With no green jackets to award this week, the always fashionable WWE Raw placed its hours #1 and #4 for top cable viewership, while the return of Discovery's Deadliest Catch with its best viewership ever moved it into second position. Another being who lives (in a pineapple) under the sea, SpongeBob Squarepants was #3 and took a total of 5 of the top 25 viewership positions for the week.
Top 25 cable shows for the week ending April 18, 2010:
| Rank | Shows | NET | DAY | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:04P | 4,994 |
| 2 | DEADLIEST CATCH | DISC | Tue | 09:00P-10:01P | 4,587 |
| 3 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 4,477 |
| 4 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,399 |
| 5 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 4,382 |
| 6 | iCarly | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-08:30P | 4,274 |
| 7 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 4,199 |
| 8 | Good Luck Charlie | DSNY | Sun | 08:30P-08:55P | 4,108 |
| 9 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:00A-09:30A | 4,083 |
| 10 | SPURS/MAVERICKS | TNT | Sun | 08:18P-10:53P | 3,925 |
| 11 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:00A-11:30A | 3,910 |
| 12 | PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,889 |
| 13 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,888 |
| 14 | LIFE | DISC | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,841 |
| 15 | HEAT/CELTICS | ESPN | Sat | 08:05P-11:01P | 3,821 |
| 16 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sun | 09:30A-10:00A | 3,769 |
| 17 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 11:30A-12:00P | 3,755 |
| 18 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,716 |
| 19 | Wizards of Waverly Place | DSNY | Fri | 08:30P-09:00P | 3,585 |
| 20 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 07:00P-08:00P | 3,536 |
| 21 | Family Guy | ADSM | Sun | 11:00P-11:30P | 3,500 |
| 22 | iCarly | NICK | Sat | 12:00P-12:30P | 3,500 |
| 23 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 3,490 |
| 24 | LIFE | DISC | Sun | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,489 |
| 25 | iCarly | NICK | Sat | 12:30P-01:00P | 3,439 |
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