The first game of the Monday Night Football kickoff, the Bills vs. the Patriots on Monday September 14 was the most-watched show of the week with just over 14 million viewers, with the second game of the Chargers vs. Raiders in second with 11.95 million. The drop to third place WWE Raw with 5.1 million was steep. Sunday night's Hannah Montanta was in fourth place with 5.061 million and Monk rounded out the top five with 4.88 million.
I will doing highlights for ABC Family, Syfy, and Cartoon Network in separate posts, later in the day.
Outside of the Top 25, but just outside of it, really, was Liftime's Project Runway with 3.62 million. Army Wives with 3.28 Million, and Drop Dead Diva with 3.06 million also performed well for Lifetime.
Mad Men competed with itself winning the best drama Emmy and averaged 1.57 million viewers Sunday night at 10pm.
Top 25 cable shows for the week ending September 20, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Households (000) | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L (BILLS/PATRIOTS) | ESPN | MONDAY | 7:00 PM | 10,224 | 14,001 |
| 2 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L (CHARGERS/RAIDERS) | ESPN | MONDAY | 10:17 PM | 8,774 | 11,945 |
| 3 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,481 | 5,105 |
| 4 | HANNAH MONTANA | DSNY | SUNDAY | 7:30 PM | 3,487 | 5,061 |
| 5 | MONK | USA | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,374 | 4,879 |
| 6 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,621 | 4,756 |
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,241 | 4,733 |
| 8 | SUITE LIFE ON DECK | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:30 PM | 3,130 | 4,547 |
| 9 | COLL FTBALL-THUR NIGHT L (GEORGIA TECH/MIAMI) | ESPN | THURSDAY | 7:30 PM | 3,332 | 4,390 |
| 10 | THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER | SPIKE | WEDNESDAY | 10:05 PM | 2,889 | 4,107 |
| 11 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | TUESDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,123 | 4,039 |
| 12 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,989 | 4,035 |
| 13 | PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:00 AM | 3,049 | 4,026 |
| 14 | COLL FTBALL-SAT PRIME L (GEORGIA/ARKANSAS) | ESPN | SATURDAY | 7:41 PM | 2,850 | 4,025 |
| 15 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | THURSDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,974 | 3,913 |
| 16 | S Suite Life on Deck(S)-09/18/2009 | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,671 | 3,819 |
| 17 | UNDERDOG | DSNY | SATURDAY | 8:45 PM | 2,588 | 3,816 |
| 18 | NCIS | USA | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,848 | 3,812 |
| 19 | PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:30 AM | 2,747 | 3,798 |
| 20 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 9:00 PM | 2,862 | 3,794 |
| 21 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | MONDAY | 8:13 PM | 2,791 | 3,778 |
| 22 | iCarly | NICK | SATURDAY | 8:00 PM | 2,708 | 3,766 |
| 23 | PSYCH | USA | FRIDAY | 10:00 PM | 2,650 | 3,741 |
| 24 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:30 AM | 2,906 | 3,717 |
| 25 | SONS OF ANARCHY | FX | TUESDAY | 10:00 PM | 2,612 | 3,707 |
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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)
