Top Cable Shows (18-49) – Week of 4/19/10
By | April 30, 2010
While NFL franchises were busy picking future players, ESPN’s prime coverage of the league’s ‘10 draft thumped the competition in cable viewership among 18-49s (Live+SD) during the week of Apr 19-25, delivering 4.24mln in the demo. History’s “America the Story of US” (2.59mln) notched 2nd, History’s “Pawn Stars” (2.58mln) 3rd and Comedy Central’s “South Park” (2.47mln) 4th. 4 of the remaining 6 slots belonged to NBA playoff action, including 1 game on ESPN (2.37mln) and a trio on TNT that averaged 2.24mln. 2 additional eps of History’s “Pawn Stars” completed the top 10 and averaged 2.24mln. (Data provided by Nielsen)
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| 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 | NFL DRAFT L-04/22/2010 | ROUND 1 | ESPN | …T… | 7:30 PM | 230 | 3.2 | 10 | 4236 | |||
| 2 | AMERICA THE STORY OF US-04/25/2010 | REBELS/REVOLUTION | HIST | ……S | 9:00 PM | 115 | 2 | 5 | 2587 | |||
| 3 | PAWN STARS-04/25/2010 | THE BRITISH ARE COMING | HIST | ……S | 8:30 PM | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2577 | |||
| 4 | SOUTH PARK-04/21/2010 | SOUTHPARK 1406 | CMDY | ..W…. | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1.9 | 5 | 2472 | |||
| 5 | NBA PLAYOFFS-1ST RD L-04/24/2010 | LAKERS/THUNDER | ESPN | …..S. | 9:35 PM | 169 | 1.8 | 6 | 2369 | |||
| 6 | NBA PLAYOFFS-04/20/2010 | THUNDER/LAKERS | TNT | .T….. | 10:42 PM | 177 | 1.7 | 7 | 2293 | |||
| 7 | PAWN STARS-04/19/2010 | HELL WEEK | HIST | M…… | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1.7 | 5 | 2258 | |||
| 8 | NBA PLAYOFFS-04/19/2010 | BULLS/CAVALIERS | TNT | M…… | 8:05 PM | 156 | 1.7 | 5 | 2253 | |||
| 9 | PAWN STARS-04/25/2010 | ZZZZZZ | HIST | ……S | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1.7 | 5 | 2210 | |||
| 10 | NBA PLAYOFFS-04/22/2010 | LAKERS/THUNDER | TNT | …T… | 9:48 PM | 159 | 1.7 | 5 | 2186 | |||