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Nov 20, 11:04 AM EST

List of top 15 cable shows in Nielsen ratings

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Nov. 9-15. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:

1. NFL Football: Pittsburgh vs. Denver (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 11.35 million homes, 16 million viewers.

2. "ICarly" (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.44 million homes, 5.03 million viewers.

3. "SpongeBob Truth or Square" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.4 million homes, 4.65 million viewers.

4. "Suite Life on Deck" (Friday, 8:30 p.m.), Disney, 3.31 million homes, 4.77 million viewers.

5. "Penguins of Madagascar" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.219 million homes, 4.49 million viewers.

6. Movie: "ICarly Movie: Go to Japan" (Wednesday, 5 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.214 million homes, 4.47 million viewers

7. "White Collar" (Friday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.17 million homes, 4.27 million viewers.

8. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.15 million homes, 4.05 million viewers.

9. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), 3.148 million homes, 4.27 million viewers.

10. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.145 million homes, 4.43 million viewers.

11. "Sportscenter" (Monday, 11:41 p.m.), ESPN, 3.07 million homes, 4.01 million viewers.

12. "ICarly" (Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.06 million homes, 4.07 million viewers.

13. Movie: "ICarly Movie: Shelby Marx" (Wednesday, 7 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.05 million homes, 4.45 million viewers.

14. "Monk" (Friday, 9 p.m.), USA, 2.994 million homes, 4.38 million viewers.

14. "The O'Reilly Factor (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 2.994 million homes, 3.93 million viewers.

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ESPN and The Disney Channel are owned by the Walt Disney Co. Nickelodeon is owned by Viacom Inc. USA is owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal. Fox News Channel is owned by News Corp.

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