, falsely emotional, clichéd, racial stereotyping shlock with bad dialogue and acting. Aka Crash and Slumdog both.
As usual “iCarly” poses a strong showing, enough to enter the top 20 even when it’s a rerun.
A new episode airs this weekend, so I expect another top 5 next week with stronger ratings than all the Disney shows? Y/Y?
They’re currently filming the 28th episode of this seaosn, with only 14 episodes in, this will definitely be a good year for “iCarly.”
On another note, FINALLY “Hannah Montana” finds stability. Looks like airing new episodes at 7:30 PM on Sunday nights is working out for the show. It’s funny to see how many viewers tune out when “Sonny With A Chance” comes on, but return when Wizards is on.
i wonder what scifi is gonna do without battlestar galactica and thats too bad about trust me