Nothing new at the very top of cable’s 18-49 delivery (live+SD) rankings during the week of Feb 2-8, as the 2nd hour of WWE on USA took the title for the 2nd straight week, with 2.66mln, and USA’s “Burn Notice” again notched runner-up status, with 2.41mln. A Lakers/Celtics battle on TNT was next with 2.38mln, followed by WWE’s 1st hour (2.35mln) and Bravo’s “Top Chef” (2.32mln). FX’s “Nip/Tuck” (2.02mln) kicked off the trailing 5 programs in 6th, ahead of 2 eps of “Family Guy” on TBS, both of which combined with a 10th-place ep to average 1.79mln. USA’s “Psych” (1.78mln) completed the top 10.

02/02/2009-02/08/2009
TOTAL-02/02/2009
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-02/02/2009 WWE RAW USA M…… 10:00 PM 66 2 5 2659
2 BURN NOTICE-02/05/2009 212 SEEK AND DESTROY USA …T… 10:00 PM 60 1.8 5 2408
3 NBA BASKETBALL-02/05/2009 LAKERS/CELTICS TNT …T… 8:16 PM 179 1.8 5 2384
4 WWE ENTERTAINMENT-02/02/2009 WWE RAW USA M…… 9:00 PM 60 1.8 4 2351
5 TOP CHEF-02/04/2009 511 LE BERNARDIN BRVO ..W…. 10:00 PM 60 1.8 5 2323
6 NIP TUCK-02/03/2009 RICKY WELLS FX .T….. 10:00 PM 62 1.5 4 2024
7 FAMILY GUY-02/08/2009 ADSM ……S 11:00 PM 30 1.4 4 1805
8 FAMILY GUY-02/03/2009 ADSM .T….. 11:30 PM 30 1.4 5 1794
9 PSYCH-02/06/2009 3013 TRUER LIES USA ….F.. 10:00 PM 60 1.3 4 1776
10 FAMILY GUY-02/03/2009 TBSC .T….. 9:30 PM 30 1.3 3 1756

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