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As is typical in the fall, Monday Night Football topped the week's cable viewing by a wide margin, followed by NASCAR Sprint Cup, the Thursday NFL Game, iCarly and a 9:30a Saturday telecast of SpongeBob.
The Walking Dead continued with impressive ratings for its fourth episode and ranked ninth for the week. Sarah Palin's Alaska which was ranked 10th last week, fell out of the top 25 and was ranked 68th by viewers with 3.04 million.
Burn Notice ranked 16th last week for its fall premiere fell to 33rd for the week in total viewers with 3.5 million.
All numbers below are live plus same day DVR viewing up to 3am after the initial telecast.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending November 21, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | EAGLES/REDSKINS | ESPN | Mon | 08:30P-11:56P | 15,032 |
| 2 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP L | ESPN | Sun | 01:00P-05:01P | 5,605 |
| 3 | 2010 - BEARS VS. DOLPHINS | NFLN | Thu | 08:30P-11:18P | 5,418 |
| 4 | iCarly MOVIE: STARTFANWAR | NICK | Fri | 08:00P-09:00P | 5,024 |
| 5 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 4,973 |
| 6 | iCarly MOVIE: STARTFANWAR | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-09:00P | 4,946 |
| 7 | TINKER BELL & GREAT FAIRY | DSNY | Sat | 07:00P-08:25P | 4,874 |
| 8 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,860 |
| 9 | WALKING DEAD | AMC | Sun | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,754 |
| 10 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:15P | 4,655 |
| 11 | HANNAH MONTANA THE MOVIE | DSNY | Fri | 07:00P-08:55P | 4,591 |
| 12 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:00A-09:30A | 4,322 |
| 13 | SHAKE IT UP | DSNY | Sun | 08:30P-09:00P | 4,277 |
| 14 | Good Luck Charlie | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-08:30P | 4,113 |
| 15 | iCarly MOVIE: GO TO JAPAN | NICK | Tue | 06:30P-08:00P | 4,113 |
| 16 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 4,066 |
| 17 | WISCONSIN/MICHIGAN | ESPN | Sat | 12:01P-03:04P | 4,019 |
| 18 | T.U.F.F. PUPPY | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,987 |
| 19 | BIG TIME RUSH | NICK | Sat | 09:00P-09:30P | 3,949 |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:30A-12:00P | 3,836 |
| 21 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 11:00A-11:30A | 3,806 |
| 22 | iCarly MOVIE: STARTFANWAR | NICK | Sun | 07:00P-08:00P | 3,801 |
| 23 | ICARLY MOVIE: IPSYCHO | NICK | Thu | 07:00P-08:00P | 3,798 |
| 24 | Big Time Rush | NICK | Fri | 09:00P-09:30P | 3,782 |
| 25 | T.U.F.F. PUPPY | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 3,742 |
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