October 15, 2007
Top 50 Basic Cable Programs, Sept. ’07
Basic cable programs ranked by household delivery.
By Steve Goldstein
SEPTEMBER 2007
AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
RANK
DATE
PROGRAM
NET
TIME
CABLE UNIVERSE RATING
HH (000)
1
9/17/07
Redskins/Eagles
ESPN
08:30P-11:52P
9.1
8735
2
9/10/07
Bengals/Ravens
ESPN
07:00P-10:30P
8.6
8293
3
9/24/07
Titans/Saints
ESPN
08:30P-11:43P
8.6
8290
4
9/10/07
The Closer
TNT
09:00P-10:00P
7.6
7337
5
9/10/07
49ers/Cardinals
ESPN
10:30P-01:45A
6.9
6667
6
9/3/07
The Closer
TNT
09:00P-10:00P
6.7
6462
7
8/27/07
The Closer
TNT
09:00P-10:00P
6.6
6311
8
9/3/07
Florida State/Clemson
ESPN
08:00P-11:49P
5.0
4842
9
9/9/07
2007 Video Music Awards
MTV
09:00P-11:12P
4.8
4596
10
9/10/07
Saving Grace
TNT
10:00P-11:00P
4.5
4322
11
9/2/07
NASCAR Nextel Cup
ESPN
08:00P-12:15A
4.4
4207
12
9/10/07
WWE Entertainment
USA
10:00P-11:05P
4.3
4110
13
8/27/07
Bengals/Falcons
ESPN
08:00P-11:07P
4.1
3984
14
9/30/07
High School Musical 2
DSNY
08:00P-09:55P
4.2
3936
15
9/3/07
Saving Grace
TNT
10:00P-11:00P
4.1
3936
16
9/14/07
Monk
USA
09:00P-10:00P
4.1
3908
17
9/3/07
WWE Entertainment
USA
10:00P-11:08P
4.0
3866
18
8/27/07
Saving Grace
TNT
10:00P-11:00P
4.0
3846
19
9/7/07
Monk
USA
09:00P-10:00P
3.8
3694
20
9/13/07
Burn Notice
USA
10:00P-11:00P
3.8
3640
21
9/28/07
Sky High
DSNY
09:00P-10:45P
3.8
3619
22
9/10/07
WWE Entertainment
USA
09:00P-10:00P
3.8
3606
23
9/29/07
Sky High
DSNY
12:00P-01:45P
3.8
3586
24
8/27/07
The Hills
MTV
10:00P-10:30P
3.7
3532
25
9/21/07
Hannah Montana
DSNY
08:30P-09:00P
3.7
3527
26
9/29/07
College Football Saturday
ESPN
08:03P-11:30P
3.6
3485
27
9/17/07
Saving Grace
TNT
10:00P-11:00P
3.6
3476
28
9/30/07
Rock of Love
VH1
09:00P-10:00P
3.6
3461
29
9/8/07
High School Musical 2
DSNY
08:00P-10:20P
3.6
3440
30
9/16/07
Yankees/Red Sox
ESPN
08:00P-11:25P
3.5
3398
31
9/20/07
Burn Notice
USA
09:00P-11:00P
3.5
3371
32
9/14/07
Psych
USA
10:00P-11:00P
3.5
3354
33
9/8/07
College Football Saturday
ESPN
05:50P-09:21P
3.5
3327
34
9/17/07
WWE Entertainment
USA
10:00P-11:06P
3.5
3318
35
9/3/07
WWE Entertainment
USA
09:00P-10:00P
3.4
3309
36
9/24/07
WWE Entertainment
USA
09:00P-10:00P
3.4
3307
37
9/24/07
WWE Entertainment
USA
10:00P-11:06P
3.4
3303
38
9/7/07
Psych
USA
10:00P-11:00P
3.4
3257
39
9/2/07
SpongeBob
NICK
09:30A-10:00A
3.4
3240
40
9/10/07
The Hills
MTV
10:00P-10:30P
3.4
3238
41
9/22/07
College Football Saturday
ESPN
07:40P-11:24P
3.3
3190
42
9/21/07
Freaky Friday (2003)
DSNY
09:00P-10:45P
3.3
3153
43
9/3/07
The Hills
MTV
10:00P-10:30P
3.3
3145
44
9/8/07
SpongeBob
NICK
09:30A-10:00A
3.2
3111
45
8/27/07
WWE Entertainment
SCIF
10:00P-11:00P
3.3
3082
46
9/3/07
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
DSNY
07:30P-08:00P
3.3
3070
47
9/8/07
UFC 75: Champ vs. Champ
SPK
09:00P-12:11A
3.2
3064
48
9/30/07
High School Musical
DSNY
06:00P-07:55P
3.2
3054
49
9/17/07
WWE Entertainment
USA
09:00P-10:00P
3.2
3039
50
9/16/07
Drake & Josh
NICK
08:00P-08:30P
3.2
3030
AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
NET
CABLE UNIVERSE RATING
HH (000)
Source: Turner Entertainment Research and Disney Media Networks Group, from Nielsen Media Research data.
ESPN
2.5
2384
DSNY
2.2
2120
TNT
1.9
1868
USA
1.9
1854
TBSC
1.4
1356
LIF
1.2
1175
FOXN
1.2
1106
HGTV
1.1
1066
TOON
1.1
1053
NAN
1.0
984
SPK
1.0
984
A&E
1.0
979
CORT
1.0
938
FX
1.0
935
MTV
1.0
934
SCIF
1.0
911
HALL
1.1
903
DISC
0.9
888
HIST
0.8
764
AMC
0.8
763
CMDY
0.8
762
FAM
0.8
759
ESP2
0.8
730
TLC
0.8
720
TVLD
0.8
703
VH1
0.7
657
CNN
0.6
612
FOOD
0.6
575
BRAV
0.6
503
BET
0.6
483
MSNB
0.5
447
LMN
0.8
445
EN
0.5
443
APL
0.4
414
TRAV
0.4
351
HLN
0.3
330
CMT
0.4
316
NGC
0.4
274
SOAP
0.4
270
TDSN
0.4
254
WGNC
0.3
235
OXYG
0.3
232
TWC
0.2
201
TVGN
0.2
196
DHLT
0.3
183
WE
0.3
175
VS
0.2
172
CNBC
0.2
168
SPD
0.2
158
GSN
0.2
153
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