COMPANY TOWN
Weekly roundup of the top five in each category:
TELEVISION
Top basic-cable programs for kids 2-11
Season to date:
Sonny With a Chance: Disney, 2 million viewers
iCarly : Nickelodeon, 1.6
SpongeBob SquarePants: Nickelodeon, 1.5
Mighty B: Nickelodeon, 1.5
Penguins of Madagascar: Nickelodeon, 1.5
Top basic-cable programs, all viewers
For the week that ended April 19:
WWE “Raw”: USA, 6 million viewers
SpongeBob SquarePants: Nickelodeon, 5.8
WWE “Raw”: USA, 5.7
SpongeBob SquarePants: Nickelodeon, 5.2
In Plain Sight: USA, 5.1
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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MUSIC
Albums
Hannah Montana: The Movie: (Soundtrack)
Forever in a Day: (Day26)
Unstoppable: (Rascal Flatts)
Twilight : (Soundtrack)
Now 30: (Various)
Source: Nielsen Soundscan
ITunes downloads
For the week that ended April 19:
Boom Boom Pow: (Black Eyed Peas)
The Climb : (Miley Cyrus)
We Made You: (Eminem)
Poker Face: (Lady GaGa)
Right Round: (Flo Rida)
Source: Apple
Radio
Songs getting the most airplay:
Dead and Gone : (T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake)
Blame It: (Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain)
Kiss Me Thru the Phone: (Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em featuring Sammie)
Poker Face: (Lady GaGa)
Right Round : (Flo Rida)
Source: Nielsen BDS
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DVDS AND GAMES
DVD sales
For the week that ended April 18:
The Spirit: (Lionsgate)
Twilight: (Summit Entertainment)
The Day the Earth Stood Still: (Fox)
Bedtime Stories: (Disney)
Yes Man: (Warner Bros.)
DVD rentals
For the week that ended April 19:
The Day the Earth Stood Still : (Fox)
Yes Man: (Warner Bros.)
The Spirit: (Lionsgate)
Marley & Me: (Fox)
Bedtime Stories: (Disney)
Video game rentals
For the week that ended April 19:
The Godfather II: (Xbox 360, EA Games)
Resident Evil 5: (Xbox 360, Capcom)
Call of Duty: World at War: (Xbox 360, Activision)
Halo Wars: (Xbox 360, Microsoft)
Wheelman: (Xbox 360, Midway Games)
Source: Rentrak
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INTERNET
Web traffic
Top parent companies, for the week that ended April 13:
Google: 77.0 million unique visitors
Yahoo: 60.6 million
Microsoft: 60.3 million
AOL: 34.1 million
Facebook: 30.3 million
Source: Nielsen
YouTube videos
Most viewed for the week that ended Friday at 2:34 p.m.:
Susan Boyle - Cry Me a River : 4,681,303 views
Susan Boyle sings “Cry Me a River”: 3,893,861
Shaheen Jafargholi - 12 Year Old Singer: 3,113,666
Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill: 1,655,837
ChildrensBOP: 1,606,603
Source: YouTube
Google searches
Fast-rising search terms in California for the week that ended Friday at 2:30 p.m. PST:
Miss California: +3,850%
Earth Day 2009: +350%
420: +300%
17 Again: +170%
Perez Hilton: +120%
Source: Google
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