Led by Lakers/Mavericks with 7.66 million viewers, the NBA playoffs took the top six spots in the weekly cable viewing rankings. WWE Raw took seventh (and ninth) and Pawn Stars was pushed to tenth.
Sunday night's Law & Order: CI ranked 19th for the week with 3.68 million. In Plain Sight wasout of the top 25 - it was 41st with 3.164 million viewers. Army Wives was ten spots ahead at #31 with 3.346 million.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending May 8, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | LAKERS/MAVERICKS | ESPN | Fri | 09:33P-12:16A | 7,658 |
| 2 | MAVERICKS/LAKERS | TNT | Wed | 10:45P-01:16A | 7,036 |
| 3 | MAVERICKS/LAKERS | TNT | Mon | 10:51P-01:23A | 6,429 |
| 4 | BULLS/HAWKS | TNT | Sun | 08:08P-10:51P | 6,260 |
| 5 | CELTICS/HEAT | TNT | Tue | 07:00P-09:44P | 6,006 |
| 6 | HAWKS/BULLS | TNT | Mon | 08:00P-10:51P | 5,588 |
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,407 |
| 8 | HAWKS/BULLS | TNT | Wed | 08:00P-10:45P | 5,211 |
| 9 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:19P | 5,031 |
| 10 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 4,976 |
| 11 | GRIZZLIES/THUNDER | TNT | Tue | 09:44P-12:32A | 4,867 |
| 12 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 4,693 |
| 13 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Mon | 08:00P-08:15P | 4,636 |
| 14 | Suite Life on Deck | DSNY | Fri | 08:00P-08:40P | 4,568 |
| 15 | A.N.T. FARM | DSNY | Fri | 08:40P-09:10P | 4,436 |
| 16 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Mon | 08:22P-09:00P | 4,397 |
| 17 | SPORTSCENTER LATE L | ESPN | Fri | 12:16A-01:23A | 3,871 |
| 18 | Swamp People | HIST | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,706 |
| 19 | LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG) | USA | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,683 |
| 20 | Shake It Up | DSNY | Fri | 09:10P-09:40P | 3,678 |
| 21 | THUNDER/GRIZZLIES | ESPN | Sat | 05:00P-08:08P | 3,677 |
| 22 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:30A-12:00P | 3,644 |
| 23 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 3,613 |
| 24 | BULLS/HAWKS | ESPN | Fri | 06:58P-09:33P | 3,610 |
| 25 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:00A-11:30A | 3,573 |
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