Monday Cable: 'WWE RAW' Tops Night, 'Ridiculousness,', 'American Chopper,' 'Basketball Wives LA,' 'Carfellas' & Much More

The with the Giants/Jets preseason NFL game on NFL Network where it didn't have a chance at big numbers (instead of ESPN) it was WWE Raw's two epiosdes chance to step into the breach and lead the cable night. They scored a 1.8 and 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in their respective airings even with last week.

Secret Life of the American Teenager was up a tenth to a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating at 8pm.

Lots of premieres last night:

• MTV's Ridiculousness had a nice start with a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating. Death Valley not nearly as good with a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating, and Cuff'd didn't make the top 100 list for the day.
• Basketball Wives LA started off with a 1.0 adults 18-49 rating for VH1.
• Discovery's American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior returned with a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating, followed by Carfellas with just a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating.

Rizzoli & Isles was steady with a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating and The Closer was also steady with a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.

Eureka was also steady with a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating and Warehouse 13 was steady with a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating. Alphas was down a tenth to a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating after the guest spot by Summer Glau last week.

T.O. Show slipped a tenth vs. its premiere to a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating.

More ratings information courtesy of our friend @TVBill:

• The Lying Game had a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating, even with last week and 1.310 million avg. viewers, down 160,000 vs. last week.
• Weeds had a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating, up a tenth from last week and 796,000 viewers. The Big C had a 0.3 adults 18-49 rating, up a tenth from last week, and 704,000 viewers.
• Adventure Time 0.3 adults 18-49 rating
• Regular Show 0.3 adults 18-49 rating

We only receive the top 100 cable shows for adults 25-54 for the whole day from our primary source. If I see additional information elsewhere I will update the text.

Selected Monday cable ratings: (all Live+Same Day ratings):

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