The Walking Dead easily triumphed over Jersey Shore and Pawn Stars to lead cable viewership for the week ending March 4, 2012.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending March 4, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | Walking Dead | AMC | Sun | 09:00P-10:01P | 6771 |
| 2 | Jersey Shore SSN 5 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:02P | 5298 |
| 3 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 5024 |
| 4 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4701 |
| 5 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 4684 |
| 6 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:21P | 4599 |
| 7 | Swamp People | HIST | Thu | 09:00P-10:01P | 4584 |
| 8 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 4255 |
| 9 | NORTH CAROLINA/DUKE | ESPN | Sat | 06:54P-09:07P | 4247 |
| 10 | Storage Wars | A&E | Sun | 09:30P-10:00P | 4176 |
| 11 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 4175 |
| 12 | VICTORIOUS | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-08:30P | 4157 |
| 13 | NCIS | USA | Sun | 08:00P-09:00P | 4134 |
| 14 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 4116 |
| 15 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4053 |
| 16 | Gold Rush | DISC | Fri | 09:00P-10:01P | 3901 |
| 17 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 3718 |
| 18 | NCIS | USA | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 3656 |
| 19 | Army Wives | LIFE | Sun | 09:00P-11:01P | 3626 |
| 20 | NCIS | USA | Thu | 08:00P-09:00P | 3604 |
| 21 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 3598 |
| 22 | LAB RATS | DSNY | Fri | 09:00P-10:00P | 3493 |
| 23 | NCIS | USA | Sun | 07:00P-08:00P | 3487 |
| 24 | SpongeBob | NICK | Sun | 10:30A-11:00A | 3421 |
| 25 | Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | Tue | 10:00P-10:30P | 3321 |
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