The season four premiere of MTV's Jersey Shore was the most-watched cable program of the week with 8.79 million viewers. Disney's Phineas & Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension was second for the week with 7.64 million. Fourteen programs had more than 5 million viewers for the week. With summer original programming in full swing there was no SpongeBob or NCIS in the top 25, but a couple of late-night Family Guy episodes on Adult Swim made the cut.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending August 7, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | Jersey Shore SSN 4 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 8,788 |
| 2 | Phineas and Ferb MOVIE | DSNY | Fri | 08:00P-09:30P | 7,642 |
| 3 | CLOSER, THE | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 6,553 |
| 4 | RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | Mon | 10:00P-11:00P | 6,454 |
| 5 | FALLING SKIES | TNT | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,703 |
| 6 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 5,654 |
| 7 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 5,593 |
| 8 | FALLING SKIES | TNT | Sun | 10:00P-10:58P | 5,541 |
| 9 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP L | ESPN | Sun | 12:55P-05:12P | 5,485 |
| 10 | Royal Pains | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,462 |
| 11 | Burn Notice | USA | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,211 |
| 12 | Storage Wars | A&E | Wed | 10:30P-11:00P | 5,177 |
| 13 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,163 |
| 14 | True Blood | HBOM | Sun | 09:03P-10:00P | 5,143 |
| 15 | A.N.T. FARM | DSNY | Fri | 09:30P-10:00P | 4,929 |
| 16 | Storage Wars | A&E | Wed | 10:00P-10:30P | 4,795 |
| 17 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:06P | 4,727 |
| 18 | YANKEES/RED SOX | ESPN | Sun | 07:58P-12:30A | 4,722 |
| 19 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,677 |
| 20 | Covert Affairs | USA | Tue | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,608 |
| 21 | Necessary Roughness | USA | Wed | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,456 |
| 22 | Phineas and Ferb MOVIE | DSNY | Sat | 10:00A-11:30A | 4,420 |
| 23 | Family Guy | ADSM | Wed | 11:30P-12:00A | 4,312 |
| 24 | Family Guy | ADSM | Tue | 11:30P-12:00A | 4,288 |
| 25 | IN PLAIN SIGHT | USA | Sun | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,085 |
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There is a lot more information in the daily cable ratings (note, still waiting on Sunday, but I expect to receive it shortly).
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