On the strength of 2 hours of WWE Raw and Monk in the top 5 cable shows for the week, USA again climbed into the drivers seat for primetime cable average viewership and adults 18-49 for the week ending September 27, 2009. Even with Monday Night Football and a Thursday College Football game ESPN couldn't keep its spot at the top of the primetime cable ratings and fell to 4th in viewership and second in adults 18-49.
Edit: In the original version of this weekly cable networks ratings post, I used the quarterly ratings (for the 3rd quarter) by mistake instead of the weekly ratings for September 21-27, 2009. I promise those are the weekly numbers below.
When you look at the *correct* data, ESPN's two nights of football *were* enough to keep it atop the cable primetime viewership and adults 18-49 ratings for the week.
Nickelodeon, as usual, took the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewers with Disney Channel at #2 for the week.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week of September 21-27, 2009
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 3,587 |
| USA | 2,807 |
| DSNY | 2,609 |
| FOXN | 2,194 |
| NAN | 1,589 |
| TBSC | 1,457 |
| A&E | 1,415 |
| TNT | 1,362 |
| TOON | 1,266 |
| FX | 1,233 |
| HGTV | 1,130 |
| FAM | 1,130 |
| HIST | 1,119 |
| SYFY | 1,103 |
| LIFE | 1,036 |
| TRU | 1,005 |
| FOOD | 959 |
| SPK | 952 |
| DISC | 903 |
| AMC | 900 |
| CMDY | 888 |
| TLC | 880 |
| BRAV | 871 |
| HALL | 825 |
| ESP2 | 759 |
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Adults 18-49 Primetime Average (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| ESPN | 1,778 |
| USA | 1,045 |
| TBSC | 912 |
| FX | 737 |
| A&E | 648 |
| TNT | 640 |
| DSNY | 581 |
| CMDY | 581 |
| SYFY | 565 |
| BRAV | 541 |
| HIST | 540 |
| SPK | 528 |
| FAM | 497 |
| DISC | 493 |
| TRU | 488 |
| LIFE | 481 |
| FOOD | 475 |
| MTV | 475 |
| NAN | 474 |
| TLC | 443 |
| HGTV | 434 |
| AMC | 410 |
| VH1 | 392 |
| FOXN | 367 |
| EN | 353 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 1,916 |
| DSNY | 1,535 |
| USA | 1,372 |
| ESPN | 1,332 |
| NAN | 1,303 |
| FOXN | 1,281 |
| ADSM | 1,062 |
| TNT | 1,020 |
| TOON | 957 |
| TBSC | 803 |
| A&E | 793 |
| TRU | 682 |
| HIST | 670 |
| LIFE | 652 |
| FOOD | 647 |
| FX | 632 |
| SPK | 632 |
| HGTV | 613 |
| FAM | 607 |
| DISC | 578 |
| HALL | 544 |
| TVLD | 540 |
| SYFY | 522 |
| AMC | 514 |
| CNN | 512 |
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