Averaging 6.31 million viewers, last Monday's 10:30p episode of Pawn Stars edged out Sunday night's Lakers/Hornets game (6.28 million) as the most viewed program of the week, though one was 30 minutes and the other was 169 minutes. But last Monday's 10pm edition of Pawn Stars wasn't far behind with 5.91 million.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending April 24, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 6,307 |
| 2 | LAKERS/HORNETS | TNT | Sun | 09:47P-12:36A | 6,281 |
| 3 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 5,905 |
| 4 | HORNETS/LAKERS | TNT | Wed | 10:45P-01:29A | 5,352 |
| 5 | PACERS/BULLS | TNT | Mon | 09:39P-12:32A | 4,908 |
| 6 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,828 |
| 7 | KNICKS/CELTICS | TNT | Tue | 07:09P-09:47P | 4,730 |
| 8 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:10P | 4,646 |
| 9 | LAKERS/HORNETS | ESPN | Fri | 09:39P-12:11A | 4,578 |
| 10 | NCIS | USA | Sun | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,554 |
| 11 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 4,548 |
| 12 | MAGIC/HAWKS | TNT | Sun | 07:09P-09:47P | 4,506 |
| 13 | SpongeBob | NICK | Fri | 11:30A-12:00P | 4,362 |
| 14 | NCIS | USA | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,344 |
| 15 | SpongeBob | NICK | Fri | 11:00A-11:30A | 4,276 |
| 16 | NCIS | USA | Sun | 08:00P-09:00P | 4,275 |
| 17 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 4,265 |
| 18 | SpongeBob | NICK | Fri | 12:00P-12:30P | 4,209 |
| 19 | WALL-E | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-09:45P | 4,126 |
| 20 | VICTORIOUS | NICK | Fri | 08:00P-08:30P | 4,006 |
| 21 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 12:30P-01:00P | 3,952 |
| 22 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 01:00P-01:30P | 3,892 |
| 23 | DEADLIEST CATCH | DISC | Tue | 09:00P-10:01P | 3,880 |
| 24 | HEAT/76ERS | TNT | Thu | 08:09P-10:44P | 3,875 |
| 25 | TRAILBLAZERS/MAVERICKS | TNT | Tue | 09:47P-12:25A | 3,846 |
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