With no special or sports competition, USA Network remained in the top spot for both cable primetime adults 18-49 ratings and average viewership for the week. History, once again, was a strong second in adults 18-49 in primetime.
SpongeBob, of course, kept Nickelodeon comfortably at the top of the total day average viewership rankings.
For the week's top 25 individual cable programs click here.
Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week of April 4-10, 2011
| Network | (000s) |
| USA | 2,814 |
| DSNY | 2,275 |
| ESPN | 2,018 |
| HIST | 2,006 |
| FOXN | 1,947 |
| TNT | 1,672 |
| NAN | 1,653 |
| TBSC | 1,432 |
| A&E | 1,350 |
| SYFY | 1,345 |
| ADSM | 1,258 |
| HGTV | 1,185 |
| AMC | 1,167 |
| FX | 1,097 |
| FAM | 1,081 |
| TLC | 1,067 |
| MTV | 1,046 |
| FOOD | 1,026 |
| CMDY | 974 |
| TRU | 970 |
| DISC | 954 |
| LIFE | 866 |
| MSNB | 865 |
| NKJR | 841 |
| SPK | 818 |
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Adults 18-49 Prime-time Average (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| USA | 1,156 |
| HIST | 961 |
| ESPN | 901 |
| TBSC | 850 |
| TNT | 812 |
| MTV | 694 |
| A&E | 671 |
| CMDY | 635 |
| ADSM | 596 |
| FX | 557 |
| TLC | 547 |
| DSNY | 515 |
| FAM | 503 |
| FOOD | 500 |
| SYFY | 500 |
| DISC | 480 |
| NAN | 469 |
| BRAV | 469 |
| TRU | 463 |
| SPK | 437 |
| HGTV | 406 |
| AMC | 398 |
| BET | 393 |
| EN | 360 |
| LIFE | 356 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Network | (000s) |
| NICK | 2,189 |
| DSNY | 1,560 |
| NAN | 1,423 |
| ADSM | 1,344 |
| USA | 1,289 |
| FOXN | 1,153 |
| TNT | 1,112 |
| TOON | 941 |
| ESPN | 921 |
| HIST | 871 |
| A&E | 780 |
| TBSC | 771 |
| HGTV | 666 |
| AMC | 660 |
| TRU | 634 |
| FOOD | 614 |
| FX | 605 |
| MTV | 581 |
| SYFY | 568 |
| DISC | 565 |
| FAM | 557 |
| TVLD | 548 |
| SPK | 541 |
| NKJR | 537 |
| LIFE | 537 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2011 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
