hi folks, due to the site outage I am unfortunately really pressed for time. I will update this with some additional data later in the day or early Wednesday but I wanted to at least get the top 20 up...
We also have weekly rankings of the top advertising supported cable networks.
Top twenty cable network television shows for the week ending April 19, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,981 |
| 2 | SpongeBob | NICK | Fri | 08:00P-08:30P | 5,784 |
| 3 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:06P | 5,666 |
| 4 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 5,204 |
| 5 | IN PLAIN SIGHT | USA | Sun | 10:00P-11:00P | 5,113 |
| 6 | PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 4,894 |
| 7 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 09:30A-10:00A | 4,890 |
| 8 | SpongeBob | NICK | Fri | 08:30P-09:00P | 4,879 |
| 9 | HANNAH MONTANA | DSNY | Sun | 07:30P-08:00P | 4,815 |
| 10 | PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR | NICK | Sun | 10:00A-10:30A | 4,804 |
| 11 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 4,722 |
| 12 | LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG) | USA | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,578 |
| 13 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 07:00P-08:00P | 4,542 |
| 14 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sun | 09:00A-09:30A | 4,493 |
| 15 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 09:00P-09:30P | 4,277 |
| 16 | DEADLIEST CATCH | DISC | Tue | 09:00P-10:01P | 4,158 |
| 17 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 07:30P-08:00P | 4,079 |
| 18 | BACK AT THE BARNYARD | NICK | Sun | 10:30A-11:00A | 4,041 |
| 19 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,980 |
| 20 | NCIS | USA | Thu | 07:00P-08:00P | 3,974 |
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