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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Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
I assuming because of Labor Day, most of the big shows like Monk, Psych, Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva weren’t on.
Nice to see SpongeBob, Penguins, Barnyard and iCarly all in the top 25!
Jon, correct. Whether it was a good move for Mad Men to go ahead and air a new episode…still waiting to see.
I was really looking forward to seeing how the finale for the T.O. Show. I went to the pifeedback forum last week and there they had the HH and 18-49 demo ratings which were 1.1/2 and 0.9/2 respectively. And VH1 just announced today that they would be bringing the show back for a second season.
http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/09-09-2009/0005090172&EDATE=
Other that that I was also interested in seeing how Real Chance of Love 2 and My Antonio did. It sounds like much but I’m sure I won’t have anything to request next week
Oh well maybe later.
Did Dark Blue, Warehouse 13 and Project Runway run last week? can you show the numbers when you get them please.
I wonder how Bleach: Memories of Nobody did(Adult Swim, Saturday/Sunday at midnight)?
If possible, I’d love to find out how much of Kourtney and Khloe’s audience Reality Hell holds on to. And I just want to say that the top 20 cable DVR list you provided is much appreciated. Always wondered if we’d ever get something like that.
how did the being human season finale do ??? Please and ty
Are there any numbers out there for how the Weeds season finale performed?
Hey Robert just discovered this sight 2 weeks ago and love it, my other never gave the cable ratings. My son loves Criss Angel: Mindfreak how has it been doing in the ratings on A&E.
Thanks CK
sorry, but so far I’ve seen nothing but the top 40 shows. I didn’t see anything for Weeds finale, though I didn’t look. Number Cruncher, good catch on the T.O. Show…thanks for the link.
Nice to see NASCAR making a comeback this year, and widening its audience.
Greek, 10 Things i hate about you?
It’s good to see Leverage getting consistent numbers. I wish Greek would get better numbers because I think its the best show ABC Family has followed by Lincoln Heights which premieres next week. I wonder how Warehouse 13 did too.
do you know how rescue me did for their season finale?
see post…I’ve added the requests into it.
Thanks although you forgot to put My Antonio. It’s cool though you don’t have to add that if you don’t have the time. That’s a great finish for the T.O. Show though.
Tnt should be spinning this….leverage the #1 original drama on cable
My Antonio is kinda “eh”, 997K. No T.O.!
Robert,
Are those numbers for Being Human good or bad by BBC America standards? I don’t know what type of ratings BBC America usually gets.
I really liked Being Human. It was a good supernatural genre show and I hope they air the second season this winter.