2 hours of WWE entertainment on USA led cable in viewership among 18-49s (Live+SD) during the week of Jan 11-17, but 2 eps of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” were close behind. The wrestling averaged 2.67mln in the demo while the popular and controversial reality series averaged 2.44mln. Ensuing were 5 eps of “Family Guy” on Adult Swim that averaged 1.84mln 18-49s, and TNT’s “Leverage” (1.71mln) snuck onto the list to claim 9th. (Data provided by Nielsen)

01/11/2010-01/17/2010
TOTAL-01/11/2010
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-01/11/2010 WWE RAW USA M…… 10:00 PM 69 2.1 6 2721
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT-01/11/2010 WWE RAW USA M…… 9:00 PM 60 2.1 5 2707
3 JERSEY SHORE-01/14/2010 108 MTV …T… 11:00 PM 60 2 7 2633
4 JERSEY SHORE-01/14/2010 107 MTV …T… 10:00 PM 60 1.7 5 2241
5 FAMILY GUY-01/11/2010 ADSM M…… 11:00 PM 30 1.5 5 1998
6 FAMILY GUY-01/17/2010 ADSM ……S 11:00 PM 30 1.5 5 1954
7 FAMILY GUY-01/11/2010 ADSM M…… 11:30 PM 30 1.4 5 1797
8 FAMILY GUY-01/13/2010 ADSM ..W…. 11:30 PM 30 1.3 5 1771
9 LEVERAGE-01/13/2010 209 RUNWAY JOB, THE TNT ..W…. 10:00 PM 60 1.3 4 1714
10 FAMILY GUY-01/12/2010 ADSM .T….. 11:30 PM 30 1.3 5 1681

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