Driven by Pawn Stars, American Pickers and Only In America, History scored the rare upset to top the cable adults 18-49 ratings, edging perennial non-sports leader USA Network. USA remained in its typical spot on top the cable primetime average viewership.
SpongeBob kept Nickelodeon comfortably at the top of the total day average viewership rankings.
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Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week of February 7-13, 2011
| Network | (000s) |
| USA | 2,767 |
| DSNY | 2,541 |
| HIST | 2,258 |
| TNT | 1,942 |
| FOXN | 1,879 |
| A&E | 1,773 |
| FX | 1,732 |
| ESPN | 1,641 |
| NAN | 1,588 |
| TBSC | 1,454 |
| DISC | 1,407 |
| MTV | 1,346 |
| FAM | 1,332 |
| TRU | 1,239 |
| ADSM | 1,200 |
| SYFY | 1,178 |
| HGTV | 1,136 |
| TLC | 1,129 |
| FOOD | 1,053 |
| CMDY | 999 |
| AMC | 941 |
| BET | 929 |
| TVLD | 907 |
| NKJR | 880 |
| SPK | 875 |
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Adults 18-49 Prime-time Average (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| HIST | 1,049 |
| USA | 1,032 |
| FX | 949 |
| TNT | 879 |
| A&E | 858 |
| MTV | 854 |
| TBSC | 849 |
| ESPN | 806 |
| DISC | 684 |
| CMDY | 681 |
| ADSM | 605 |
| TRU | 589 |
| FAM | 562 |
| DSNY | 559 |
| FOOD | 526 |
| BET | 485 |
| BRAV | 484 |
| SYFY | 471 |
| TLC | 468 |
| AMC | 423 |
| NAN | 417 |
| HGTV | 388 |
| SPK | 382 |
| EN | 334 |
| TVLD | 319 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 2,303 |
| DSNY | 1,663 |
| NAN | 1,492 |
| TNT | 1,297 |
| USA | 1,291 |
| ADSM | 1,278 |
| HIST | 1,128 |
| FOXN | 1,098 |
| A&E | 947 |
| FX | 946 |
| TOON | 908 |
| TBSC | 849 |
| ESPN | 805 |
| TRU | 745 |
| DISC | 730 |
| FAM | 701 |
| HGTV | 674 |
| FOOD | 669 |
| AMC | 661 |
| MTV | 645 |
| TVLD | 599 |
| NKJR | 597 |
| SPK | 586 |
| TLC | 563 |
| CMDY | 560 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2010 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Cable Channel Abbreviations: NICK = Nickelodeon, NAN = Nick At Nite, TOON = Cartoon Network, ADSM = Adult Swim, TRU = truTV, LIFE = Lifetime, NKJR - Nick Jr., FAM = ABC Family, TVLD = TV Land, FOXN = Fox News, TBSC = TBS, DISC = Discovery
