Update 11:50A PT: whoops! My love of SOA got the better of me. I'd hang my head in shame, but I'm not ashamed. Just wrong. Not only did SOA trail NFL and the Sportscenter after it as noted below, it was also edged out by WWE Raw and Project Runway with adults 18-49. My apologies.
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Three words: Sons Of Anarchy.
Yeah, sure, it's not in the table below. Its 3.475 million placed it 29th in viewing, so it was just outside of the top 25. But where it matters more, with adults 18-49, it shone again.
I don't have the full 18-49 rankings yet, so I'm not sure whether it came in tied for second (with Project Runway) only to Monday Night Football or whether it also placed behind the Sportscenter that aired after the game as well. But its 1.9 adults 18-49 rating trounced the 1.2 Monk and White Collar got.
SOA's 18-49 ratings have been on par with The Closer and Burn Notice, and with fewer overall viewers. Even if I didn't love, love, love SOA, I would still be very enamored and interested with its ratings, but as it happens, I do love, love, love me some Sons Of Anarchy. That its ratings are damn good for the cable world is just a nice bonus for me.
And don't look at that as hating on Monk and White Collar (it's not, I enjoy both and have been watching White Collar regularly) but rather loving on Sons Of Anarchy. There's only two episodes left in season 3 2 counting tonight's penultimate episode and there's not much time left for me to show the love. That won't stop me from doing a separate post on SOA's 18-49 and 18-34 rankings later today, the day is still young on the west coast.
Two more words: Project Runway. Mentioned only parenthetically above, its season finale on Lifetime, also scored a 1.9 rating with adults 18-49, and it did make the table below at #9. But through the magic of the internet and the ease which TV networks can talk smack, Bravo was more than happy to tweet away that Project Runway was down 21% with adults 18-49 from its last finale on Bravo.
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. You can also follow me on Twitter, sometimes I will post some cable ratings, though I am not taking requests there either...
Top 25 cable shows for the week ending November 22, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY(S) | Column1 | Live+SD HH Rating | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L (RAVENS/BROWNS) | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:30 PM | 6.5 | 10,196 |
| 2 | MONK | USA | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 3.3 | 5,296 |
| 3 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 3.1 | 5,183 |
| 4 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,917 |
| 5 | WHITE COLLAR | USA | FRIDAY | 10:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,559 |
| 6 | SPORTSCENTER: L | ESPN | MONDAY | 11:39 PM | 3.2 | 4,537 |
| 7 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,494 |
| 8 | SUITE LIFE ON DECK | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:30 PM | 2.7 | 4,414 |
| 9 | Project Runway | LIF | THURSDAY | 10:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,276 |
| 10 | PHINEAS AND FERB | DSNY | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.5 | 4,274 |
| 11 | Hannity | FOXNC | WEDNESDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.7 | 4,200 |
| 12 | SpongeBob | NICK | SUNDAY | 9:30 AM | 2.8 | 4,182 |
| 13 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:30 AM | 2.7 | 4,175 |
| 14 | SpongeBob | NICK | SUNDAY | 9:00 AM | 2.7 | 4,169 |
| 15 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 4,123 |
| 16 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | THURSDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.7 | 4,120 |
| 17 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.6 | 3,868 |
| 18 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 7:00 PM | 2.7 | 3,853 |
| 19 | PHINEAS AND FERB | DSNY | FRIDAY | 9:35 PM | 2.3 | 3,834 |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 5:30 PM | 2.2 | 3,761 |
| 21 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | TUESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,741 |
| 22 | SONNY WITH A CHANCE | DSNY | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,735 |
| 23 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:00 AM | 2.6 | 3,720 |
| 24 | PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:00 AM | 2.4 | 3,656 |
| 25 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 6:00 PM | 2.2 | 3,633 |
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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)
| 1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L (RAVENS/BROWNS) | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:30 PM | 6.5 | 10,196 |
| 2 | MONK | USA | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 3.3 | 5,296 |
| 3 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 3.1 | 5,183 |
