In its second week, newcomer Rizzoli & Isles on TNT not only topped its lead-in, The Closer, with 7.27 million viewers it topped everything else on cable, too. USA's top show Burn Notice was #3 in an episode that featured a Burt Reynolds as a guest star.
(please note: the numbers for Rizzoli & Isles and The Closer and any Monday show referenced here are for Monday July 19, not last night. We should see those numbers in a few hours though and post them later.
USA's Covert Affairs was #8 in its second week (though it was #6 in household rating) and HBO's True Blood edged into the top ten at #10. TNT's Leverage was up the previous week and stayed up on Sunday night pulling in 3.9 million viewers to rank 16th. Royal Pains and White Collar? They're in the list below, too. A good week for USA & TNT.
As usual, we have already posted almost all of that data separately, as well as quite a bit of data for shows that aren't on the list below. Give our site's search feature near the top right of the site a try.
Top 25 cable shows for the week ending July 25, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | HH Rating | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 4.6 | 7,272 |
| 2 | CLOSER, THE | TNT | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 4.5 | 6,972 |
| 3 | BURN NOTICE | USA | THURSDAY | 9:00 PM | 3.7 | 5,871 |
| 4 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP L (INDIANAPOLIS) | ESPN | SUNDAY | 1:00 PM | 3.6 | 5,709 |
| 5 | DEADLIEST CATCH: CAPTAIN(S) | DISC | TUESDAY | 10:01 PM | 3.2 | 5,535 |
| 6 | DEADLIEST CATCH | DISC | TUESDAY | 9:00 PM | 3.2 | 5,466 |
| 7 | ROYAL PAINS | USA | THURSDAY | 10:00 PM | 3.4 | 5,284 |
| 8 | Covert Affairs | USA | TUESDAY | 10:00 PM | 3.4 | 5,213 |
| 9 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 3.2 | 5,167 |
| 10 | True Blood | HBOM | SUNDAY | 9:01 PM | 2.7 | 4,736 |
| 11 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.7 | 4,398 |
| 12 | Hannah Montana FOREVER | DSNY | SUNDAY | 10:00 PM | 2.7 | 4,192 |
| 13 | HANNAH MONTANA FOREVER | DSNY | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.6 | 4,067 |
| 14 | Hannah Montana FOREVER | DSNY | MONDAY | 8:30 PM | 2.4 | 3,972 |
| 15 | WHITE COLLAR | USA | TUESDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.6 | 3,961 |
| 16 | LEVERAGE | TNT | SUNDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.3 | 3,909 |
| 17 | PRIME MOVIE | LIF | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,898 |
| 18 | Sonny with a Chance | DSNY | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 2.5 | 3,829 |
| 19 | SPRINT CUP POST RACE L | ESPN | SUNDAY | 4:36 PM | 2.4 | 3,792 |
| 20 | NCIS | USA | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.4 | 3,779 |
| 21 | TEEN MOM 2 | MTV | TUESDAY | 10:00 PM | 2.4 | 3,653 |
| 22 | Family Guy | ADSM | THURSDAY | 11:30 PM | 2.3 | 3,623 |
| 23 | NCIS | USA | THURSDAY | 8:00 PM | 2.4 | 3,599 |
| 24 | Wizards of Waverly Place | DSNY | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 2.3 | 3,591 |
| 25 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 11:30 AM | 2.2 | 3,586 |
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Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2010 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All ratings above Live+SD (live viewing plus same day DVR viewing)
Jersey Shore gets all the attention, yet Teen Mom 2 is doing great too!
R&I had some great numbers. Good lead in,decent show.
Wow go Disney Channel!!!
Will it finally unseat Nick in Total Day?!?!? I sure hope so!!!
Wow go Disney Channel!!!
Will it finally unseat Nick in Total Day?!?!? I sure hope so!!!
I'll get that posted sooner or later, but nope. Nick still won total day w/ 2.381 million users to Disney's 2.210. But Nick doesn't program all day like Disney does (Nick and Nick at Night are considered 2 different networks in the rankings.
How did my boys do? love the show, but now it's opp mad men and true blood.. good counterprogramming, or not?
why dont u shut up ok??? nick is the best and u know that! NICK IS THE BEST AND ALWAYS WILL DISNEY SUCKS DEAL WITH IT SKUNG BAG!!!!!
i cnt wait untill icarly dominates the charts i wanna see disneys face this firday ppl watch!!
Nick has always been in that place!!!! Hoe many people do you think will watch the season premiere of the new icarly this friday?
it sucks disney is so much better. nick cant get so many viewers on repeats all day haha
Why is Monday Night Raw seperated into 2 sections? 9pm and 10pm but it's the same 2 hour show?
It's a ratings trick. A good one, too. The WWE's sales and marketing departments likes to use the higher number (verses a two hour average), which would not exist if Raw were accounted as one program. Plus, there are some times RAW is ranked #1 and #3 in terms of total viewers; the WWE would rather see a #1 (and #3) on the books rather than a #2. Great move, Vince McMahon.
Question: How is “Chelsea Lately” doing in general and in comparison to other E! programs? Her program has a highly unique format (a highly economical M-F talk show featuring extremely fast-paced comedy about non-political current events–ten seconds between punchlines MAX throughout the entire 30 min show). If it is pulling in decent ratings, the format might soon come to a Fox station near you.
Unfortunately we do not regularly see any demographic info for Chelsea Lately. Viewer wise though, it's one of E's stronger shows. For the week ending 7/25 only Kourtney & Chloe and Holly's World had more viewers.
Wow…TNT OWNS Mondays.
DISNEY CHANNEL!!!!