For a 2nd consecutive week and this time with a 1.49mln, Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” led cable in time-shifted viewership (live+7) differential during the week of May 17-23. Lifetime’s “Army Wives” (1.33mln) followed, then USA’s “In Plain Sight” (1.33mln) and FX’s “Justified” (1.31mln). MTV’s “The Hills” (972K) took 5th, Syfy’s “Stargate Universe” (904K) 6th and Bravo’s “Real Housewives of NYC” (862K) 7th. Completing the top 10 were Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters” (861K), E!’s “Kendra” (775K) and Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters” (762K). (Data provided by Nielsen)     

05/17/2010-05/23/2010
TOTAL-05/17/2010
PROGRAMS TELECASTS EPISODE TITLE ORIG DAY(S) S TIME R DUR P2+ P2+ P2+ P2+ Absolute Diff
Live US AA% Live+7 US AA% Live AA(000) Live+7 AA(000)
1 DEADLIEST CATCH-05/18/2010 FALSE PASS DISC .T….. 9:00 PM 61 0.9 1.4 2716 4202 1486
2 ARMY WIVES-05/23/2010 1007 LIF ……S 10:00 PM 60 0.7 1.2 2170 3500 1330
3 IN PLAIN SIGHT-05/19/2010 308 SON OF MANN USA ..W…. 10:00 PM 60 0.9 1.3 2525 3851 1326
4 JUSTIFIED-05/18/2010 HAMMER FX .T….. 10:00 PM 62 0.6 1 1728 3042 1314
5 HILLS, THE SSN 6-05/18/2010 604 MTV .T….. 10:00 PM 30 0.6 1 1808 2780 972
6 STARGATE UNIVERSE-05/21/2010 118 SUBVERSION SYFY ….F.. 9:00 PM 60 0.4 0.7 1085 1989 904
7 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC-05/20/2010 312 SUN, SAND AND PSYCHOSIS BRVO …T… 10:00 PM 60 0.7 1 1948 2810 862
8 MYTHBUSTERS-05/19/2010 MYTHBUSTERS DISC ..W…. 9:00 PM 60 0.5 0.8 1497 2358 861
9 KENDRA-05/23/2010 212 ENT ……S 10:00 PM 30 0.5 0.7 1403 2178 775
10 TOP CHEF MASTERS-05/19/2010 207 TAILGATING BRVO ..W…. 10:00 PM 60 0.2 0.5 723 1485 762

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