Nielsen Top Cable TV Show Ratings, Week Ending March 1

Yet again, USA’s WWE RAW dominated the weekly cable TV charts. According to Nielsen Media’s reports for the week ending on March 1, TNT’s The Closer came in second place. Coverage and analysis of President Barack Obama’s congressional address occupied five of the top ten slots. Burn Notice fell to seventh place for the week.

1. WWE Entertainment - USA
2. The Closer - TNT
3. WWE Entertainment - USA
4. Presidential Address/Analysis - FOXN
5. Obama Congressional Address - CNN
6. Obama Address to Congress - FOXN
7. Burn Notice - USA
8. SR/Obama Congressional Analysis - CNN
9. Presidential Address/GOP Response - FOXN
10. NCIS - USA

In children’s programming, SpongeBob SquarePants continued to fare well. Filling two slots in the top twenty, SpongeBob beat Hannah Montana, which barely made the cut in 18th place.

In overall network viewership, USA and Nickelodeon led in weekly ratings. Reaching an average of 2.4 million viewers, USA was cable television’s #1 network. Taking the #1 spot for Total Day cable viewership, Nickelodeon dominated with 1.6 million. Below are the same day weekend ratings for February 28:

• P2+ Total Day
• FNC –1,128,000 viewers
• CNN –599,000 viewers
• MSNBC – 342,000 viewers
• CNBC – 420,000 viewers
• HLN – 270,000 viewers

• P2+ Prime Time
• FNC –1,690,000 viewers
• CNN – 524,000 viewers
• MSNBC –393,000 viewers
• CNBC – 446,000 viewers
• HLN – 306,000 viewers

• 25-54 Total Day
• FNC – 290,000 viewers
• CNN – 182,000 viewers
• MSNBC – 145,000 viewers
• CNBC – 211,000 viewers
• HLN – 116,000 viewers

• 25-54 Prime Time
• FNC – 285,000 viewers
• CNN – 188,000 viewers
• MSNBC – 168,000 viewers
• CNBC – 222,000 viewers
• HLN – 129,000 viewers

• 35-64 Total Day
• FNC – 492,000 viewers
• CNN –264,000 viewers
• MSNBC – 192,000 viewers
• CNBC – 221,000 viewers
• HLN – 136,000 viewers

• 35-64 Prime Time
• FNC – 546,000 viewers
• CNN – 236,000 viewers
• MSNBC – 211,000 viewers
• CNBC – 245,000 viewers
• HLN – 150,000 viewers