Part 1 of the series finale of USA’s “Monk” (2.33mln) claimed the top spot in cable time-shifted viewership (live+7) differential from Nov 23-29, narrowly defeated its sibling show “White Collar” (2.27mln). FX’s “Sons of Anarchy” (1.54mln) took 3rd, and Nickelodeon’s “iCarly” (1.14mln) and Showtime’s “Dexter” (1.06mln) rounded out the top 5. TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8” (1.05mln) notched 6th, followed by FX’s “Nip/Tuck” (972K) and MTV’s “The Hills” (856K). Completing the top 10 were Disney Channel’s feature of “Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure” (787K) and Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters” (727K). (Data provided by Nielsen)  

11/23/2009-11/29/2009
TOTAL-11/23/2009
RANK TELECASTS EPISODE TITLE ORIG DAY(S) S TIME R DUR P2+ P2+ P2+ P2+ Absolute Diff
Live US AA% Live+7 US AA% Live AA(000) Live+7 AA(000)
1 MONK-11/27/2009 8015 MONK & END PT 1 USA ….F.. 9:00 PM 60 1.6 2.4 4788 7122 2334
2 WHITE COLLAR-11/27/2009 1004 ALL IN USA ….F.. 10:00 PM 60 1.3 2.1 3771 6040 2269
3 SONS OF ANARCHY-11/24/2009 CULLING FX .T….. 10:00 PM 66 1 1.5 2914 4455 1541
4 ICARLY-11/28/2009 NICK …..S. 8:00 PM 30 1.8 2.1 5124 6261 1137
5 DEXTER S4-11/29/2009 :10 SHO1 ……S 9:00 PM 57 0.4 0.8 1196 2253 1057
6 JON & KATE PLUS 8-11/23/2009 TLC M…… 9:00 PM 60 1.3 1.7 3786 4839 1053
7 NIP TUCK-11/25/2009 ALEXIS STONE 2 FX ..W…. 10:00 PM 61 0.4 0.7 1136 2108 972
8 HILLS, THE-11/24/2009 519 MTV .T….. 10:00 PM 30 0.5 0.8 1402 2258 856
9 TINKER BELL & THE LOST TR-11/29/2009 TINKER BELL & THE LOST TR DSNY ……S 8:00 PM 90 1.2 1.5 3450 4237 787
10 MYTHBUSTERS-11/25/2009 MYTHBUSTERS DISC ..W…. 9:00 PM 60 0.7 1 2074 2801 727

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