Fueled by the big Wizards of Waverly Place movie, Disney edged USA for the top average prime-time cable network viewership for the week of August 24-30. Those two were still far ahead of third and fourth place finishers TNT,and Fox News which were neck and neck.
We've also got the 18-49 top 20 for prime-time where the rankings were a bit different, USA retained the top spot, as did TBS for second, with Disney moving up to third edging TNT.
Nickelodeon, as usual, took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers, but Disney was as close as its come to challenging them in my memory.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week of August 24-30, 2009
| Network | (000s) |
| DSNY | 3,915 |
| USA | 3,600 |
| TNT | 2,248 |
| FOXN | 2,245 |
| ESPN | 1,883 |
| NAN | 1,759 |
| TBSC | 1,668 |
| A&E | 1,625 |
| HGTV | 1,415 |
| CNN | 1,391 |
| SYFY | 1,363 |
| LIFE | 1,343 |
| FOOD | 1,278 |
| FX | 1,171 |
| FAM | 1,168 |
| DISC | 1,156 |
| HIST | 1,143 |
| TOON | 1,116 |
| TRU | 1,060 |
| SPK | 990 |
| AMC | 965 |
| TLC | 964 |
| MSNB | 902 |
| HALL | 892 |
| BRAV | 885 |
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18-49 Primetime:
| Network | (000s) |
| USA | 1,373 |
| TBSC | 1,005 |
| DSNY | 938 |
| TNT | 882 |
| ESPN | 834 |
| A&E | 754 |
| FX | 671 |
| FOOD | 667 |
| NAN | 626 |
| DISC | 621 |
| LIFE | 619 |
| HIST | 597 |
| SYFY | 580 |
| BRAV | 567 |
| SPK | 555 |
| CMDY | 540 |
| FAM | 533 |
| HGTV | 523 |
| TLC | 520 |
| TRU | 515 |
| VH1 | 486 |
| MTV | 468 |
| EN | 414 |
| AMC | 411 |
| BET | 364 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 2,100 |
| DSNY | 2,041 |
| NAN | 1,504 |
| USA | 1,426 |
| FOXN | 1,275 |
| TNT | 1,253 |
| ADSM | 1,089 |
| TOON | 997 |
| TBSC | 918 |
| ESPN | 824 |
| A&E | 813 |
| CNN | 788 |
| LIFE | 756 |
| FOOD | 741 |
| TRU | 719 |
| FX | 703 |
| HGTV | 689 |
| DISC | 676 |
| HIST | 663 |
| SPK | 613 |
| FAM | 579 |
| TVLD | 571 |
| SYFY | 568 |
| AMC | 537 |
| NOGG | 468 |
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