Top 10 Cable TV Shows Of 2010 (PHOTOS)

With the broadcast networks struggling to find hits, cable is where many of TV's critically acclaimed hits reside these days. And while the audiences are (in some cases) much smaller than shows on the broadcast networks, the standouts have impressive numbers of their own. Below, see the top 10 original cable series of 2010 (per Nielsen Media Research, via USA Today).

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10. Deadliest Catch

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Discovery -- 5.28 million total viewers

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[Saide Heldberg]

05:16 PM on 01/20/2011

I love my TV shows, there are certain things that happen in these shows that are way far away from anything I would ever get the opportunity to do. One of my favorites is Burn Notice, ever since that show came out I was really impressed with the characters and the premise of the show in general. I don't like to miss any episodes but I travel way to much fro my own good so I needed to find a way around that. I happen to work for Dish Network and I new I could get some answers there. I found out that if I got a Sling Adapter and hooked it up to my receiver I could use my iPhone as my own private travel TV and it has really helped make the trips a lot better. It may seem a bit silly but those shows are my life outside my life and the Sling Adapter is now my best friend.

[Brandon26pdx]

06:16 PM on 01/04/2011

I like Pawn Stars and the Shore. Deadliest Catch puts me to sleep usually. Havent seen any of the others.

[zanderofnola]

01:40 PM on 01/04/2011

You left out Sons of Anarchy

[toldyeso]

01:08 PM on 01/04/2011

uh...

mad men.

[malzor]

08:51 PM on 01/04/2011

yes!

[PathofTotality]

10:28 AM on 01/04/2011

Deadliest Catch and The Closer and that's about it.

[padoodle]

08:44 AM on 01/04/2011

Why does that girl in the front have bump on her head? Oh that's her hair. Why is it different than the other girls? Oh she's really short. Sorry but a bump on her head does not make for the fact she is so full of herself.

[Luke Thompson]

10:08 PM on 01/03/2011

AH YEAH JERSEY SHORE YEAH

[Brandon26pdx]

06:13 PM on 01/04/2011

CAB'S HERE AH YEAH

[aznurse]

09:30 PM on 01/03/2011

Isn't it weird that on New Years Eve, Snookie drops down a ball in New Jersey and thousands of birds drop down dead right after?

[aznurse]

09:10 PM on 01/03/2011

Where did they get such a big Petri dish?

[Hill Dweller]

03:35 PM on 01/03/2011

No wonder America is devolving at such a rapid pace.

[giono]

10:15 PM on 01/02/2011

Jersey Shore in a pool .... ick.

[mynameispaul62]

02:13 AM on 01/02/2011

It's like the Three Stooges & Company with tans. Too funny.

[hagagaga]

11:19 PM on 01/01/2011

I'm a Browncoat and a Trekkie. TV is called a medium because anything good is rare.

[dead WASP]

06:31 PM on 01/01/2011

Spartacus: Blood and Sand & Breaking Bad.

[redhead55]

05:36 PM on 01/01/2011

Jersey Shore...and the dumbing down of America continues.