NEW YORK – The distinctions between broadcast and cable TV are crumbling, and that's never been clearer than in the past week.
Sunday's BET Awards were seen by 10.7 million viewers. That's more than any other program on a cable this year, narrowly beating last Monday's divorce edition of TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8."
Nielsen Media Research says that's also more than all but two programs that were on broadcast television last week. Only NBC's premiere of "America's Got Talent" and a rerun of "NCIS" on CBS did better.
Another big winner on cable was the Disney Channel movie "Princess Protection Program." That debuted Friday to 8.5 million viewers.