| 4 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,917 |
| 5 | WHITE COLLAR | USA | FRIDAY | 10:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,559 |
| 6 | SPORTSCENTER: L | ESPN | MONDAY | 11:39 PM | 3.2 | 4,537 |
| 7 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,494 |
| 8 | SUITE LIFE ON DECK | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:30 PM | 2.7 | 4,414 |
| 9 | Project Runway | LIF | THURSDAY | 10:00 PM | 2.9 | 4,276 |
| 10 | PHINEAS AND FERB | DSNY | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.5 | 4,274 |
| 11 | Hannity | FOXNC | WEDNESDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.7 | 4,200 |
| 12 | SpongeBob | NICK | SUNDAY | 9:30 AM | 2.8 | 4,182 |
| 13 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:30 AM | 2.7 | 4,175 |
| 14 | SpongeBob | NICK | SUNDAY | 9:00 AM | 2.7 | 4,169 |
| 15 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 4,123 |
| 16 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | THURSDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.7 | 4,120 |
| 17 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.6 | 3,868 |
| 18 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 7:00 PM | 2.7 | 3,853 |
| 19 | PHINEAS AND FERB | DSNY | FRIDAY | 9:35 PM | 2.3 | 3,834 |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 5:30 PM | 2.2 | 3,761 |
| 21 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXNC | TUESDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,741 |
| 22 | SONNY WITH A CHANCE | DSNY | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,735 |
| 23 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:00 AM | 2.6 | 3,720 |
| 24 | PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:00 AM | 2.4 | 3,656 |
| 25 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 6:00 PM | 2.2 | 3,633 |
re: Project Runway, the cable and TV network landscape has CHANGED since Bravo aired the show. Thursday night has become THE night for TV viewing across ALL cable and network. Bravo had NO competition from a similar popular Lifetime show opposite them. They have their hit Housewives head-to-head against PR. Competing for the same demos…..Both newtworks should be happy with garnering the split audience of mostly 18-49 women.
Of course Monk is up there at the top. It is down to the final two shows that hopefully will solve Trudy’s murder.
Cable ratings are more demographic specific depending on the cable network’s own criteria. That is why Spongebob kills.
The SOA love is a welcome read!
The viewers also love SOA, especially the “kids!”
I think this is the first time “Phineas and Ferb” has cracked the top 10.
Congrats to Phineas and Ferb. I guess we know what they are going to do today, celebrate their ratings success.
The highly promoted True Jackson tv movie couldn’t even crack the top 25.. time to cut your losses, Nick!
True Jackson only seems to do well when it’s got iCarly as a lead in, which it didn’t last weekend IIRC.
House of Payne and Meet The Browns Anyone?
Thanks!
Good numbers for Suite Life, Wizards and Sonny!
I love those series
@ Jalen People. You do know Travis Yanan posts these every Thursday evening at the pifeedback forum right?
House of Payne (9pm)
- 2.655 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
House of Payne (9:30pm)
- 2.995 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Meet the Browns (10pm)
- 2.963 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Meet the Browns (10:30pm)
- 2.831 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Who can tell me where to find the data for the Series Finale of Jon & Kate plus 8?
Thanks in advance
@ Bobbi. You might have to wait a few minutes (really it shouldn’t be more than an hour longer) but all you have to do is scroll up to the italicized text on this post and click on the link to Travis Yanan’s twitter. There he will put a message saying “Monday cable finals” and add a link to the pifeedback forums where he will most likely post that information.
Last night’s 9pm Jon & Kate finale = 4.318 mil, 2.0/5 A1849…
Robert,
This is season 2 of SOA not season 3.
But I agree, I can’t beilieve it’s almost over. I bet FX won’t get ratings like this until next year when it starts up again.
Disney Channel had a really strong week!
i’m confused…
you say white collar and monk got 1.2 so why does the table say 2.9? if that value is for general share, why show it in the table if it’s pretty much irrelevant?
Robert,
SOA is the greatest show FX has ever had. I guess as long as it stays with the viewers it has, Kurt Sutter will keep on makin us happy!!! I cant believe it is almost over. Makes me very sad…
Im hoping the series finale of “MONK” tops the charts, along with “White Collar” being at the #2 or 3.
what was the ratings of smackdown ?
Chase, sorry, but I don’t think Monk is going to beat Monday Night Football, series finale or not.