The Monday Night Football game between the Colts and Buccaneers topped cable viewership for the week ending October 9, beating the clinching ALDS game between the Tigers and Yankees by a bit over a million viewers, followed by two other MLB playoff games and Jersey Shore rounding out the top 5.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending October 9, 2011:
| Rank | Shows | Net | Day | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | COLTS/BUCCANEERS | ESPN | Mon | 08:30P-12:18A | 10,837 |
| 2 | TIGERS-YANKEES 5 | TBSC | Thu | 08:00P-11:53P | 9,720 |
| 3 | CARDINALS-PHILLIES 5 | TBSC | Fri | 08:54P-11:23P | 8,389 |
| 4 | YANKEES-TIGERS 4 | TBSC | Tue | 08:30P-11:55P | 7,012 |
| 5 | Jersey Shore SSN 4 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:02P | 6,599 |
| 6 | YANKEES-TIGERS 3 | TBSC | Mon | 09:00P-12:04A | 6,046 |
| 7 | PHILLIES-CARDINALS 3 | TBSC | Tue | 05:20P-08:26P | 4,617 |
| 8 | DIAMONDBACKS-BREWERS 5 | TBSC | Fri | 05:00P-08:54P | 4,592 |
| 9 | PHILLIES-CARDINALS 4 | TBSC | Wed | 06:00P-08:55P | 4,507 |
| 10 | Shake It Up | DSNY | Sun | 08:30P-09:00P | 4,460 |
| 11 | Good Luck Charlie | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-08:30P | 4,451 |
| 12 | WWE Raw | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:07P | 4,416 |
| 13 | KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS | EN | Sun | 08:00P-10:00P | 4,389 |
| 14 | JESSIE | DSNY | Fri | 09:00P-09:30P | 4,229 |
| 15 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP L | ESPN | Sun | 02:00P-05:30P | 4,173 |
| 16 | WWE Raw | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,124 |
| 17 | MONSTERS, INC. | DSNY | Sat | 08:00P-09:40P | 3,973 |
| 18 | A.N.T. FARM | DSNY | Fri | 08:30P-09:00P | 3,838 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,830 |
| 20 | A.N.T. FARM | DSNY | Sun | 09:00P-09:30P | 3,729 |
| 21 | S PHINEAS & FERB | DSNY | Sun | 09:00A-09:25A | 3,641 |
| 22 | BREWERS-DIAMONDBACKS 4 | TBSC | Wed | 09:30P-01:13A | 3,615 |
| 23 | JESSIE | DSNY | Sun | 09:30P-10:00P | 3,599 |
| 24 | SO RANDOM | DSNY | Sun | 07:30P-08:00P | 3,597 |
| 25 | NCIS | USA | Sun | 08:00P-09:00P | 3,596 |
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