MTV's Jersey Shore was up 6% and still easily the most-watched cable program of the week with 7.798 million viewers, more than a million ahead of TNT's Rizzoli & Isles and The Closer which were the second and third most-watched programs of the week. A series high 5.526 million viewers for True Blood landed it in fourth for the week. Pawn Stars rounded out the top 5 with 5.472 million.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending August 21, 2011:
| 1 | Jersey Shore SSN 4 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:01P | 7,798 |
| 2 | RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | Mon | 10:00P-11:00P | 6,742 |
| 3 | CLOSER, THE | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 6,725 |
| 4 | True Blood | HBOM | Sun | 09:04P-09:55P | 5,526 |
| 5 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 5,472 |
| 6 | Royal Pains | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,435 |
| 7 | Burn Notice | USA | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,316 |
| 8 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5,248 |
| 9 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 5,037 |
| 10 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP L | ESPN | Sun | 01:00P-04:12P | 5,028 |
| 11 | Storage Wars | A&E | Wed | 10:30P-11:00P | 5,010 |
| 12 | JETS/TEXANS | ESPN | Mon | 08:00P-11:23P | 4,966 |
| 13 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:08P | 4,861 |
| 14 | Storage Wars | A&E | Wed | 10:00P-10:30P | 4,583 |
| 15 | SUITS | USA | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,455 |
| 16 | Necessary Roughness | USA | Wed | 10:00P-11:00P | 4,211 |
| 17 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 11:00A-11:30A | 4,074 |
| 18 | MEMPHIS BEAT | TNT | Tue | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,048 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:30A-11:00A | 4,020 |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 3,939 |
| 21 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,905 |
| 22 | Family Guy | ADSM | Tue | 11:30P-12:00A | 3,867 |
| 23 | PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR | NICK | Sat | 11:00A-11:30A | 3,847 |
| 24 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,832 |
| 25 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,816 |
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