USA pinned its competition yet again among 18-49s (Live+SD), averaging 2.71mln in the demo over the usual 2 hours during the week of Apr 13-19 while garnering 2.2mln more for a special 8-9pm block, good for 5th. Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” took 3rd (2.60mln) and USA’s “In Plain Sight” 4th (2.27mln). Spots 6-8 were respectively filled by MTV’s “The Hills” (2.16mln), Comedy Central special “Ron White: Behavioral Problems” (2.02mln) and ABC Family original movie “My Fake Fiancee” (2.01mln), and USA’s “Law & Order: CI” (1.94mln) and Comedy Central’s “South Park” (1.93mln) completed the top 10. 

(Data compiled by Nielsen)

04/13/2009-04/19/2009
TOTAL-04/13/2009
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-04/13/2009 WWE RAW USA M…… 10:00 PM 66 2.1 6 2719
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT-04/13/2009 WWE RAW USA M…… 9:00 PM 60 2 5 2694
3 DEADLIEST CATCH-04/14/2009 EVERYTHING ON THE LINE DISC .T….. 9:00 PM 61 2 5 2600
4 IN PLAIN SIGHT-04/19/2009 201 GILTED LILY USA ……S 10:00 PM 60 1.7 5 2273
5 WWE ENTERTAINMENT-04/13/2009 WWE RAW USA M…… 8:00 PM 60 1.7 5 2196
6 HILLS, THE-04/13/2009 503 MTV M…… 10:00 PM 30 1.6 4 2163
7 RON WHITE: BEHAVIORAL-04/19/2009 BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS CMDY ……S 9:00 PM 60 1.5 4 2015
8 ABC FAMILY ORIGINAL MOVIE-04/19/2009 MY FAKE FIANCE PR FAM ……S 8:00 PM 120 1.5 4 2013
9 LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG)-04/19/2009 8009 PLAYING DEAD USA ……S 9:00 PM 60 1.5 4 1936
10 SOUTH PARK-04/15/2009 1306 SOUTH PARK CMDY ..W…. 10:00 PM 30 1.5 4 1934

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