USA’s “Royal Pains” again topped cable in time-shifted viewership (live+7) differential during the week of Jun 28-July 4, delivering a 2.52mln differential. Sibling net “Burn Notice” (2.44mln) took the silver while Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” (1.96mln) took the bronze. Following were USA’s “In Plain Sight” (1.81mln), TV Land’s frosh original “Hot in Cleveland” (1.72mln) and Bravo’s “Top Chef” (1.61mln). ABC Family’s “Pretty Little Liars” (1.40mln) and “Secret Life of the American Teenager” (1.31mln) notched 7th and 8th, and History’s “Pawn Stars” (1.28mln) and TNT’s new original “Memphis Beat” (1.28mln) polished off the top 10. (Data provided by Nielsen)     

06/28/2010-07/04/2010
TOTAL-06/28/2010
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 ROYAL PAINS-07/01/2010 202 MANO A MANO USA …T… 10:00 PM 61 1.5 2.4 4488 7006 2518
2 BURN NOTICE-07/01/2010 405 NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH USA …T… 9:00 PM 60 1.5 2.3 4345 6782 2437
3 DEADLIEST CATCH-06/29/2010 EMPTY THRONE DISC .T….. 9:00 PM 61 1.4 2.1 4184 6144 1960
4 IN PLAIN SIGHT-06/30/2010 313 A PRIEST WALKS INTO A BAR USA ..W…. 10:00 PM 60 1.1 1.8 3358 5168 1810
5 HOT IN CLEVELAND-06/30/2010 103- BIRTHDATES TVL ..W…. 10:00 PM 28 0.8 1.4 2468 4192 1724
6 TOP CHEF-06/30/2010 703 CAPITOL GRILL BRVO ..W…. 9:00 PM 60 0.5 1 1352 2958 1606
7 PRETTY LITTLE LIARS-06/29/2010 104 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW FAM .T….. 8:00 PM 60 0.5 1 1516 2916 1400
8 SECRET LIFE/AMERICAN TEEN-06/28/2010 304 GOODBYE, AMY JUERGENS FAM M…… 8:00 PM 60 0.8 1.2 2248 3561 1313
9 PAWN STARS-06/28/2010 STRIKE, SPARE, BOOM HIST M…… 10:30 PM 30 1.7 2.1 4984 6265 1281
10 MEMPHIS BEAT-06/29/2010 102 BABY, LETS PLAY HOUSE TNT .T….. 10:00 PM 60 1.3 1.7 3678 4958 1280

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