Jersey Shore edged out Pawn Stars as the week's most-watched cable telecast. But it was close!
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending January 22, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | Jersey Shore SSN 5 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 6158 |
| 2 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 6141 |
| 3 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 5931 |
| 4 | DREW PETERSON: UNTOUCHABL | LIFE | Sat | 08:00P-10:00P | 5774 |
| 5 | REPUBLICAN PRES DEBATE | FOXN | Mon | 09:00P-11:00P | 5475 |
| 6 | SOUTHERN GOP PRES DEBATE | CNN | Thu | 08:00P-09:58P | 5022 |
| 7 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4933 |
| 8 | Storage Wars | A&E | Tue | 10:30P-11:00P | 4885 |
| 9 | iCarly | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-08:30P | 4842 |
| 10 | Gold Rush | DISC | Fri | 09:00P-10:01P | 4813 |
| 11 | Storage Wars | A&E | Tue | 10:00P-10:30P | 4500 |
| 12 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-10:45A | 4447 |
| 13 | LA LAKERS/MIAMI | TNT | Thu | 08:16P-10:44P | 4396 |
| 14 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4320 |
| 15 | iCarly | NICK | Mon | 07:30P-08:00P | 4265 |
| 16 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:10P | 4258 |
| 17 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:30A-11:00A | 4128 |
| 18 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3954 |
| 19 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3813 |
| 20 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 07:00P-08:00P | 3775 |
| 21 | FRED SNEAK PEEK | NAN | Mon | 08:00P-08:15P | 3696 |
| 22 | GAME, THE S5 | BET | Tue | 10:00P-10:30P | 3644 |
| 23 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:00A-10:30A | 3622 |
| 24 | FRED SNEAK PEEK | NICK | Sat | 10:45A-11:00A | 3603 |
| 25 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 3426 |
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