Top Cable Shows (18-49) – Week of 4/12/10
By | April 23, 2010
The return of Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” landed the trophy for cable viewership among 18-49s (Live+SD) during the week of Apr 12-18, earning 2.71mln in the demo. An hour of WWE on USA took 2nd while combining with the weekly event’s previous segment, in 7th, to avg 2.32mln. Comedy Central’s “South Park” (2.45mln) notched 3rd and History’s “Pawn Stars” (2.27mln) 4th, followed by a pair of NBA playoff telecasts, 1 each on TNT (2.15mln) and ESPN (2.14mln). Completing the top 10 were 2 eps of “Family Guy” on TBS that averaged 2mln 18-49s and an installment of Discovery Channel’s “Life” (1.93mln). (Data provided by Nielsen)
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| PROGRAMS | TELECASTS | EPISODE TITLE | ORIG | DAY(S) | S TIME | R DUR | P18-49 | P18-49 | P18-49 | |||
| RANK | Live+SD US AA% | Live+SD US SHR | Live+SD AA(000) | |||||||||
| 1 | DEADLIEST CATCH-04/13/2010 | SLOW BURN | DISC | .T….. | 9:00 PM | 61 | 2.1 | 5 | 2714 | |||
| 2 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT-04/12/2010 | WWE RAW | USA | M…… | 10:00 PM | 64 | 1.9 | 6 | 2499 | |||
| 3 | SOUTH PARK-04/14/2010 | SOUTHPARK 1405 | CMDY | ..W…. | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1.9 | 5 | 2451 | |||
| 4 | PAWN STARS-04/12/2010 | BOW LEGGED | HIST | M…… | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1.7 | 5 | 2267 | |||
| 5 | NBA PLAYOFFS-04/18/2010 | SPURS/MAVERICKS | TNT | ……S | 8:18 PM | 155 | 1.6 | 4 | 2150 | |||
| 6 | NBA PLAYOFFS-1ST RD L-04/17/2010 | HEAT/CELTICS | ESPN | …..S. | 8:05 PM | 176 | 1.6 | 6 | 2144 | |||
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT-04/12/2010 | WWE RAW | USA | M…… | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1.6 | 4 | 2135 | |||
| 8 | FAMILY GUY-04/18/2010 | ADSM | ……S | 11:00 PM | 30 | 1.6 | 5 | 2082 | ||||
| 9 | LIFE-04/18/2010 | PRIMATES | DISC | ……S | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1.5 | 4 | 1929 | |||
| 10 | FAMILY GUY-04/13/2010 | ADSM | .T….. | 11:30 PM | 30 | 1.5 | 6 | 1916 | ||||
