The Monday Night Football game between the Redskins and Cowboys easily topped the week ending October 2, besting second place Jersey Shore by over 10 million viewers. ALDS game one of Tigers-Yankees was third for the week with 5.46 million viewers and the debut of Disney Channel's Jessie was fourth with 4.63 million. The edition of ESPN's Sportscenter that followed the Redskins/Cowboys game rounded out the top 5.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending October 2, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | REDSKINS/COWBOYS | ESPN | Mon | 08:30P-11:46P | 17,104 |
| 2 | Jersey Shore SSN 4 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 7,061 |
| 3 | TIGERS-YANKEES 1 | TBSC | Fri | 08:30P-09:09P | 5,461 |
| 4 | JESSIE | DSNY | Fri | 09:00P-09:30P | 4,630 |
| 5 | SPORTSCENTER: L | ESPN | Mon | 11:46P-01:15A | 4,485 |
| 6 | J SHORE AFTER HOURS SSN 4 | MTV | Thu | 11:00P-11:30P | 4,235 |
| 7 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 4,224 |
| 8 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 4,214 |
| 9 | TIGERS-YANKEES 1 | TBSC | Sat | 08:30P-11:41P | 4,200 |
| 10 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 09:30A-10:00A | 4,192 |
| 11 | Phineas and Ferb | DSNY | Fri | 09:30P-09:45P | 4,180 |
| 12 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,169 |
| 13 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:03P | 4,134 |
| 14 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP L | ESPN | Sun | 02:00P-05:51P | 4,093 |
| 15 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 4,090 |
| 16 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 4,009 |
| 17 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,967 |
| 18 | YANKEES/TAMPA BAY | ESPN | Wed | 12:05A-12:14A | 3,841 |
| 19 | iCarly | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-08:30P | 3,835 |
| 20 | Shake It Up | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,807 |
| 21 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,784 |
| 22 | VICTORIOUS | NICK | Sat | 08:30P-09:00P | 3,772 |
| 23 | CARDINALS-PHILLIES 1 | TBSC | Sat | 05:00P-08:14P | 3,752 |
| 24 | CARDINALS-PHILLIES 2 | TBSC | Sun | 08:45P-12:08A | 3,749 |
| 25 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sun | 10:30A-11:00A | 3,695 |
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