USA's 'Burn Notice is No. 1 on cable television for the week of July 7-13

By The Associated Press

4:22 PM EDT, July 17, 2008

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of July 7-13. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:

1. "Burn Notice" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.86 million homes, 5.38 million viewers.

2. "In Plain Sight" (Sunday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.75 million homes, 5.08 million viewers.

3. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.64 million homes, 4.89 million viewers.

4. Auto Racing: Sprint Cup, Chicago (Saturday, 7:58 p.m.), TNT, 3.56 million homes, 5.12 million viewers.

5. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.49 million homes, 5.83 million viewers.

6. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.2 million homes, 5.05 million viewers.

7. Movie: "Picture This" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), ABC Family, 2.96 million homes, 4.27 million viewers.

8. "Law & Order: SVU" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), USA, 2.93 million homes, 3.81 million viewers.

9. "Army Wives" (Sunday, 10 p.m.), Lifetime, 2.885 million homes, 3.54 million viewers.

10. Movie: "Camp Rock" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 2.884 million homes, 4.05 million viewers.

11. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.77 million homes, 3.97 million viewers.

12. "Spongebob SquarePants" (Saturday, 12 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.75 million homes, 3.69 million viewers.

13. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Wednesday, 12 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.72 million homes, 3.83 million viewers.

14. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 12:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.69 million homes, 3.59 million viewers.

15. "Law & Order: SVU" (Sunday, 7 p.m.), USA, 2.68 million homes, 3.36 million viewers.

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Nickelodeon is owned by Viacom Inc. USA is owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal. TNT is owned by Time Warner Inc. Lifetime is a joint venture between the Hearst Corp. and the Walt Disney Co. The Disney Channel and ABC Family are owned by the Walt Disney Co. BET is owned by Viacom Inc.

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