The Japan vs USA Women's World Cup Final easily topped cable viewing for the week with 13.5 million viewers. History's Pawn Stars, American Restoration and American Pickers crossover event placed all three shows in the top ten (and two out of three in the top five). Between sporting events, crossover events and cable season premieres (Closer, Rizzoli) WWE Raw was once again pushed out of the top ten.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending July 17, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Net | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | JAPAN/USA | ESPN | Sun | 01:55P-05:34P | 13458 |
| 2 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 7577 |
| 3 | CLOSER, THE | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 7227 |
| 4 | American Restoration | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 6735 |
| 5 | 2011 HOME RUN DERBY | ESPN | Mon | 08:15P-11:17P | 6686 |
| 6 | RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | Mon | 10:00P-11:00P | 6382 |
| 7 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 6314 |
| 8 | WORLD CUP LIVE L | ESPN | Sun | 05:34P-05:56P | 5930 |
| 9 | SpongeBob | NICK | Fri | 08:00P-08:30P | 5756 |
| 10 | Burn Notice | USA | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 5394 |
| 11 | True Blood | HBOM | Sun | 09:03P-09:51P | 5104 |
| 12 | Royal Pains | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 4922 |
| 13 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 4657 |
| 14 | SPRINT CUP RACING/LOUDON | TNT | Sun | 12:59P-04:32P | 4562 |
| 15 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:16P | 4554 |
| 16 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 11:00A-11:30A | 4461 |
| 17 | SUITS | USA | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 4378 |
| 18 | SpongeBob | NICK | Fri | 07:30P-08:00P | 4363 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 4299 |
| 20 | Covert Affairs | USA | Tue | 10:00P-11:00P | 4298 |
| 21 | Phineas and Ferb | DSNY | Fri | 09:05P-09:30P | 4287 |
| 22 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 11:30A-12:00P | 4275 |
| 23 | FALLING SKIES | TNT | Sun | 10:00P-11:00P | 4269 |
| 24 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 07:00P-07:30P | 4259 |
| 25 | HOME RUN DERBY PRELUDE L | ESPN | Mon | 08:01P-08:15P | 4228 |
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