Top Cable Shows – Week of 6/21/10
By | July 2, 2010
BET’s “BET Awards ‘10” led cable during the week of June 21-27 among 18-49s by delivering 4.01mln in the demo. HBO’s “True Blood,” deposed from the top spot after a multi-week run, took 2nd with 3.32mln, and was followed by ESPN’s coverage of the Algeria-US World Cup match (2.92mln) and Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” (2.91mln). 5th and 6th went to a pair of “Pawn Stars” eps on History that averaged 2.66mln, 7th to an hour of WWE action on USA with 2.56mln. Completing the top 10 were ESPN’s Germany-England match (2.38mln), a 60min block of content following BET’s awards show (2.33mln) and an additional hour of WWE on USA (2.32mln). (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 | BET AWARDS SHOW-06/27/2010 | BET AWARDS 10 | BET | ……S | 8:00 PM | 207 | 3 | 9 | 4006 | |||
| 2 | TRUE BLOOD-06/27/2010 | 27:IT HURTS ME TOO | HBOM | ……S | 9:01 PM | 58 | 2.5 | 7 | 3320 | |||
| 3 | WORLD CUP SOCCER L-06/23/2010 | UNITED STATES/ALGERIA | ESPN | ..W…. | 9:30 AM | 153 | 2.2 | 17 | 2917 | |||
| 4 | DEADLIEST CATCH-06/22/2010 | BLOWN OFF COURSE | DISC | .T….. | 9:00 PM | 61 | 2.2 | 6 | 2905 | |||
| 5 | PAWN STARS-06/21/2010 | DEALS FROM HELL | HIST | M…… | 10:30 PM | 30 | 2 | 6 | 2685 | |||
| 6 | PAWN STARS-06/21/2010 | AW SHUCKS! | HIST | M…… | 10:00 PM | 30 | 2 | 6 | 2619 | |||
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT-06/21/2010 | WWE RAW | USA | M…… | 10:00 PM | 69 | 1.9 | 6 | 2558 | |||
| 8 | WORLD CUP SOCCER L-06/27/2010 | GERMANY/ENGLAND | ESPN | ……S | 9:30 AM | 149 | 1.8 | 11 | 2376 | |||
| 9 | BET AWARDS 10 AFTERPARTY-06/27/2010 | THE SWAGGA CONTNUES | BET | ……S | 11:27 PM | 60 | 1.8 | 7 | 2328 | |||
| 10 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT-06/21/2010 | WWE RAW | USA | M…… | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1.8 | 5 | 2324 | |||