NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing on TNT Saturday night led all cable viewing for the week with 6.03 million followed by last Monday's (June 27) 10pm hour of WWE Raw, the season premiere of Royal Pains, the 9pm hour of RAW and the premiere of USA's Necessary Roughness and Burn Notice.
With many networks taking Friday and Sunday off from normal programming and with the frenzy around the Casey Anthony trial, HLN placed seven shows in the top 25, including a Sunday afternoon telecast that averaged over 4.5 million viewers nad ranked 8th for the week.
There is a lot more information in the daily cable ratings.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending July 3, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | SPRINT CUP RACING/DAYTONA | TNT | SATURDAY | 7:30 PM | 6,029 |
| 2 | NASCAR POST RACE SHOW | TNT | SATURDAY | 10:37 PM | 5,490 |
| 3 | WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 5,032 |
| 4 | Royal Pains | USA | WEDNESDAY | 9:00 PM | 5,003 |
| 5 | WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 4,853 |
| 6 | Necessary Roughness | USA | WEDNESDAY | 10:00 PM | 4,670 |
| 7 | Burn Notice | USA | THURSDAY | 9:00 PM | 4,666 |
| 8 | HLN NEWS(S) | HLN | SUNDAY | 4:00 PM | 4,527 |
| 9 | Swamp People | HIST | THURSDAY | 9:00 PM | 4,504 |
| 10 | WEEKEND EXPRESS W/ CURRY | HLN | SUNDAY | 11:00 AM | 4,502 |
| 11 | HLN SPECIAL REPORT(S) | HLN | SUNDAY | 5:00 PM | 4,418 |
| 12 | HLN NEWS | HLN | SUNDAY | 3:00 PM | 4,295 |
| 13 | SpongeBob TRUTH OR SQUARE | NICK | FRIDAY | 12:00 PM | 4,165 |
| 14 | SpongeBob | NICK | FRIDAY | 1:00 PM | 4,068 |
| 15 | FALLING SKIES | TNT | SUNDAY | 10:00 PM | 4,066 |
| 16 | HLN NEWS | HLN | SUNDAY | 2:00 PM | 4,045 |
| 17 | Covert Affairs | USA | TUESDAY | 10:00 PM | 4,010 |
| 18 | WEEKEND EXPRESS W/ CURRY | HLN | SUNDAY | 10:00 AM | 3,932 |
| 19 | SUITS | USA | THURSDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,894 |
| 20 | NCIS | USA | MONDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,793 |
| 21 | HLN SPECIAL REPORT(S) | HLN | SUNDAY | 6:00 PM | 3,782 |
| 22 | SKY HIGH | DSNY | THURSDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,773 |
| 23 | SpongeBob | NICK | THURSDAY | 12:00 PM | 3,729 |
| 24 | White Collar | USA | TUESDAY | 9:00 PM | 3,722 |
| 25 | Family Guy | ADSM | WEDNESDAY | 11:30 PM | 3,678 |
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