ESPN's `MNF' Tops Weekly Cable Ratings

By The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Thursday, December 21, 2006; 1:28 PM

-- Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Dec. 11-17. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses.

1. NFL Football: Chicago vs. St. Louis (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 8.49 million homes, 11.18 million viewers.

2. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.56 million homes, 5.08 million viewers.

3. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.35 million homes, 4.65 million viewers.

4. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.34 million homes, 4.08 million viewers.

5. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.06 million homes, 3.85 million viewers.

6. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.05 million homes, 3.8 million viewers.

7. NFL Football: Dallas vs. Atlanta (Saturday, 8:04 p.m.), NFLN, 2.93 million homes, 4.14 million viewers.

8. Movie: "The Parent Trap" (Friday 9 p.m.), Disney, 2.8 million homes, 3.65 million viewers.

9. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.79 million homes, 3.74 million viewers.

9. Movie: "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), TBS, 2.79 million homes, 4.24 million viewers.

11. Movie: "The Road to Christmas" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), Lifetime, 2.71 million homes, 3.41 million viewers.

12. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Thursday, 5 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.65 million homes, 3.79 million viewers.

13. "Nip/Tuck" (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), FX, 2.61 million homes, 3.37 million viewers.

14. "The True Adventures of Drake & Josh" (Thursday, 5:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6 million homes, 3.67 million viewers.

15. Movie: "The Santa Clause" (Saturday, 9 p.m.), Disney, 2.59 million homes, 4.04 million viewers.

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ESPN and ABC Family are owned by The Walt Disney Co. Lifetime is a joint venture between Hearst Corp. and Disney. USA Network is owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal. Nickelodeon is owned by Viacom Inc. TBS is owned by Time Warner Inc. FX is owned by News Corp.

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