I will post True Blood numbers as soon as I see them. We don't get premium cable data directly from Nielsen.
The week before Jon & Kate announced their divorce, Jon & Kate Plus 8 lost over 1.3 million viewers to fall to #68 with but 2.92 million average viewers. It will be interesting to see how far they pop back up this week with the divorce news boost. If we get any press release numbers early I will post them.
Update: Last night's Jon & Kate Plus 8 drew 10.6 million average viewers, a record for the show.
Update 2: The show will be on hiatus until August 3.
In non-divorce news, USA Network is having a hot, hot summer. Royal Pains increased its viewership by nearly one million over last week and topped the cable network shows for the week. The net had 10 of the top 20 cable shows for the week.
The second outing of The Closer fell by over 1.5 million half a million viewers from last week's premiere back into second place and 6.47 million viewers. WWE Raw was up by a little over 100,000 viewers in third. NASCAR's Sprint Cup race from Sonoma (which caught me in its traffic jam on Saturday) was fourth with 5.79 million. Burn Notice held in 5th up about half a million viewers this week from last when it faced NBA Finals competition.
In Plain Sight fell by nearly half a million, down to #18, and just 3.72 million viewers, just behind the premiere of TNT's HawthoRNe at 3.827 million.
For the second week in a row, SpongeBob did not make the top twenty. The yellow and porous one's best outing was #23 with 3.5 million. Fear not, he is just biding his time while the human powered shows have their time in the sun. NCIS was again strong on cable (as on broadcast) with five airings in the top twenty.
Robert is on hiatus until late July, I am on my own till then, so we will not be handling Twitter (or other) requests for ala carte show numbers.
Top 20 cable network television shows for the week ending June 21, 2009:
| Rank | Programs | Net | Day | Time | Viewers (Live+SD) |
| 1 | Royal Pains | USA | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 6,503 |
| 2 | The Closer | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 6,469 |
| 3 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:07P | 6,091 |
| 4 | SPRINT CUP RACING/SONOMA | TNT | Sun | 05:00P-08:36P | 5,788 |
| 5 | Burn Notice | USA | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,782 |
| 6 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,720 |
| 7 | NASCAR POST RACE SHOW | TNT | Sun | 08:36P-08:46P | 5,601 |
| 8 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,071 |
| 9 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 4,908 |
| 10 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,848 |
| 11 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 4,561 |
| 12 | NCIS | USA | Fri | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,424 |
| 13 | NCIS | USA | Fri | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,234 |
| 14 | iCarly | NICK | Wed | 07:30P-08:00P | 4,172 |
| 15 | MR TROOP MOM | NICK | Fri | 08:00P-10:00P | 4,010 |
| 16 | iCarly MOVIE:DATE A BAD BOY | NICK | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,870 |
| 17 | HAWTHORNE | TNT | Tue | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,827 |
| 18 | IN PLAIN SIGHT | USA | Sun | 10:00P-11:00P | 3,720 |
| 19 | iCarly | NICK | Wed | 07:00P-07:30P | 3,663 |
| 20 | DEADLIEST CATCH | DISC | Tue | 09:00P-10:01P | 3,630 |
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Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved
I’m surprised not to see CI in the top 20. Does anyone know where it placed or are these just early numbers?
L&O:CI was #33 with 3.426 m, and that’s my last request! These are final numbers.
Hey Bill.. can you tell me were Tues nights Sponge Bob ans I Carly landed…I need to tell my little girl!~!!!…
Opps refer to comment above~
1 site checked, six more to go. It’s going to be a long week.
Sad you guys are having to make so many cuts. Can you no longer list the times the top 20 shows aired?
Does this mean you have an employment opportunity? I’ll write this Twitter crap. All I desire is National Fame!!!
Looks like Sunday night got hit overall with In Plain Sight dropping to #18 and other shows like L&O: Criminal Intent and Army Wives falling out of the top 20.
Would Father’s Day have that much of an impact on TV viewing?
Nick and more, times are fine, in taking over for Robert on this I just forgot them. They are included now.
god l&o ci was a great show sunday night as was in plain sight i do not get it
How did True Blood do?
Ok I saw the notice about True Blood
Bill, the season premeire of The Closer was 7.183 viewrs and second episode make 6.469..so losses just 0.714 viewers and not fell over 1.5 million viewers,ok!
“The second outing of The Closer fell by over 1.5 million viewers from last week’s premiere back into second place and 6.47 million viewers.”
First episode – 7.14 million
Second episode – 6.47 million
7.14 – 6.47 = 0.67
So that’s not 1.5 million viewers less, it’s 670 000 viewers less.
Thanks for the CI numbers. Sorry if I bothered you Bill.
Do the iCarlys listed are reruns?
I just want to know the Greek finale number….please…!!!
Victor, bad subtraction on my part! Fixed.
It is kind of nice to see that people just don’t care anymore about the rocky marriage that is Jon & Kate Gosselin. The show was good when it focused on the children, as that was the premise of the show, but as soon as it started involving Jon & Kate’s mess, it started to lose a lot of creditbility. And shame on Jon & Kate for deciding to continue on doing the show even though they will be divorcing. Can anyone say exploitation? Those poor kids.
Bill, that’s ok!
No surprise to see that Royal Pains and The Closer were the top two cable shows of the week. What is kind of surprising is that as soon as Donald Trump buys WWE Entertainment, wrestling is considered cool again.