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Jersey Shore again led cable for the week ending January 30. It didn’t set any records last week, but anyone rooting for Jersey Shore’s 15 minutes to be over soon shouldn’t hold their breath. Jersey Shore is spawning an entire genre. Style’s Jersylicious premiered to 928,000, tiny by Jersey Shore standards but still more than four times bigger than Style’s average primetime audience for the week.
Pawn Stars continues to impress with record ratings and nearly 7 million viewers per 30 minute episode for the two telecasts last Monday.
SpongeBob absorbed 14 out of the top twenty-five spots on the most-viewed shows rankings. Those looking for more than SpongeBob should check out the daily cable ratings or use our site search.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending January 30, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | JERSEY SHORE 2B | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 8,833 |
| 2 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 6,986 |
| 3 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 6,747 |
| 4 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 11:00A-11:30A | 6,553 |
| 5 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 6,528 |
| 6 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 6,196 |
| 7 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 08:30P-09:00P | 6,054 |
| 8 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 08:00P-08:30P | 6,004 |
| 9 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 10:00A-10:30A | 5,972 |
| 10 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 11:30A-12:00P | 5,769 |
| 11 | ST UNION/ANALYSIS | FOXN | Tue | 10:13P-10:25P | 5,444 |
| 12 | ST UNION/REP RESPONSE | FOXN | Tue | 10:25P-10:36P | 5,285 |
| 13 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 07:30P-08:00P | 4,967 |
| 14 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 09:30A-10:00A | 4,963 |
| 15 | STATE OF THE UNION 2011 | FOXN | Tue | 09:11P-10:13P | 4,960 |
| 16 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 4,941 |
| 17 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:04P | 4,865 |
| 18 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 06:30P-07:00P | 4,825 |
| 19 | ST UNION/ANALYSIS | FOXN | Tue | 10:36P-10:46P | 4,809 |
| 20 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 07:00P-07:30P | 4,656 |
| 21 | GAME, THE S4 | BET | Tue | 10:00P-10:30P | 4,648 |
| 22 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Fri | 06:00P-06:30P | 4,625 |
| 23 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 09:00A-09:30A | 4,536 |
| 24 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 09:00P-09:30P | 4,519 |
| 25 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 08:30P-09:00P | 4,418 |
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