Both of last Monday's (not last night's) telecasts of Pawn Stars had over six million viewers topping the Knicks/Celtics game one on TNT, which averaged just under six million viewers. Disney Channel movie Lemonade Mouth and USA's WWE Raw rounded out the top five.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending April 17, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 6,447 |
| 2 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 6,130 |
| 3 | KNICKS/CELTICS | TNT | Sun | 07:09P-09:41P | 5,989 |
| 4 | LEMONADE MOUTH | DSNY | Fri | 08:00P-09:55P | 5,693 |
| 5 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:07P | 5,562 |
| 6 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,335 |
| 7 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,173 |
| 8 | NUGGETS/THUNDER | TNT | Sun | 09:41P-12:23A | 5,038 |
| 9 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 4,867 |
| 10 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 4,657 |
| 11 | LEMONADE MOUTH | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-09:55P | 4,528 |
| 12 | DEADLIEST CATCH | DISC | Tue | 09:00P-11:00P | 4,373 |
| 13 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:00A-09:30A | 4,235 |
| 14 | iCarly | NICK | Mon | 06:00P-06:30P | 4,068 |
| 15 | VICTORIOUS | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-08:30P | 3,947 |
| 16 | T.U.F.F. PUPPY | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 3,929 |
| 17 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 09:30A-10:00A | 3,792 |
| 18 | Swamp People | HIST | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,776 |
| 19 | STORAGE WARS | A&E | Sun | 09:30P-10:00P | 3,775 |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | Wed | 05:30P-06:00P | 3,682 |
| 21 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Mon | 05:30P-06:00P | 3,626 |
| 22 | iCarly | NICK | Mon | 06:30P-07:00P | 3,586 |
| 23 | BURN NOTICE: FALL SAM AXE | USA | Sun | 09:00P-11:00P | 3,571 |
| 24 | PACERS/BULLS | ESPN | Sat | 01:00P-03:41P | 3,567 |
| 25 | GOOD LUCK CHARLIE | DSNY | Fri | 07:30P-08:00P | 3,557 |
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