18-49s continued their cheering on cable for tag teams, tosses and trash talk during the week of Mar 2-8, as WWE content on USA again paced cable telecasts in delivery (live+SD) in the demo. A pair of WWE hours took 1st and 3rd, averaging 2.69mln, and was split by USA’s “Burn Notice” (2.74mln). MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew” (2.15mln) ensued, then came 2 eps of “Family Guy,” 1 each on Adult Swim (1.99mln) and TBS (1.95mln).TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8” (1.92mln) took 7th, a “House” ep (1.85mln) on USA 9th, and 2 additional “Family Guy” eps on Adult Swim notched 8th and 10th, averaging 1.87mln. 

03/02/2009-03/08/2009
TOTAL-03/02/2009
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 WWE ENTERTAINMENT-03/02/2009 WWE RAW USA M…… 10:00 PM 70 2.2 6 2866
2 BURN NOTICE-03/05/2009 216 LESSER EVIL USA …T… 10:00 PM 62 2.1 6 2738
3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT-03/02/2009 WWE RAW USA M…… 9:00 PM 60 1.9 4 2495
4 AMERICAS BEST DANCE CREW-03/05/2009 308 MTV …T… 10:00 PM 66 1.6 5 2149
5 FAMILY GUY-03/03/2009 ADSM .T….. 11:30 PM 30 1.5 6 1987
6 FAMILY GUY-03/03/2009 TBSC .T….. 9:30 PM 30 1.5 4 1946
7 JON & KATE PLUS 8-03/02/2009 TLC M…… 9:00 PM 31 1.5 3 1923
8 FAMILY GUY-03/08/2009 ADSM ……S 11:00 PM 30 1.4 4 1900
9 HOUSE-03/08/2009 7308H YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW USA ……S 10:00 PM 60 1.4 4 1850
10 FAMILY GUY-03/03/2009 ADSM .T….. 11:00 PM 30 1.4 5 1831

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