MTV's Jersey Shore was down 16% from its season premiere a week earlier, but still easily the most-watched cable program of the week with 7.37 million viewers. TNT's The Closer and Rizzoli & Isles were the second and third most-watched programs of the week, and two episodes of Pawn Stars rounded out the top 5.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending August 14, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | Jersey Shore SSN 4 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 7,374 |
| 2 | CLOSER, THE | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 6,502 |
| 3 | RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | Mon | 10:00P-11:00P | 6,455 |
| 4 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 6,268 |
| 5 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 6,082 |
| 6 | iCarly | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-08:30P | 5,514 |
| 7 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,353 |
| 8 | True Blood | HBOM | Sun | 09:03P-09:58P | 5,300 |
| 9 | Royal Pains | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,163 |
| 10 | REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE | FOXN | Thu | 09:00P-11:03P | 5,053 |
| 11 | Storage Wars | A&E | Wed | 10:30P-11:00P | 4,802 |
| 12 | Burn Notice | USA | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,749 |
| 13 | Covert Affairs | USA | Tue | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,702 |
| 14 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:13P | 4,605 |
| 15 | Storage Wars | A&E | Wed | 10:00P-10:30P | 4,527 |
| 16 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,479 |
| 17 | HOME ALONE 2 | DSNY | Thu | 09:00P-11:00P | 4,416 |
| 18 | SEAHAWKS/CHARGERS | ESPN | Thu | 08:00P-11:10P | 4,390 |
| 19 | White Collar | USA | Tue | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,298 |
| 20 | NEXT FN STAR 7 (1 HR) | FOOD | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,227 |
| 21 | Necessary Roughness | USA | Wed | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,139 |
| 22 | Family Guy | ADSM | Wed | 11:30P-12:00A | 4,040 |
| 23 | SUITS | USA | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 3,963 |
| 24 | Phineas and Ferb | DSNY | Fri | 09:00P-09:15P | 3,926 |
| 25 | iCarly | NICK | Sun | 11:30A-12:00P | 3,905 |
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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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