ESPN's coverage of Monday Night Football topped cable viewership for the week with 10.145 million viewers. WWE Raw was the top non sports program depending on how you define sports) with 4.408 million viewers. SpongeBob SquarePants was the top scripted show with 4.286 million viewers.
| Rank | Shows | Net | Day | Time | Viewers Live +SD (000) |
| 1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L | ESPN | 12/17 | 08:29P-11:40P | 10145 |
| 2 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L | ESPN | 12/22 | 08:29P-11:41P | 9716 |
| 3 | COLL FTBL BOWL GAME L | ESPN | 12/22 | 03:43P-06:52P | 4434 |
| 4 | WWE Entertainment | USA | 12/17 | 09:00P-10:00P | 4408 |
| 5 | SpongeBob | NICK | 12/22 | 10:00A-10:30A | 4286 |
| 6 | WWE Entertainment | USA | 12/17 | 08:00P-09:00P | 4286 |
| 7 | Pawn Stars | HIST | 12/17 | 10:31P-11:02P | 4233 |
| 8 | SpongeBob | NICK | 12/22 | 10:30A-11:00A | 4233 |
| 9 | WWE Entertainment | USA | 12/17 | 10:00P-11:07P | 3990 |
| 10 | SpongeBob | NICK | 12/22 | 09:30A-10:00A | 3922 |
| 11 | Pawn Stars | HIST | 12/17 | 10:00P-10:31P | 3874 |
| 12 | Burn Notice | USA | 12/20 | 09:00P-11:00P | 3781 |
| 13 | American Pickers | HIST | 12/17 | 09:00P-10:00P | 3703 |
| 14 | MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN L | ESPN | 12/22 | 06:52P-08:29P | 3687 |
| 15 | Moonshiners | DISC | 12/19 | 10:00P-11:00P | 3654 |
| 16 | Storage Wars | A&E | 12/18 | 09:30P-10:00P | 3609 |
| 17 | SpongeBob | NICK | 12/20 | 06:30P-07:00P | 3557 |
| 18 | SATURDAY MOVIE | FAM | 12/22 | 08:00P-10:00P | 3540 |
| 19 | SPORTSCENTER: L | ESPN | 12/17 | 11:40P-01:00A | 3530 |
| 20 | NCIS | USA | 12/20 | 08:00P-09:00P | 3500 |
| 21 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | 12/19 | 05:30P-06:00P | 3491 |
| 22 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | 12/22 | 09:00A-09:30A | 3458 |
| 23 | SUNDAY MOVIE | FAM | 12/23 | 07:00P-09:30P | 3433 |
| 24 | RIZZOLI & ISLES | TNT | 12/18 | 09:00P-10:00P | 3424 |
| 25 | Big Bang Theory, THE | TBSC | 12/18 | 10:00P-10:30P | 3393 |
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sponge bob
What’s the 18-49 rating for the “MNF” game on ESPN Saturday the 22nd? I can’t find the Saturday cable results anywhere.
Six SpongeBob’s in 1 week AGAIN. And above 4 million twice. SpongeBob is a ratings machine on steroids.
Goooooooooood for the yellow sponge
What the heck is a Sponge Bob ? Leverage just missed making the top 25.
you’ve got to hand it to SpongeBob for consistently doing so well. Hope it stays on air for a really long time.