Cable’s football offense continued to roll among 18-49s (Live+SD) during the week of Nov 30- Dec 6, with ESPN’s MNF again earning the top spot with 11.20mln in the demo. The net’s post-game “SportsCenter” (3.37mln) ep took 2nd, while its Thurs night college game notched 6th with 2.56mln and its “Monday Night Countdown” program, which airs prior to MNF, grabbed 7th (2.29mln). Buttressed by football were the season finales of USA’s “Monk” (3.20mln) and FX’s “Sons of Anarchy” (2.90mln), plus MMA on Spike (2.76mln). Completing the top 10 were a pair of WWE hours on USA that averaged 2.17mln and USA’s “White Collar” (2.12mln). (Data provided by Nielsen) 

11/30/2009-12/06/2009
TOTAL-11/30/2009
RANK TELECASTS EPISODE TITLE ORIG DAY(S) S TIME R DUR P18-49 P18-49 P18-49
Live+SD US AA% Live+SD US SHR Live+SD AA(000)
1 NFL REGULAR SEASON L-11/30/2009 PATRIOTS/SAINTS ESPN M…… 8:29 PM 188 8.5 22 11196
2 SPORTSCENTER: L-11/30/2009 ESPN M…… 11:37 PM 93 2.6 10 3369
3 MONK-12/04/2009 8016 MR MONK AND THE END PART II USA ….F.. 9:00 PM 60 2.4 7 3198
4 SONS OF ANARCHY-12/01/2009 NA TRIBLOIDI FX .T….. 10:00 PM 91 2.3 7 2985
5 THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER-12/05/2009 1013 SPIKE …..S. 9:00 PM 180 2.1 6 2757
6 COLL FTBALL-THUR NIGHT L-12/03/2009 OREGON ST/OREGON ESPN …T… 8:53 PM 208 1.9 6 2562
7 MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN L-11/30/2009 ESPN M…… 7:00 PM 89 1.7 6 2293
8 WWE ENTERTAINMENT-11/30/2009 WWE RAW USA M…… 9:00 PM 60 1.7 4 2212
9 WWE ENTERTAINMENT-11/30/2009 WWE RAW USA M…… 10:00 PM 67 1.6 4 2121
10 WHITE COLLAR-12/04/2009 1007 FREE FALL USA ….F.. 10:00 PM 60 1.6 5 2119

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