Once again, boosted by NBA playoff TV ratings, TNT grabbed the #1 spot for prime-time cable network viewership from the often leader USA for the week May 11-17, 2009 with 3.638 million average prime-time viewers.
Nickelodeon, as usual, took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers with an average of 2.044 million.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| TNT | 3,638 |
| USA | 2,653 |
| DSNY | 2,103 |
| FOXN | 1,943 |
| ESPN | 1,758 |
| NAN | 1,572 |
| TBSC | 1,398 |
| A&E | 1,204 |
| HIST | 1,049 |
| TOON | 1,048 |
| DISC | 1,044 |
| LIFE | 1,000 |
| HGTV | 998 |
| FX | 989 |
| SCIF | 980 |
| CMDY | 969 |
| TRU | 933 |
| FAM | 920 |
| SPD | 914 |
| AMC | 886 |
| SPK | 867 |
| FOOD | 835 |
| HALL | 785 |
| VH1 | 779 |
| TLC | 757 |
| CNN | 738 |
| TVLD | 729 |
| BET | 718 |
| MSNB | 713 |
| BRAV | 681 |
| LMN | 668 |
| NOGG | 604 |
| VS | 576 |
| MTV | 575 |
| APL | 543 |
| HLN | 543 |
| EN | 507 |
| TTC | 417 |
| ESP2 | 383 |
| NGC | 364 |
| CMT | 354 |
| SOAP | 343 |
| OXYG | 339 |
| WGNA | 326 |
| TWC | 294 |
| DXD | 287 |
| GSN | 282 |
| WE | 273 |
| NKTN | 239 |
| DHLT | 207 |
| TV1 | 203 |
| TVGN | 189 |
| HI | 177 |
| DSCI | 173 |
| CNBC | 170 |
| ID | 164 |
| STYL | 146 |
| THEN | 145 |
| MTV2 | 137 |
| GOLF | 134 |
| BIO | 126 |
| MIL | 125 |
| G4 | 106 |
| BBCA | 97 |
| GALA | 86 |
| DIY | 85 |
| RFD | 83 |
| ENN | 80 |
| FUSE | 59 |
| GAC | 58 |
| REAL | 56 |
| ESPC | 53 |
| NFLN | 49 |
| MUN2 | 39 |
| VH1C | 37 |
| FSC | 32 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 2,044 |
| TNT | 1,549 |
| USA | 1,470 |
| DSNY | 1,433 |
| NAN | 1,430 |
| FOXN | 1,106 |
| ADSM | 996 |
| TOON | 866 |
| ESPN | 861 |
| TBSC | 824 |
| A&E | 720 |
| TRU | 668 |
| LIFE | 665 |
| HIST | 660 |
| FOOD | 618 |
| DISC | 617 |
| FX | 592 |
| HGTV | 588 |
| FAM | 548 |
| TVLD | 546 |
| HALL | 542 |
| SPK | 531 |
| AMC | 530 |
| CNN | 529 |
| CMDY | 522 |
| NOGG | 456 |
| SCIF | 449 |
| BET | 426 |
| TLC | 420 |
| VH1 | 399 |
| MTV | 378 |
| LMN | 378 |
| MSNB | 369 |
| EN | 352 |
| BRAV | 351 |
| APL | 317 |
| SPD | 280 |
| HLN | 277 |
| TWC | 254 |
| ESP2 | 245 |
| OXYG | 244 |
| WGNA | 237 |
| GSN | 221 |
| CNBC | 219 |
| NGC | 219 |
| DXD | 214 |
| CMT | 211 |
| TTC | 198 |
| WE | 196 |
| VS | 190 |
| SOAP | 185 |
| ID | 146 |
| THEN | 146 |
| NKTN | 145 |
| DHLT | 132 |
| TV1 | 130 |
| MTV2 | 126 |
| TVGN | 116 |
| STYL | 108 |
| HI | 106 |
| DSCI | 101 |
| MIL | 85 |
| BIO | 84 |
| G4 | 80 |
| GALA | 77 |
| GOLF | 76 |
| ENN | 62 |
| DIY | 61 |
| BBCA | 58 |
| GAC | 52 |
| REAL | 46 |
| RFD | 37 |
| NFLN | 37 |
| ESPC | 35 |
| FUSE | 30 |
| MUN2 | 29 |
| VH1C | 28 |
| FSC | 26 |
I expect when Leverage comes back this July, TNT will do well on its night.
That show rocks!