Monday Night Football again topped cable viewership for the week with 16.616 million viewers. Steel Magnolias was the top cable scripted program with 6.511 million viewers.
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| Rank | Shows | Net | Day | Time | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L | ESPN | Mon | 08:30P-11:40P | 16616 |
| 2 | PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | FOXN | Wed | 09:00P-10:33P | 10436 |
| 3 | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | FOXN | Wed | 10:33P-11:05P | 8108 |
| 4 | SUNDAY MOVIE II | LIFE | Sun | 09:00P-11:01P | 6511 |
| 5 | NFL REGULAR SEASON GAME | NFLN | Thu | 08:30P-11:42P | 6435 |
| 6 | 1ST PRES DEBATE 2012 | CNN | Wed | 09:00P-10:32P | 6051 |
| 7 | DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA | CNN | Wed | 10:32P-11:00P | 5838 |
| 8 | Hannity | FOXN | Wed | 11:05P-12:00A | 5425 |
| 9 | MLB WILDCARD | TBSC | Fri | 08:49P-12:08A | 5304 |
| 10 | NASCAR SPRINT CUP L | ESPN | Sun | 02:00P-05:35P | 5113 |
| 11 | JEFF DUNHAM: MINDING MON | CMDY | Sun | 09:00P-10:00P | 5020 |
| 12 | DEBATE | MSNB | Wed | 09:02P-10:33P | 4731 |
| 13 | Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 4694 |
| 14 | SPRINT CUP POST RACE L | ESPN | Sun | 05:35P-05:50P | 4604 |
| 15 | Sons Of Anarchy | FX | Tue | 10:00P-11:04P | 4597 |
| 16 | SPORTSCENTER: L | ESPN | Mon | 11:40P-01:00A | 4509 |
| 17 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Wed | 08:00P-08:55P | 4383 |
| 18 | THE OREILLY FACTOR | FOXN | Thu | 08:00P-09:00P | 4280 |
| 19 | Good Luck Charlie | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-08:30P | 4195 |
| 20 | Jersey Shore SSN 6 | MTV | Thu | 11:00P-12:02A | 4173 |
| 21 | MAJOR CRIMES | TNT | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4169 |
| 22 | SATURDAY MOVIE II | LIFE | Sat | 08:00P-10:00P | 4090 |
| 23 | AUSTIN & ALLY | DSNY | Sun | 08:30P-09:00P | 4016 |
| 24 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L | ESPN | Sat | 07:08P-10:26P | 4015 |
| 25 | MLB WILDCARD | TBSC | Fri | 05:00P-08:44P | 3990 |
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I’m so happy for Disney channel you rock
Wow, no WWE!
I’m guessing iCarly got less than 4 million viewers.
What the heck? After all the promotion iShock America got, it couldn’t even get above 4 million? I think it may be time for Nick to retire.
No iCarly?!
I’m really disappointed… -.-
Great to see keke palmers movie up on the list.!(: It was a good movie. Lifetome always has good movies.
iCarly didn’t surprise me.. It has lost viewers. So glad it’s ending. I think the ep with the most viewers of icarly will be “iGoodBye” which is the series finale.. My guess: 4-6 million..
I wish nickelodeon would do a holiday month theme like Disney..
I hope see dad run did good cuz it was pretty good show..
My guess on iShockAmerica; 3.5-3.8 million which is okay considering it wasn’t promoted well.
TMNt: 3.6 million
See dad run: 2.5-3.2
Y does nickelodeon think its okay to promote their shows on the day they premiere.??
*why does nickelodeon think its a good idea to promote their new episodes a whole bunch on the day they premiere..
They don’t, they do it the week before.
Anyways, it’s sad to see iCarly doing badly. I’m guessing 2.6 – 3.3, but hopefully they got a 3.8. It weird how this season, the good episodes are in the 2 millions and the bad episodes managed to get in the 3 millions.
i agree just like victorious, i hated blond squad but i loved crazy ponnie, and crazy ponnie got 2 mill and blond squad got 3
The MLB playoffs cost me a prediction loss to AppleStinx.
I’m going into hiding so he can’t talk smack.
@poweranimals
I don’t know what you’re on, but not only was iCarly’s terrible ratings expected, it had the worst promotion I’ve ever seen for an iCarly episode. Nickelodeon spent all of it’s promotion on the WWDoP and TMNT’s premire.
Well bye bye iCarly! I wish Nickelodeon could turn their **** around. This year has probably been the worst year for them.
Hillbilly wrote: “The MLB playoffs cost me a prediction loss to AppleStinx.
I’m going into hiding so he can’t talk smack.”
That’s all you can do now that Sicilian Papa withdrew his “protective services”. Run, Hillbilly, Run.
I’m making a bet right now. I bet the new SpongeBob special, SpongeBob On Tour, will score higher than every Nickelodeon and Disney show on this list.
It didn’t
Wow, I was WAY off.
@twistoffate
It didn’t. And it like many other shows on nickelodeon it wasn’t promoted well or enough.. As for TMNT nickelodeon don’t do any promotion for it anymore.. Which is odd cuz it’s a good show..
I wish I had the number for the promotion department! If I did, I would have said some really really bad words…
iCarly (8:00, 60 Minutes) – Nickelodeon
3.612 million viewers, #3; 0.784 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7
I hope Cyma Zarghami gets fired soon. She is running Nickelodeon to the ground.