`MNF' cable's No. 1 show for Oct. 22-28

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Oct. 22-28. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.

1. NFL Football: Colts vs. Jaguars (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 9.22 million homes, 12.50 million viewers.

2. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.23 million homes, 4.28 million viewers.

3. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.21 million homes, 4.84 million viewers.

4. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.19 million homes, 4.78 million viewers.

5. College Football: Boston College vs. Virginia Tech (Thursday, 7:30 p.m.), ESPN, 3.12 million homes, 4.01 million viewers.

6. "Back at the Barnyard" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.07 million homes, 4.10 million viewers.

7. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (original), (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 2.90 million homes, 3.62 million viewers.

8. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 11:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.83 million homes, 4.05 million viewers.

9. "The Hills" (Monday, 10 p.m.), MTV, 2.83 million homes, 3.67 million viewers.

10. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.79 million homes, 3.50 million viewers.

11. "SportsCenter" (Monday, 11:43 p.m.), ESPN, 2.78 million homes, 3.39 million viewers.

12. "Lost Book of Nostradamus" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), History, 2.72 million homes, 3.52 million viewers.

13. "Hannah Montana" (Sunday, 6:30 p.m.), Disney, 2.71 million homes, 3.45 million viewers.

14. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 11 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.68 million homes, 3.66 million viewers.

15. Movie: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (Friday, 9 p.m.), Disney, 2.66 million homes, 3.73 million viewers.

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ESPN and Disney Channel are owned by The Walt Disney Co. Nickelodeon and MTV are owned by Viacom Inc. USA is owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal. History Channel is a unit of A&E Television Networks, a joint venture of The Hearst Corporation, ABC Inc. and NBC Universal.

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