Sunday's game one of the Eastern Conference Finals featuring the Miami Heat at the Chicago Bulls led the week with 11.1 million viewer and was the most-watched NBA Game in Cable TV history. Despite the NBA playoffs taking 7 out of the top 10 spots, Pawn Stars still managed to snag the fourth and fifth spots, and WWE Raw was 10th.
In terms of original scripted dramas, Law & Order: CI was the only one to crack the top 25 snagging the 20th spot with 3.8 million viewers. Some original scripted drams that didn't make the top 25:
- Army Wives: 3.277 million
- In Plain Sight: 3.177 million
- The Killing: 1.977 million
- Breakout Kings: 1.755 million
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending May 15, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | HEAT/BULLS | TNT | Sun | 08:03P-10:37P | 11,109 |
| 2 | HEAT/CELTICS | TNT | Mon | 07:00P-09:56P | 7,824 |
| 3 | CELTICS/HEAT | TNT | Wed | 07:00P-09:40P | 6,777 |
| 4 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 6,199 |
| 5 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 5,909 |
| 6 | THUNDER/GRIZZLIES | TNT | Mon | 09:56P-01:43A | 5,592 |
| 7 | GRIZZLIES/THUNDER | TNT | Wed | 09:40P-12:13A | 5,462 |
| 8 | HAWKS/BULLS | TNT | Tue | 08:15P-10:54P | 5,100 |
| 9 | BULLS/HAWKS | ESPN | Thu | 07:58P-10:36P | 5,085 |
| 10 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:05P | 5,074 |
| 11 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,810 |
| 12 | THUNDER/NUGGETS | ESPN | Fri | 09:02P-11:44P | 4,750 |
| 13 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:30A-12:00P | 4,573 |
| 14 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:00A-11:30A | 4,471 |
| 15 | INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS | TNT | Sun | 10:37P-11:20P | 4,190 |
| 16 | VICTORIOUS | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-08:30P | 4,160 |
| 17 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 4,117 |
| 18 | Swamp People | HIST | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,082 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 4,034 |
| 20 | LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG) | USA | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,834 |
| 21 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 3,737 |
| 22 | POWER RANGERS | NICK | Sat | 12:00P-12:30P | 3,718 |
| 23 | NCIS | USA | Sat | 10:00P-11:00P | 3,709 |
| 24 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,617 |
| 25 | NCIS | USA | Sat | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,451 |
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