Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” is on a roll, leading cable in time-shifted viewership (live+7) differential for a 3rd consecutive week, this time during the week of May 24-30 and with a 1.25mln. FX’s “Justified” (1.13mln) followed, then Bravo’s “Real Housewives of NYC” (1.01mln), MTV’s “The Hills” (948K) and E!’s “Kendra” (944K). AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (894K) notched 6th, Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters” (856K) 7th and Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New Jersey” (771K) 8th. USA’s “Law & Order: CI” (760K) and TNT’s “Saving Grace” (689K) completed the top 10. (Data provided by Nielsen)     

05/24/2010-05/30/2010
TOTAL-05/24/2010
RANK 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-05/25/2010 WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER DISC .T….. 9:00 PM 61 0.9 1.4 2701 3955 1254
2 JUSTIFIED-05/25/2010 VFW FX .T….. 10:00 PM 62 0.5 0.9 1565 2692 1127
3 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC-05/27/2010 313 SHUNBURN BRVO …T… 10:00 PM 61 0.7 1.1 2138 3148 1010
4 HILLS, THE SSN 6-05/25/2010 605 MTV .T….. 10:00 PM 30 0.6 0.9 1627 2575 948
5 KENDRA-05/30/2010 213 ENT ……S 10:00 PM 30 0.5 0.8 1333 2277 944
6 BREAKING BAD-05/30/2010 311 ABIQUIU AMC ……S 10:00 PM 62 0.4 0.7 1037 1931 894
7 TOP CHEF MASTERS-05/26/2010 208 FOOD OF THE GODS BRVO ..W…. 10:00 PM 60 0.3 0.6 946 1802 856
8 REAL HSWIVES OF NJ-05/24/2010 204 BABIES BUBBLES BUBBIES BRVO M…… 10:00 PM 61 0.7 0.9 1902 2673 771
9 LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG)-05/25/2010 9009 TRAFFIC USA .T….. 10:00 PM 60 0.9 1.2 2666 3426 760
10 SAVING GRACE-05/24/2010 313 I KILLED KRISTIN TNT M…… 10:00 PM 60 0.5 0.7 1320 2009 689

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