USC vs. Ohio State led weekly cable viewing on Saturday night averaging over 10.58 million viewers. Next was the 2009 Video Music Awards on MTV that averaged 8.97 million (does not include the simulcast on MTV2 and VH1). A Labor Day Monday night college matchup between Miami and Florida state rounted out the top three.
The return of iCarly (I believe its 3rds season opener) averaged 7.56 million A Scooby Doo: Mystery Begins movie helped push TOON into the top 10 shows with 6.11 million average viewers. An airing of The O'Reilly Factor on the heels of last week's presidential address led it and its 5.129 million viewers just ahead of the season finale for True Blood on HBO with its 5.114 million.
As of this writing I have only seen the weekly top 40 shows, and other than press releases and other blurbs posted on the site last week, don't have information on any other shows yet, but expect to have additional data later in the morning (California time) and will update this post with some additional info when I have it....
Top 25 cable shows for the week ending September 13, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Households (000) | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | COLL FTBALL-SAT PRIME L (USC/OHIO STATE) | ESPN | SATURDAY | 7:50 PM | 7,243 | 10,586 |
| 2 | 2009 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS | MTV | SUNDAY | 9:00 PM | 5,830 | 8,972 |
| 3 | COLL FTBALL-MON PRIME L (MIAMI/FLORIDA STATE) | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 5,820 | 8,406 |
| 4 | iCarly | NICK | SATURDAY | 8:00 PM | 4,981 | 7,564 |
| 5 | 2009 VMA POSTSHOW | MTV | SUNDAY | 11:31 PM | 4,956 | 7,354 |
| 6 | SCOOBY DOO:MYSTERY BEGINS | TOON | SUNDAY | 7:00 PM | 3,903 | 6,108 |
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,824 | 5,564 |
| 8 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,753 | 5,399 |
| 9 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | WEDNESDAY | 9:15 PM | 3,767 | 5,129 |
| 10 | TRUE BLOOD | HBOM | SUNDAY | 9:02 PM | 3,357 | 5,114 |
| 11 | MONK | USA | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,410 | 4,823 |
| 12 | NCIS | USA | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,423 | 4,749 |
| 13 | PRES ADDRESS TO CONGRESS(S)-09/09/2009 | FOXNC | WEDNESDAY | 8:11 PM | 3,213 | 4,424 |
| 14 | iCarly | NICK | SATURDAY | 7:30 PM | 3,082 | 4,340 |
| 15 | SONS OF ANARCHY | FX | TUESDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,087 | 4,290 |
| 16 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:30 AM | 3,286 | 4,226 |
| 17 | COLL FTB TONIGHT SCOREB L | ESPN | SATURDAY | 7:23 PM | 2,952 | 4,214 |
| 18 | NCIS | USA | MONDAY | 7:00 PM | 3,012 | 4,148 |
| 19 | NCIS | USA | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,223 | 4,137 |
| 20 | iCarly | NICK | SUNDAY | 7:00 PM | 2,883 | 4,094 |
| 21 | 2009 VMA PRESHOW | MTV | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,801 | 4,067 |
| 22 | PSYCH | USA | FRIDAY | 10:00 PM | 2,856 | 4,027 |
| 23 | ARMY WIVES | LIF | SUNDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,217 | 3,905 |
| 24 | SpongeBob | NICK | SUNDAY | 9:30 AM | 2,976 | 3,896 |
| 25 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | TUESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,949 | 3,853 |
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Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All ratings above Live+SD (live viewing plus same day DVR viewing)
