The Monday Night Football game between the Dolphins and Jets s topped cable viewership for the week ending October 23, but its 12.1 million was well down from last week's 16.4 million (likely thanks to the pitiful Dolphins). The season's second episode of The Walking Dead was in second with 6.7 million viewers just edging the season finale of Jersey Shore. The Nickelodeon movie Fred 2 and CNN's GOP debate and the Anderson Cooper 360 that followed it rounded out the top five.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending October 23, 2011:
| Rank | Shows | Net | Day | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | Monday Night Football | ESPN | MONDAY | 8:30 PM | 12,062 |
| 2 | Walking Dead | AMC | SUNDAY | 9:00 PM | 6,703 |
| 3 | Jersey Shore SSN 4 | MTV | THURSDAY | 10:00 PM | 6,639 |
| 4 | FRED 2: THE MOVIE | NICK | SATURDAY | 8:00 PM | 5,733 |
| 5 | WESTERN REP DEBATE(S) | CNN | TUESDAY | 8:00 PM | 5,495 |
| 6 | Anderson Cooper 360(S) | CNN | TUESDAY | 9:52 PM | 5,082 |
| 7 | Jersey Shore SSN4 REUNION | MTV | THURSDAY | 11:00 PM | 5,039 |
| 8 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L | ESPN2 | SATURDAY | 7:15 PM | 4,995 |
| 9 | WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 10:00 PM | 4,635 |
| 10 | WWE Entertainment (WWE Raw) | USA | MONDAY | 9:00 PM | 4,315 |
| 11 | Storage Wars | AEN | WEDNESDAY | 9:30 PM | 4,250 |
| 12 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP L | ESPN | SUNDAY | 2:00 PM | 4,077 |
| 13 | JESSIE | DSNY | FRIDAY | 9:00 PM | 4,026 |
| 14 | FRED 2: THE MOVIE | NICK | SUNDAY | 11:00 AM | 3,991 |
| 15 | SpongeBob | NICK | FRIDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,905 |
| 16 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:00 AM | 3,904 |
| 17 | NCIS | USA | SUNDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,896 |
| 18 | NCIS | USA | WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,841 |
| 19 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:30 AM | 3,827 |
| 20 | Sons Of Anarchy | FX | TUESDAY | 10:00 PM | 3,650 |
| 21 | SpongeBob | NICK | SATURDAY | 9:00 AM | 3,569 |
| 22 | KUNG FU PANDA | NICK | SATURDAY | 10:30 AM | 3,569 |
| 23 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | SUNDAY | 10:30 AM | 3,555 |
| 24 | Shake It Up | DSNY | SUNDAY | 8:30 PM | 3,520 |
| 25 | Wizards of Waverly Place | DSNY | FRIDAY | 8:00 PM | 3,417 |
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