ABC Family’s “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” (1.23mln) stepped up to lead cable in time-shifted viewership (live+7) differential from Mar 23-29, leading Comedy Central’s “South Park” (1.10mln) and 2 eps of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8” that averaged 914K. Comedy Central’s “Important Things” (697K) took 5th, Nickelodeon’s “Penguins of Madagascar” (686K) 6th, and TNT’s “Saving Grace” (670K) 7th. Completing the top 10 were E!’s “The Soup” (661K), Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana” (612K) and Nick’s “Kids’ Choice Awards” (603K).

03/23/2009-03/29/2009
TOTAL-03/23/2009
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 SECRET LIFE/AMERICAN TEEN-03/23/2009 123 AND UNTO US, A CHILD IS BORN FAM M…… 8:00 PM 60 1.3 1.7 3831 5061 1230
2 SOUTH PARK-03/25/2009 1303 SOUTH PARK CMDY ..W…. 10:00 PM 30 0.8 1.2 2364 3461 1097
3 JON & KATE PLUS 8-03/23/2009 TLC M…… 9:30 PM 30 1.4 1.8 4174 5109 935
4 JON & KATE PLUS 8-03/23/2009 TLC M…… 9:00 PM 30 1.2 1.5 3562 4454 892
5 IMPORTANT THINGS-03/25/2009 DEMETRI-105 CMDY ..W…. 10:30 PM 29 0.6 0.9 1819 2516 697
6 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR-03/28/2009 NICK …..S. 9:35 PM 25 2 2.2 5755 6441 686
7 SAVING GRACE-03/23/2009 211 LIVE ONES, THE TNT M…… 10:00 PM 60 0.7 0.9 1889 2559 670
8 THE SOUP-03/27/2009 612 ENT ….F.. 10:00 PM 30 0.3 0.5 744 1405 661
9 HANNAH MONTANA-03/29/2009 YOU GIVE LUNCH A BAD NAME DSNY ……S 7:30 PM 30 1.1 1.3 3220 3832 612
10 S KIDS CHOICE 09-03/28/2009 NICK …..S. 8:00 PM 95 2.5 2.7 7363 7966 603

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