During the unofficial end of summer week, sports ruled the top of the charts, led by Monday Night Football, NASCAR, WWE Raw and the BYU vs. Oklahoma NCAA football game Saturday night. Expect Monday Night Football to be a fixture at the top of this chart the remainder of the calendar year.
Leverage made it into the top 20 in terms of overall viewing at #18 , and HGTV's Design Star was #20. Outside of that, a lot of SpongeBob, NCIS reruns and our old friend, Back at the Barnyard.
I haven't seen the full rankings yet, so I can't riff on Mad Men's ratings, or the season finale of the just renewed The T.O. Show or That's So Raven yet. But the day is still young...
A few shows not in the top 25...
- Mad Men: 1.512M
- T.O. Show: 1.869M (and renewed, ha! suck it Jim Rome!)
- Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami: 1.475M
- Real Chance of Love 2: 1.886M
- Being Human: 67K
- Bleach The Movie: 1.076M
- Criss Angel Mindfreak: 1.399M
- Secret Life: 3.106M
- 10 Things I Hate About You: 1.214M
- Greek: 1.211M
- Warehouse 13: 2.926M
- Rescue Me: 1.783M
Update: the Weeds finale on Monday, August 31 averaged 1.3 million viewers, up versus last year's finale that averaged ~1 million.
Top 25 cable shows for the week ending September 6, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Households (000) | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL L (VIKINGS/TEXANS) | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 5,943 | 7,918 |
| 2 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP L (ATLANTA) | ESPN | SUNDAY | 7:45 PM | 4,056 | 5,808 |
| 3 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,630 | 5,175 |
| 4 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,585 | 5,084 |
| 5 | COLL FTBALL-SAT PRIME L (BYU/OKLAHOMA) | ESPN | SATURDAY | 7:00 PM | 3,221 | 4,562 |
| 6 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:30 AM | 3,433 | 4,502 |
| 7 | NCIS | USA | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,248 | 4,229 |
| 8 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:00 AM | 3,162 | 4,034 |
| 9 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,149 | 3,995 |
| 10 | COLL GAMEDAY SCOREBOARD L | ESPN | THURSDAY | 10:04 PM | 2,895 | 3,891 |
| 11 | COLL FTBALL-SAT AFT L (NAVY/OHIO ST) | ESPN | SATURDAY | 12:01 PM | 2,956 | 3,877 |
| 12 | PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:00 AM | 2,874 | 3,857 |
| 13 | COLL FTBALL-THUR NIGHT L (OREGON/BOSIE ST) | ESPN | THURSDAY | 10:13 PM | 2,892 | 3,855 |
| 14 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP CNTDN L | ESPN | SUNDAY | 6:58 PM | 2,619 | 3,797 |
| 15 | SUITE LIFE ON DECK | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:30 PM | 2,783 | 3,711 |
| 16 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 9:00 PM | 2,808 | 3,689 |
| 17 | BACK AT THE BARNYARD | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:30 AM | 2,746 | 3,670 |
| 18 | LEVERAGE | TNT | WEDNESDAY | 9:00 PM | 2,684 | 3,578 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 11:30 AM | 2,501 | 3,478 |
| 20 | DESIGN STAR IV | HGTV | SUNDAY | 10:00 PM | 2,700 | 3,463 |
| 21 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | TUESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,592 | 3,439 |
| 22 | LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,683 | 3,371 |
| 23 | iCarly | NICK | SATURDAY | 12:00 PM | 2,481 | 3,371 |
| 24 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | TUESDAY | 5:30 PM | 2,531 | 3,362 |
| 25 | COLL FTBALL-SAT PRIME L (LSU/WASHINGTON) | ESPN | SATURDAY | 10:30 PM | 2,426 | 3,362 |
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