History's Pawn Stars easily lorded over cable as the most viewed shows of the week with both of last Monday's episodes topping the week's charts, followed by Sunday night's premiere of Falling Skies.
After Falling Skies, USA's Covert Affairs was tops in terms of scripted drama.
There is a lot more information in the daily cable ratings.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending June 19, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 7,488 |
| 2 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 7,287 |
| 3 | FALLING SKIES | TNT | Sun | 09:00P-10:56P | 5,905 |
| 4 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,650 |
| 5 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:06P | 4,961 |
| 6 | SPRINT CUP RACNG/MICHIGAN | TNT | Sun | 12:59P-03:58P | 4,890 |
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,702 |
| 8 | Swamp People | HIST | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,572 |
| 9 | A.N.T. FARM | DSNY | Fri | 08:30P-09:00P | 4,334 |
| 10 | NASCAR POST RACE SHOW | TNT | Sun | 03:58P-04:08P | 4,232 |
| 11 | GOOD LUCK CHARLIE | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-08:30P | 4,133 |
| 12 | Shake It Up | DSNY | Fri | 09:00P-09:30P | 4,113 |
| 13 | WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE | DSNY | Fri | 08:00P-08:30P | 4,048 |
| 14 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:00A-11:30A | 3,957 |
| 15 | SpongeBob | NICK | Tue | 11:30A-12:00P | 3,951 |
| 16 | Covert Affairs | USA | Tue | 10:00P-11:00P | 3,919 |
| 17 | SO RANDOM | DSNY | Sun | 08:30P-09:00P | 3,879 |
| 18 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:30A-12:00P | 3,834 |
| 19 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,831 |
| 20 | iCarly: IPARTY W/VICTORIO | NICK | Mon | 04:00P-05:30P | 3,767 |
| 21 | FAIRLY ODD PARENTS | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 3,752 |
| 22 | SpongeBob | NICK | Tue | 11:00A-11:30A | 3,728 |
| 23 | FAMILY GUY | ADSM | Wed | 11:30P-12:00A | 3,716 |
| 24 | White Collar | USA | Tue | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,714 |
| 25 | PRETTY LITTLE LIARS | FAM | Tue | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,678 |
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