`Monday Night Football' tops TV cable ratings
By The Associated Press
Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Nov. 10-16. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:
1. NFL Football: San Francisco vs. Arizona (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 8.68 million homes, 11.87 million viewers.
2. "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), Comedy Central, 4.03 million homes, 6.61 million viewers.
3. Movie: "ICarly Movie: Go to Japan" (Monday, 7 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.45 million homes, 4.83 million viewers.
4. "Hannah Montana" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 3.37 million homes, 4.61 million viewers.
5. College Football: Mississippi St. vs. Alabama (Saturday, 7:41 p.m.), ESPN, 3.25 million homes, 4.95 million viewers.
6. "NCIS" (Tuesday, 7 p.m.), USA, 3.25 million homes, 4.28 million viewers.
7. Movie: "The Two Mr. Kissels" (Saturday, 9 p.m.), Lifetime, 3.24 million homes, 4.16 million viewers.
8. NFL Football: N.Y. Jets vs. New England (Thursday, 8:16 p.m.), NFL Network, 3.13 million homes, 4.41 million viewers.
9. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.12 million homes, 4.59 million viewers.
10. "ICarly" (Monday, 6 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.1 million homes, 4.09 million viewers.
11. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.05 million homes, 4.68 million viewers.
12. "The O'Reilly Factor" (Monday, 8 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 3 million homes, 4.03 million viewers.
13. "ICarly" (Monday, 6:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.966 million homes, 4.02 million viewers.
14. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.964 million homes, 3.82 million viewers.
15. Movie: "ICarly Movie: Go to Japan" (Tuesday, 4 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.95 million homes, 3.96 million viewers.
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ESPN and The Disney Channel are owned by the Walt Disney Co. Fox News Channel is owned by News Corp.; Nickelodeon and Comedy Central are owned by Viacom Inc. USA is owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal; Lifetime is a joint venture between the Hearst Corp. and Disney; The NFL Network is owned by NFL Enterprises LLC.
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