Lots of sports on the charts this time of year, with some Hannah Montana (and other Disney fare), iCarly, NCIS and SpongeBob sprinkled in. Psych fell just outside of the top 25 with 3.678 million, but Monk made the list at #15.
Sadly, I've made the decision to no longer field requests. We always post whatever data we see via press release or other trade publications already. You can subscribe to our RSS feed and you can also follow @TravisYanan on Twitter. During the week he usually posts some (not all) cable results for each weekday, usually late in the afternoon on the east coast (and Friday night data isn't posted until Monday) and he posts the links to that info on his Twitter account to the info on Marc Berman's PI Forums.
Top 25 cable shows for the week ending October 18, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Households (000) | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L (JETS/DOLPHINS) | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:30 PM | 8.4 | 13,137 |
| 2 | MLB NLCS (NLCS PHILLIES-DODGERS 1) | TBSC | THURSDAY | 7:59 PM | 4.3 | 6,837 |
| 3 | HANNAH MONTANA | DSNY | SUNDAY | 7:30 PM | 3.4 | 5,715 |
| 4 | MLB DIVISION SERIES (PHILLIES-ROCKIES 4) | TBSC | MONDAY | 6:00 PM | 3.2 | 5,204 |
| 5 | MLB NLCS (NLCS DODGERS-PHILLIES 3) | TBSC | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 3.0 | 5,035 |
| 6 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 3.1 | 4,873 |
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 3.0 | 4,848 |
| 8 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,737 |
| 9 | iCarly | NICK | SATURDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.7 | 4,672 |
| 10 | SUITE LIFE ON DECK | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:30 PM | 2.8 | 4,658 |
| 11 | COLL FTBALL-SAT PRIME L (SOUTH CAROLINA/CLEMSON) | ESPN | SATURDAY | 7:41 PM | 2.8 | 4,615 |
| 12 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.7 | 4,555 |
| 13 | PHINEAS AND FERB | DSNY | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.6 | 4,449 |
| 14 | MLB NLCS (NLCS PHILLIES-DODGERS 2) | TBSC | FRIDAY | 4:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,429 |
| 15 | MONK | USA | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,980 |
| 16 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.6 | 3,957 |
| 17 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 7:00 PM | 2.6 | 3,931 |
| 18 | SONNY WITH A CHANCE | DSNY | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,894 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | SUNDAY | 12:00 PM | 2.4 | 3,891 |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | SUNDAY | 12:30 PM | 2.5 | 3,857 |
| 21 | RATATOUILLE | DSNY | THURSDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.3 | 3,790 |
| 22 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,778 |
| 23 | SpongeBob | NICK | SUNDAY | 9:30 AM | 2.5 | 3,719 |
| 24 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | TUESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,694 |
| 25 | SPORTSCENTER: L | ESPN | MONDAY | 11:49 PM | 2.6 | 3,687 |
Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All ratings above Live+SD (live viewing plus same day DVR viewing)
Psych is outside the top 25 more this season. However, I think its numbers are still the same (ranging from high 3 millions to low 4 millions; perhaps its viewership numbers have dropped a little because it’s only hit the 4 million + mark once or twice so far). It just seems like the ratings to get into the top 25 have gone up some.
Dexter, Mad Men, HBO, SOMEBODY KNOWS?! thanks
While these MNF ratings are still good, it is NOTHING compared to the Favre numbers the week before. You can bet that no one outside of Wisconsin was looking in to see Rodgers. Brett is a tremendous star who transcends even the NFL. Roger Goodell should beg him to play forever. His Sears commercial is a riot, and his Wrangler ads are still great too. What a stud! His commercial starpower is incredible.
@ e. Sunday shows via Travis Yanan
Mad Men (62 minutes)
- 1.608 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Curb Your Enthusiasm (9:01pm, 29 minutes)
- 1.077 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Bored To Death
- 0.661 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
Dexter (9pm, 55 minutes)
- 1.509 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
He also has numbers for Girls Next Door and Californication. The other 2 shows he posted are already in the top 25.
Do you know how many viewers watched Clone Wars?
Does anyone have the numbers for TJVP?
Some people were interested in SGU. It came down last Friday, it seems.
Stargate Universe
- 2.099 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
This is from both the Syfy SGU forum and Mr. Yanan’s site.
absolute bullshit. ncis? seriously? theres no hope left!
is that a new low for monk?
So I guess of the Monday to Thursday broadcast lineups, Wednesday night is the one viewers reject the most and watch NCIS reruns instead.
Jon K, Weds is the only night USA runs a full primetime block at 8, 9 and 10p. Though Mon & Fri do have an 8p airing too.
YAY! Hannah
Wow, Go Disney Channel!!!
And go Phineas and Ferb, I can’t believe Disney finally has a hit cartoon on their hands!!!
is this in just thousands not millions?
WTF
Of course its in thousands and not millions, not only does it say it at the top of the table but do you really think 13 billion Americans are tuning into the NFL?
finally nice to see phineas and ferb compete with wizards of waverly place, finally it becomes a big hit, but nothing from cartoon net work ?
The fact that Hannah Montana and NCIS are in the top 10 even signals to me that the people who watch TV have NO TASTE in TV.
Same goes with any Disney channel show in the top 10. Disney channel has sunk and the tweens that watch it are a lost cause.
notice the only political/news show on here is The Factor – awesome show
where is greek?
Do you have overnight ratings for Sunday night for the E channel. Would like info for GIRLS NEXT DOOR and LEAVE IT TO LAMAS. Thanks