Top Cable Shows (18-49) – Week of 5/31/10
By | June 4, 2010
The NBA playoffs’ move to ABC helped MTV’s “2010 MTV Movie Awards” (2.98mln) easily lead cable among 18-49s during the week of May 31-June 6. USA’s “Burn Notice” (2.58mln) settled for 2nd while sibling series “Royal Pains” (2.36mln) took 3rd. USA notched the next 2 spots as well, with back-to-back hours of WWE action that averaged 2.33mln. Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” (2.05mln) joined the party in 6th, and was followed by 2 sporting events, game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Versus (2.04mln) and a NASCAR race on TNT (2.00mln). 2 eps of “Family Guy” on Adult Swim completed the top with an avg of 1.89mln. (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 | |||
| Live+SD US AA% | Live+SD US SHR | Live+SD AA(000) | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2010 MTV MOVIE AWARDS-06/06/2010 | MTV | ……S | 9:00 PM | 123 | 2.3 | 6 | 2975 | ||||
| 2 | BURN NOTICE-06/03/2010 | 402 FRIENDS AND ENEMIES | USA | …T… | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2 | 6 | 2575 | |||
| 3 | ROYAL PAINS-06/03/2010 | 203 SPASTICITY | USA | …T… | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1.8 | 5 | 2360 | |||
| 4 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT-05/31/2010 | WWE RAW | USA | M…… | 10:00 PM | 65 | 1.7 | 5 | 2302 | |||
| 5 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT-05/31/2010 | WWE RAW | USA | M…… | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1.6 | 4 | 2120 | |||
| 6 | DEADLIEST CATCH-06/01/2010 | WERE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE… | DISC | .T….. | 9:00 PM | 61 | 1.6 | 4 | 2049 | |||
| 7 | NHL STANLEY CUP L-06/02/2010 | PHIL-CHIC G3 | VS | ..W…. | 8:00 PM | 197 | 1.5 | 5 | 2038 | |||
| 8 | SPRINT CUP RACING/POCONO-06/06/2010 | TNT | ……S | 1:00 PM | 279 | 1.5 | 7 | 2003 | ||||
| 9 | FAMILY GUY-06/02/2010 | ADSM | ..W…. | 11:30 PM | 30 | 1.4 | 6 | 1888 | ||||
| 10 | FAMILY GUY-06/01/2010 | ADSM | .T….. | 11:30 PM | 30 | 1.4 | 6 | 1884 | ||||