"Monk" finale sets cable ratings record

"Monk" ended its eight-season run with a bang, becoming the most-watched hourlong series on basic cable.
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The Friday series finale of the USA Network comedy-drama drew about 9.4 million viewers, 3.2 million of them in the adults 18-49 demographic.
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That represents the largest audience and demo turnout to date, not only for the show and for a USA scripted series but also for a drama series on basic cable, eclipsing the 9.2 million mark for TNT's "The Closer."
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It's a fitting farewell for a series that defined USA's brand of quirky comic dramas and kicked off the network's ascension to cable-ratings supremacy.
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The second part of "Monk's" two-part closer, which saw Tony Shalhoub's OCD-plagued detective solve the biggest case of his career -- his wife's murder -- beat the series' previous high in total viewers by 37 percent.
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It also towered over all programs on the broadcast networks Friday night.
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Boosted by "Monk," the fall finale of USA's freshman series "White Collar" also hit series highs, averaging 5.55 million viewers, the cable network's best performance at 10 p.m.
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Friday in more than three years, since the series premiere of "Psych." "Collar" also posted its best numbers in adults 18-49: 2.1 million.
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