Cable TV Ratings - 4/5/09

For the week ending on April 5, USA Network landed the top five positions thanks to NCIS and WWE RAW. The second-place network, Nickelodeon, occupied positions six through eight with Penguins of Madagascar. SpongeBob SquarePants held a top ten presence, barely, as the week’s tenth most-watched TV program. According to Nielsen Media’s Cable TV ratings, the hit children’s program grabbed three of the top twenty positions for the week. This is a dramatic decrease in viewership, as SpongeBob SquarePants (including one airing of the SpongeBob Movie) held nine of the top twenty slots last week!

Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor delivered an impressive audience, filling four of the top twenty slots. The O’Reilly Factor made the top ten, as the nation’s ninth most-watched TV program for the week.

According to Nielsen Media, cable TV ratings for the week ending on April 5 were as follows:

1. WWE Entertainment - USA
2. WWE Entertainment - USA
3. NCIS - USA
4. NCIS - USA
5. NCIS - USA
6. Penguins of Madagascar - NICK
7. Penguins of Madagascar - NICK
8. Penguins of Madagascar - NICK
9. The O’Reilly Factor - FOXN
10. SpongeBob SquarePants - NICK
11. SpongeBob SquarePants - NICK
12. The Parent Trap - DSNY
13. SpongeBob SquarePants - NICK
14. The O’Reilly Factor - FOXN
15. NCIS - USA
16. Penguins of Madagascar - NICK
17. NCIS - USA
18. The O’Reilly Factor - FOXN
19. NCIS - USA
20. The O’Reilly Factor - FOXN

Why is there so much hype surrounding Nickelodeon’s new program, The Penguins of Madagascar? The CGI animated TV series, starring the Penguins from the film Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, premiered on March 28, 2009. The Penguins of Madagascar is the first series that Nickelodeon has produced with DreamWorks Animation. The show’s debut delivered 6.1 million viewers.