The Sheep Look Up

By The Associated Press | Published: 04/28/10 at 2:59 PM | Updated: 04/28/10 at 4:10 PM

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of April 19-25. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:

1. NFL Draft, Round One (Thursday, 7:30 p.m.), ESPN, 5.27 million homes, 7.29 million viewers.
2. “America The Story of Us” (Sunday, 9 p.m.), History, 3.89 million homes, 5.67 million viewers.
3. “Pawn Stars” (Sunday, 8:30 p.m.), History, 3.81 million homes, 5.35 million viewers.
4. “NCIS” (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.317 million homes, 4.46 million viewers.
5. “Pawn Star” (Sunday, 8 p.m.), History, 3.311 million homes, 4.54 million viewers.
6. “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.299 million homes, 4.51 million viewers.
7. “NCIS” (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.298 million homes, 4.3 million viewers.
8. “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Thursday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.23 million homes, 4.75 million viewers.
9. “Pawn Stars” (Monday, 10 p.m.), History, 3.15 million homes, 4.28 million viewers.
10. NBA Playoffs: L.A. Lakers vs. Oklahoma City (Saturday, 9:35 p.m.), 3.1 million homes, 4.16 million viewers.
11. “WWE Raw” (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.09 million homes, 4.19 million viewers.
12. “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.05 million homes, 4.31 million viewers.
13. “Project Runway” (Thursday, 10 p.m.), Lifetime, 3.03 million homes, 3.8 million viewers.
14. “WWE Raw” (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.1 million homes, 4.83 million viewers.
15. NBA Playoffs: Chicago vs. Cleveland (Monday, 8:05 p.m.), TNT, 2.93 million homes, 3.9 million viewers.

ESPN is owned by the Walt Disney Co. Nickelodeon is owned by Viacom Inc. USA is owned by General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal. TNT is owned by Time Warner Inc. CNN is owned by Time Warner Inc. Lifetime is a joint venture between the Hearst Corp. and Disney. History is owned by the A&E Television Networks.

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