via Turner (Cartoon Network/Adult Swim notes were already posted separately)
TBS
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and House of Payne returned with all new episodes last Wednesday and garnered big deliveries.
- Back-to-back episodes of Meet the Browns at 10 and 10:30 p.m. averaged 2.8 million viewers and scored ad-supported cable’s top two sitcom telecasts for the week. The episodes also averaged 1.5 million adults 18-49.
- House of Payne at 9 and 9:30 p.m. was watched by 2.4 million viewers and 1.3 million adults 18-49.
truTV
The truTV original series Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel concluded its highly successful second season last Tuesday. For the season as a whole, the show ranked among ad-supported cable’s Top 5 shows in the time period (Tuesdays 10-11 p.m.) in delivery of men 18-34 (238,000); men 18-49 (503,000); and men 25-54 (477,000).
- Rehab delivered superb increases over the show’s first season, with adults 18-34 up 55%, adults 18-49 up 46%, adults 25-54 up 46%, men 18-34 up 44%, men 18-49 up 45% and men 25-54 up 37%.
- The show also scored tremendous increases for the time period when compared to the same weeks last year, with adults 18-34 up 119%, adults 18-49 up 74%, adults 25-54 up 62%, men 18-34 up 129%, men 18-49 up 99% and men 25-54 up 86%.
- Sparked by the Rehab finale, truTV yielded solid growth for the week in primetime, with adults 18-34 up 26%, adults 18-49 up 10%, men 18-34 up 18% and men 18-49 up 22%, compared to the same week last year.
TNT
Coming off back-to-back years of regular season and postseason growth, TNT continues to score with ratings for its TNT NBA Thursday doubleheader coverage, averaging 2.37 million viewers for six games, up 28% from last year (also through six games). The network’s NBA coverage is also enjoying a 33% increase in U.S. household ratings (1.6 vs. 1.2) and many important key demos including:
- A18-34: +28% 807,000 in 2009 vs. 630,000 in 2008
- A18-49: +23% 1,355,000 vs. 1,102,000
- A25-54: +26% 1,192,000 vs. 947,000
- M18-34: +31 % 608,000 vs. 465,000
- M18-49: +27 % 988,000 vs. 780,000
- M25-54: +30% 861,000 vs. 663,000
