It's no surprise Wizards of Wavery Place The Movie was the top cable show of the week, so far it is the top cable show of the year with 11.433 million! The summer finale of The Closer came in with 7.39 million followed by WWE RAW with 5.952 million and Royal Pains season finale with 5.880 million. A rebroadcast of Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie rounded out the top five with 5.78 million (and also #16 and #20). An episode Wizards of Waverly Place that ran before the movie was 8th for the week with 5.276 million and other airings of Wizards of Waverly Place took the #18 & #25 spots.
True Blood was #9 in overall viewing for the week.
The Top 25 is below but here are a bunch of shows not in the Top 25 (unranked):
Mad Men (1.608M), Psych (4.083M), Project Runway (3.488M), The T.O. Show (1.687M), Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami (1.924), Secret Life (3.208M), Make It or Break It (2.397M), 10 Things I Hate About You (1.146M). Warehouse 13 (2.862M), Ghost Hunters Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2.703M), (2.09M), Eureka (2.060M), ECW (1.713M), Leverage (3.729M), Raising the Bar (3.391M), Dark Blue (2.592m), Hoarders (2.088M), Top Chef (2.769M), Real Housewives of Atlanta (2.478M)
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Top 25 cable shows for the week ending August 30, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Households (000) | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY MOVIE | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:00 PM | 6,614 | 11,433 |
| 2 | CLOSER, THE | TNT | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 5,456 | 7,390 |
| 3 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,892 | 5,952 |
| 4 | ROYAL PAINS | USA | THURSDAY | 10:00 PM | 4,368 | 5,880 |
| 5 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY MOVIE | DSNY | SATURDAY | 7:00 PM | 3,839 | 5,780 |
| 6 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,872 | 5,764 |
| 7 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:30 AM | 4,037 | 5,335 |
| 8 | S WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLAC(S)-08/28/2009 | DSNY | FRIDAY | 7:30 PM | 3,615 | 5,276 |
| 9 | TRUE BLOOD | HBOM | SUNDAY | 9:02 PM | 3,262 | 5,185 |
| 10 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:00 AM | 3,780 | 5,093 |
| 11 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 11:00 AM | 3,677 | 4,987 |
| 12 | MONK | USA | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,496 | 4,976 |
| 13 | NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL L (JETS/RAVENS) | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,910 | 4,953 |
| 14 | LIGHTS,CAMERA,TAKE ACTION(S)-08/28/2009 | DSNY | FRIDAY | 9:55 PM | 3,067 | 4,846 |
| 15 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:30 AM | 3,504 | 4,752 |
| 16 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY MOVIE | DSNY | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,417 | 4,741 |
| 17 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SATURDAY | 11:30 AM | 3,400 | 4,526 |
| 18 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE | DSNY | FRIDAY | 7:00 PM | 3,050 | 4,344 |
| 19 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:00 AM | 3,145 | 4,277 |
| 20 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY MOVIE | DSNY | SUNDAY | 12:00 PM | 3,030 | 4,274 |
| 21 | PRINCESS PROTECTION PROGR | DSNY | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,889 | 4,253 |
| 22 | NCIS | USA | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,102 | 4,226 |
| 23 | ARMY WIVES | LIF | SUNDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,427 | 4,189 |
| 24 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,197 | 4,102 |
| 25 | S WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLAC(S)-08/29/2009 | DSNY | SATURDAY | 8:45 PM | 2,722 | 4,094 |
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