Thursday, September 30, 2010

Sponge Bob: Still Going Strong

I thought this was interesting. Of the top 15 cable programs last week (Sep. 20-26), episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants held 6 of the slots, including #4 and #5. I kind of thought he had peaked about six years ago, but apparently he still has massive appeal.

1. NFL Football: New Orleans vs. San Francisco (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 10.9 million homes, 15.12 million viewers.

2. "Jersey Shore 2" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), MTV, 4.33 million homes, 5.95 million viewers.

3. "Pawn Stars" (Monday, 10:30 p.m.), History, 3.41 million homes, 4.67 million viewers.

4. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 11 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.29 million homes, 4.73 million viewers.

5. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.28 million homes, 4.5 million viewers.

6. "ICarly," (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.24 million homes, 5.2 million viewers.

7. "Sportscenter" (Monday, 11:58 p.m.), ESPN, 3.227 million homes, 3.93 million viewers.

8. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 11:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.221 million homes, 4.59 million viewers.

9. "Pawn Stars" (Monday, 10 p.m.), History, 3.19 million homes, 4.28 million viewers.

10. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.13 million homes, 4.16 million viewers.

11. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 10:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.117 million homes, 4.49 million viewers.

12. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.112 million homes, 4.34 million viewers.

13. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 2.81 million homes, 3.94 million viewers.

14. Auto Racing: NASCAR Sprint Cup, Dover (Sunday, 1 p.m.), ESPN, 2.8 million homes, 3.96 million viewers.

15. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 2.76 million homes, 3.9 million viewers.

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

That's why they couldn't do the top 10. They had to expand it to 15 so somebody besides SpongeBob could get in.