Again boosted by record breaking NBA playoff TV ratings, TNT grabbed the #1 spot for prime-time cable network viewership from the often leader USA for the week May 4-10, 2009 with 3.481 million average prime-time viewers.
Nickelodeon, as usual, took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers with an average of 2.060 million.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| TNT | 3,481 |
| USA | 2,671 |
| ESPN | 1,979 |
| DSNY | 1,929 |
| FOXN | 1,921 |
| NAN | 1,722 |
| TBSC | 1,432 |
| DISC | 1,243 |
| FX | 1,135 |
| A&E | 1,133 |
| HIST | 1,063 |
| TOON | 1,037 |
| HGTV | 1,035 |
| LIFE | 969 |
| SCIF | 935 |
| FOOD | 919 |
| TRU | 919 |
| CMDY | 871 |
| SPK | 862 |
| HALL | 854 |
| FAM | 815 |
| VS | 813 |
| AMC | 810 |
| CNN | 804 |
| TLC | 785 |
| TVLD | 778 |
| MSNB | 738 |
| BET | 713 |
| VH1 | 695 |
| NOGG | 639 |
| BRAV | 598 |
| MTV | 596 |
| LMN | 544 |
| APL | 541 |
| EN | 511 |
| HLN | 472 |
| ESP2 | 433 |
| TTC | 414 |
| CMT | 391 |
| NGC | 385 |
| DXD | 358 |
| OXYG | 327 |
| SOAP | 324 |
| WGNA | 279 |
| WE | 273 |
| TWC | 249 |
| GSN | 248 |
| DHLT | 216 |
| CNBC | 196 |
| ID | 190 |
| NKTN | 183 |
| TVGN | 173 |
| DSCI | 165 |
| SPD | 162 |
| HI | 158 |
| TV1 | 154 |
| GOLF | 145 |
| THEN | 137 |
| STYL | 134 |
| BIO | 132 |
| G4 | 126 |
| MTV2 | 126 |
| GALA | 118 |
| MIL | 115 |
| RFD | 109 |
| BBCA | 84 |
| ENN | 83 |
| DIY | 82 |
| GAC | 65 |
| VH1C | 61 |
| ESPC | 55 |
| NFLN | 51 |
| REAL | 47 |
| FUSE | 47 |
| MUN2 | 36 |
| FSC | 25 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 2,060 |
| NAN | 1,611 |
| TNT | 1,570 |
| USA | 1,398 |
| DSNY | 1,300 |
| FOXN | 1,103 |
| ADSM | 1,055 |
| ESPN | 930 |
| TOON | 883 |
| TBSC | 842 |
| DISC | 689 |
| TRU | 685 |
| A&E | 684 |
| HIST | 661 |
| LIFE | 622 |
| FOOD | 613 |
| FX | 609 |
| HGTV | 584 |
| CNN | 550 |
| HALL | 548 |
| SPK | 544 |
| TVLD | 527 |
| AMC | 511 |
| CMDY | 491 |
| FAM | 468 |
| SCIF | 452 |
| NOGG | 448 |
| TLC | 410 |
| MTV | 409 |
| BET | 381 |
| MSNB | 376 |
| VH1 | 356 |
| EN | 352 |
| BRAV | 327 |
| LMN | 323 |
| APL | 306 |
| HLN | 278 |
| ESP2 | 249 |
| TWC | 248 |
| CMT | 238 |
| VS | 234 |
| CNBC | 234 |
| DXD | 229 |
| OXYG | 229 |
| GSN | 223 |
| NGC | 221 |
| WGNA | 215 |
| TTC | 202 |
| WE | 171 |
| SOAP | 162 |
| ID | 145 |
| GOLF | 144 |
| SPD | 128 |
| DHLT | 124 |
| MTV2 | 120 |
| THEN | 118 |
| NKTN | 117 |
| TV1 | 107 |
| HI | 99 |
| DSCI | 91 |
| TVGN | 89 |
| STYL | 88 |
| MIL | 88 |
| GALA | 85 |
| BIO | 84 |
| G4 | 83 |
| DIY | 63 |
| ENN | 63 |
| BBCA | 55 |
| GAC | 54 |
| REAL | 40 |
| RFD | 39 |
| ESPC | 38 |
| NFLN | 36 |
| VH1C | 27 |
| MUN2 | 27 |
| FUSE | 25 |
| FSC | 25 |
I wonder if TNT can build on this momentum once the playoffs end for them.