USA stayed on top in primetime both with adults 18-49 where it beat out History and in total viewership. Nickelodeon remained at the top of the total day average viewership rankings.
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Prime-time Average Viewers (Live+SD) Week of July 18- 24, 2011
| Net | Viewers (000) |
| USA | 3296 |
| DSNY | 3151 |
| HIST | 2274 |
| TNT | 2260 |
| FOXN | 1816 |
| FX | 1744 |
| A&E | 1460 |
| FAM | 1441 |
| SYFY | 1387 |
| NAN | 1297 |
| HGTV | 1236 |
| ADSM | 1157 |
| TRU | 1127 |
| NKJR | 913 |
| TBSC | 1154 |
| DISC | 1124 |
| FOOD | 1124 |
| TLC | 1078 |
| ESPN | 1067 |
| SPK | 955 |
| AMC | 945 |
| LIFE | 919 |
| CMDY | 912 |
| TVLD | 884 |
| BET | 860 |
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Adults 18-49 Prime-time Average (Live+SD)
| Net | Viewers (000) |
| USA | 1175 |
| HIST | 1033 |
| FX | 938 |
| A&E | 731 |
| TNT | 725 |
| DSNY | 721 |
| FAM | 672 |
| TBSC | 632 |
| DISC | 590 |
| SYFY | 576 |
| CMDY | 571 |
| TRU | 546 |
| MTV | 541 |
| FOOD | 530 |
| TLC | 529 |
| ADSM | 513 |
| HGTV | 437 |
| SPK | 433 |
| BRAV | 429 |
| BET | 429 |
| AMC | 424 |
| VH1 | 406 |
| ESPN | 401 |
| NAN | 400 |
| LIFE | 380 |
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Total Day Average Viewers (Live+SD)
| Net | Viewers (000) |
| NICK | 2329 |
| DSNY | 2211 |
| ADSM | 1414 |
| NAN | 1336 |
| TOON | 1336 |
| USA | 1284 |
| TNT | 1115 |
| FOXN | 1068 |
| HIST | 1022 |
| FX | 893 |
| A&E | 772 |
| FAM | 728 |
| HGTV | 720 |
| TRU | 707 |
| TBSC | 680 |
| NKJR | 670 |
| DISC | 646 |
| AMC | 622 |
| FOOD | 636 |
| SYFY | 594 |
| TVLD | 592 |
| TLC | 586 |
| SPK | 565 |
| ESPN | 549 |
| CMDY | 548 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2011 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Cable Channel Abbreviations: NICK = Nickelodeon, NAN = Nick At Nite, TOON = Cartoon Network, ADSM = Adult Swim, TRU = truTV, LIFE = Lifetime, NKJR - Nick Jr., FAM = ABC Family, TVLD = TV Land, FOXN = Fox News, TBSC = TBS, DISC = Discovery
