Top DVRed Cable Shows – Week of 8/23/10
By | September 17, 2010
USA’s sizzling summer trio of originals led cable in time-shifted viewership (live+7) differential during the week of Aug 23-29, led by “Covert Affairs” (2.93mln) and including “Royal Pains” (2.91mln) and “Burn Notice” (2.79mln). Next was TNT’s “Rizzoli & Isles” (2.76mln), which barely nipped HBO’s “True Blood” (2.76mln) in the metric. TNT’s “The Closer” (2.42mln) kicked off spots 6-10, ahead of USA’s “White Collar” (2.31mln) and Lifetime’s “Project Runway” (2.22mln), while HBO’s “Break” (2.16mln) and TNT’s “Leverage” (2.03mln) completed the top 10. (Data provided by Nielsen)
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| 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 | COVERT AFFAIRS-08/24/2010 | 107 COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN | USA | .T….. | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4984 | 7909 | 2925 | |
| 2 | ROYAL PAINS-08/26/2010 | 212 OPEN UP YOUR YENTA MOUTH AND SAY AH | USA | …T… | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 5231 | 8139 | 2908 | |
| 3 | BURN NOTICE-08/26/2010 | 412 GUILTY AS CHARGED | USA | …T… | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 5307 | 8092 | 2785 | |
| 4 | RIZZOLI & ISLES-08/23/2010 | 104 BORN TO RUN | TNT | M…… | 10:00 PM | 60 | 2.1 | 3 | 5996 | 8759 | 2763 | |
| 5 | TRUE BLOOD-08/29/2010 | 35:FRESH BLOOD | HBOM | ……S | 9:04 PM | 49 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3626 | 6382 | 2756 | |
| 6 | CLOSER, THE-08/23/2010 | 607 JUMP THE GUN | TNT | M…… | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 6026 | 8450 | 2424 | |
| 7 | WHITE COLLAR-08/24/2010 | 2008 PRISONERS DILEMMA | USA | .T….. | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3741 | 6047 | 2306 | |
| 8 | PROJECT RUNWAY-08/26/2010 | 0305 | LIF | …T… | 9:00 PM | 90 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2432 | 4648 | 2216 | |
| 9 | BREAK-08/29/2010 | HBOM | ……S | 9:53 PM | 8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3195 | 5357 | 2162 | ||
| 10 | LEVERAGE-08/29/2010 | 312 KING GEORGE JOB, THE | TNT | ……S | 9:00 PM | 60 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2218 | 4250 | 2032 | |
