Pawn Stars once again beat out Jersey Shore with viewers, and this week its History stablemate American Pickers also bettered Jersey Shore.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending February 5, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 7120 |
| 2 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 6810 |
| 3 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 6401 |
| 4 | Jersey Shore SSN 5 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 5691 |
| 5 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 5318 |
| 6 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:17P | 5124 |
| 7 | Gold Rush | DISC | Fri | 09:00P-10:01P | 4881 |
| 8 | BEDTIME STORIES | DSNY | Fri | 08:00P-09:45P | 4196 |
| 9 | Royal Pains | USA | Wed | 10:00P-11:00P | 4086 |
| 10 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 3930 |
| 11 | NCIS | USA | Mon | 08:00P-09:00P | 3912 |
| 12 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 3832 |
| 13 | BEDTIME STORIES | DSNY | Sat | 11:00A-12:45P | 3751 |
| 14 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 08:30P-09:00P | 3738 |
| 15 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 3730 |
| 16 | BERING SEA GOLD | DISC | Fri | 10:01P-11:00P | 3729 |
| 17 | NCIS | USA | Thu | 08:00P-09:00P | 3698 |
| 18 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:30A-11:00A | 3655 |
| 19 | Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | Tue | 09:30P-10:00P | 3650 |
| 20 | VICTORIOUS | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-08:30P | 3636 |
| 21 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:00A-10:30A | 3636 |
| 22 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 3587 |
| 23 | NCIS | USA | Sat | 07:00P-08:00P | 3564 |
| 24 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 3508 |
| 25 | Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | Thu | 10:00P-10:30P | 3473 |
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