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Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

I could have just put the picture of SpongeBob's smiling face (at least I think he's smiling) in this post and you could have figured out who ruled the cable ratings this week. And it wasn't just the regular show. In the top 10 we also see the Atlantis SquarePants special and something called Behind The Pantis, which sounds vaguely creepy. The only specials that didn't make the list are SpongeBob SquarePants: The Early Years and SpongeBob: May I Sleep With Danger?

1. Monday Night Football (ESPN)

Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

It's funny how cable is always seen as the varied, creative alternative to the shows that are on network television, but week after week it's always Monday Night Football and three or four episodes of SpongeBob in the top 10. And I still don't know why Monday Night RAW's two hour are considered two different hours in the ratings.

1. Monday Night Football (ESPN)

Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

1. NFL Football - Bengals vs. Ravens (ESPN)
2. The Closer (TNT)
3. NFL Football - 49s vs. Cardinals (ESPN)
4. Saving Grace (TNT)
5. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
6. Monk (USA)
7. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
8. Sunday Night Baseball - Red Sox vs. Yankees (ESPN)
9. Burn Notice (USA)
10. The Hills (MTV)

Here are the weekly cable rating, by number of viewers.

1. The Closer (TNT)
2. NFL Pre-season Game (ESPN)
3. High School Musical 2 (Disney)
4. Nextel Cup Bristol (ESPN)
5. Monk (USA)
6. Saving Grace (TNT)
7. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
8. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
9. Army Wives (Lifetime)
10. Spy Kids 3 (Disney)

Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

1. The Closer (TNT)
2. BET Awards (BET)
3. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
4. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
5. Nextel Cup (TNT)
6. Nextel Cup Post Game Show (TNT)
7. WWE Monday Night RAW - 8pm (USA)
8. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
9. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
10. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)

Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

1. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
2. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
3. Nextel Cup Michigan (TNT)
4. SpongeBob: The Movie (Nickelodeon)
5. WWE Monday Night RAW - 8pm (USA)
6. SpongeBob: The Movie (Nickelodeon)
7. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
8. Army Wives (Lifetime)
9. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
10. Mets/Yankees (ESPN)

Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

1. The Sopranos* (HBO)
2. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
3. House of Payne (TBS)
4. Nextel Cup Racing (TNT)
5. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
6. The Starter Wife (USA)
7. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
8. Shrek (TBS)
9. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
10. Ned's Declassified (Nickelodeon)

* After America's Got Talent, The Sopranos was the most watched show on TV last week, network or cable.

Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

1. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
2. NBA Playoffs - Pistons/Cavaliers (TNT)
3. NBA Playoffs - Pistons/Cavaliers (TNT)
4. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
5. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
6. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
7. NBA Playoffs - Pistons/Cavaliers (TNT)
8. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
9. NBA Playoffs - Spurs/Jazz (ESPN)
10. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)

Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

1. The Sopranos (HBO)
2. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
3. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
4. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
5. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
6. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
7. I Love New York (VH-1)
8. Charm School (VH-1)
9. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
10. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)

Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

1. The Sopranos (HBO)
2. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
3. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
4. I Love New York (VH-1)
5. Drake & Josh (Nickelodeon)
6. Charm School Trailer (VH-1)
7. Naked Brothers Band (Nickelodeon)
8. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
9. Fairly Odd Parents (Nickelodeon)
10. Planet Earth - Shallow Seas (Discovery)

Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.

1. Kid's Choice Awards (Nickelodeon)
2. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
3. Planet Earth - Ice Worlds (Discovery)
4. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
5. Planet Earth - Deserts (Discovery)
6. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
7. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
8. Pirates of the Carribean (USA)
9. Fairly Odd Parents (Nickelodeon)
10. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)

1. WWE Monday Night RAW - 10pm (USA)
2. Monk (USA)
3. WWE Monday Night RAW - 9pm (USA)
4. SpongeBob SquarePants - Sat, 9:30am (Nickelodeon)
5. Fairly Odd Parents - Sat, 10am (Nickelodeon)
6. Ned Declassified (Nickelodeon)
7. That's So Raven (Disney)
8. SpongeBob SquarePants - Sat, 9am (Nickelodeon)
9. SpongeBob SquarePants - Mon, 8:30pm (Nickelodeon)
10. High School Musical (Disney)