The Walking Dead again easily topped the rest of the cable competition for the week ending February 19 in terms of viewership and Pawn Stars moved back in front of Jersey Shore for second place.
Top 25 Basic cable shows for the week ending February 12, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Time | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | WALKING DEAD | AMC | Sun | 09:00P-10:01P | 6,890 |
| 2 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:30P-11:00P | 5,397 |
| 3 | JERSEY SHORE SSN 5 | MTV | Thu | 10:00P-11:00P | 5,354 |
| 4 | GOLD RUSH | DISC | Fri | 09:00P-10:01P | 5,307 |
| 5 | WHITNEY HOUSTON: HER LIFE | CNN | Sat | 01:00P-02:00P | 5,249 |
| 6 | WHITNEY HOUSTON: HER LIFE | CNN | Sat | 02:00P-03:00P | 5,239 |
| 7 | PAWN STARS | HIST | Mon | 10:00P-10:30P | 5,110 |
| 8 | WHITNEY HOUSTON: HER LIFE | CNN | Sat | 03:00P-04:00P | 4,800 |
| 9 | WHITNEY HOUSTON: HER LIFE | CNN | Sat | 12:00P-01:00P | 4,387 |
| 10 | SWAMP PEOPLE | HIST | Thu | 09:00P-10:01P | 4,355 |
| 11 | RADIO REBEL | DSNY | Fri | 08:00P-09:40P | 4,337 |
| 12 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 10:00P-11:12P | 4,305 |
| 13 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 08:00P-09:00P | 4,194 |
| 14 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | Mon | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,932 |
| 15 | WHITNEY HOUSTON: HER LIFE | CNN | Sat | 04:00P-05:00P | 3,877 |
| 16 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sun | 10:30A-11:00A | 3,862 |
| 17 | NCIS | USA | Wed | 09:00P-10:00P | 3,847 |
| 18 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sun | 10:00A-10:30A | 3,807 |
| 19 | MONSTERS, INC. | DSNY | Mon | 05:20P-07:00P | 3,538 |
| 20 | AUSTIN & ALLY | DSNY | Sun | 08:00P-08:30P | 3,531 |
| 21 | VICTORIOUS | NICK | Sat | 08:00P-08:30P | 3,505 |
| 22 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | TBSC | Sat | 09:30P-10:00P | 3,488 |
| 23 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | Sat | 10:30A-11:00A | 3,479 |
| 24 | SHAKE IT UP | DSNY | Sun | 08:30P-09:00P | 3,462 |
| 25 | TEEN MOM II SSN 2 | MTV | Tue | 10:00P-11:30P | 3,459 |
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