The NBA Playoffs topped cable viewership for the week, taking the top five spots on the list. Saturday's Boston/Miami game was the most watched program of the week, with 13.346 million viewers. Pawn Stars was the top cable original, coming in sixth with 5.893 million viewers. In eight place, Rizzoli & Isles was the most watched scripted program with 5.620 million viewers.
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Top 25 cable shows for the week ending June 10, 2012
| Rank | Shows | Net | Day | Time | Viewers Live +SD (000) |
| 1 | BOSTON/MIAMI | ESPN | Sat | 08:34P-11:18P | 13346 |
| 2 | MIAMI/BOSTON | ESPN | Thu | 08:34P-11:11P | 11068 |
| 3 | BOSTON/MIAMI | ESPN | Tue | 08:34P-11:26P | 10251 |
| 4 | SAN ANTONIO/OKLAHOMA CITY | TNT | Wed | 09:00P-11:53P | 9498 |
| 5 | OKLAHOMA CITY/SAN ANTONIO | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-11:53P | 8507 |
| 6 | Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 5893 |
| 7 | SPORTSCENTER LATE L | ESPN | Sat | 11:18P-12:30A | 5784 |
| 8 | RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | Tue | 09:00P-10:00P | 5620 |
| 9 | SPRINT CUP RACING/POCONO | TNT | Sun | 01:00P-04:29P | 5257 |
| 10 | True Blood | HBOM | Sun | 09:05P-09:56P | 5201 |
| 11 | SPORTSCENTER LATE L | ESPN | Thu | 11:11P-12:00A | 5197 |
| 12 | Storage Wars | A&E | Tue | 10:30P-11:01P | 4962 |
| 13 | NASCAR POST RACE SHOW | TNT | Sun | 04:29P-04:39P | 4820 |
| 14 | American Pickers | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4809 |
| 15 | Storage Wars | A&E | Tue | 10:00P-10:30P | 4655 |
| 16 | CAJUN Pawn Stars | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:01P | 4443 |
| 17 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4322 |
| 18 | WWE Entertainment | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:10P | 4247 |
| 19 | SPORTSCENTER LATE L | ESPN | Tue | 11:26P-01:00A | 4219 |
| 20 | LONGMIRE | A&E | Sun | 10:00P-11:01P | 4095 |
| 21 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 4074 |
| 22 | Royal Pains | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 3950 |
| 23 | Swamp People | HIST | Thu | 09:00P-10:00P | 3892 |
| 24 | INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS | TNT | Wed | 11:53P-12:46A | 3644 |
| 25 | INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS | TNT | Mon | 11:53P-12:48A | 3624 |
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Lots of Good Summer shows..
#1 Franklin & Bash – Funny & Witty – feel good entertainment
#2 Suits – High IQ actors with good story lines….stories inside stories
#3 Rizz & Isles – great Tuesday line up
#4 (Tied) Burn Notice & Unness Roughness – Fiona mess and new leadership of Hawks bring needed spice story lines
#5 Royal Pains – like show, but don’t like early story line w/ Evan & Hank not on same page. Wheres the Billionaire – liked his part
Love Covert Affairs – can’t wait
Why drop In Plain Sight??????