LeBron James battles the Magic's Dwight Howard and Mickael Pietrus. CREDIT: AP

Atlanta’s TNT and ESPN both had slamdunk ratings for the NBA playoffs this spring.

Ratings are up about 19 percent over 2008 for ESPN with an average of 4.89 million viewers over 19 games, up from 4.1 million in 2008. TNT’s 43 games jumped 24 percent to 4.71 million from 3.81 million. A combination of great games and great matchups fueled the upswing.

Nationally, game four between the Magic and Cavs on TNT on May 28 brought in a record 10.1 million viewers, the most ever for a basketball game on cable. It was also the top show of the week in Atlanta, with 346,000 viewers.

Top 20 primetime shows in Atlanta for the week of May 25
1- “NBA Playoffs: Orlando-Cleveland,” TNT, 5/28, 346,000
2- “NBA Playoffs: Orlando-Cleveland,” TNT, 5/30, 335,000
3- “NBA Playoffs: Orlando-Cleveland,” TNT, 5/26, 329,000
4- “NBA Playoffs: Rockets/Lakers ” ESPN, 5/25, 287,000
5- “NBA Playoffs: Rockets/Lakers” ESPN, 5/27, 283,000
6- “Wipeout,” ABC, 5/27, 264,000 (this show ranked 17th nationally)
7- “NBA Playoffs: Rockets/Lakers” ESPN, 5/29, 259,000
8- “The Mentalist,” CBS, 5/27, 246,000
9- “So You Think You Can Dance,” Fox, 5/28, 243,000
10- “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 5/25, 222,000
11- “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” TLC, 5/25, 214,000 (the show ranked 8th nationally)
12- “So You Think You Can Dance,” Fox, 5/27, 208,000
13- “Meet the Browns,” TBS, 5/27 202,000 (not even in the top 50 nationally)
14- “Meet the Browns,” TBS 5/27, 194,000
15- “NCIS,” CBS, 5/26, 189,000
16- “Here Come the Newlyweds,” ABC, 5/25, 177,000
17- “House of Payne,” TBS, 5/27, 176,000
18- “The Mentalist,” CBS 5/26, 170,000
19- “House,” Fox, 5/25, 164,000
20- “Scripps Spelling Bee,” ABC, 5/28, 163,000
SOURCE: Nielsen Media

Here’s a look at the most popular songs on the local top 40 and AC stations:

Top 5 songs on Star 94, courtesy of yes.com
1- The Fray “You Found Me”
2- Nickelback – “If Today Was Your Last Day”
3- Kelly Clarkson – “My Life Would Suck Without You”
4- Miley Cyrus – “The Climb”
5- Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”

Top 5 songs on Q100
1- The Fray “You Found Me”
2- Shinedown “Second Chance”
3- Beyonce “Halo”
4- Miley Cyrus – “The Climb”
5- Rob Thomas – “Her Diamonds”

Top 5 songs on 95.5/The Beat
1- Black Eyed Peas - “Boom Boom Pow”
2- T.I. - “Dead and Gone”
3- Flo-Rida w/Kesha “Right Round”
4- Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
5- Flo-Rida w/ Wynter Gordon – “Sugar”

Top 5 on B98.5
1- Daughtry – “Feels Like Tonight”
2- Daughtry – “What About Now”
3- Timbaland/OneRepublic – “Apologize”
4- Colbie Caillat – “Bubbly”
5- Leona Lewis - “Bleeding Love”

Top 5 on 104.7/The Fish
1- Jeremy Camp – “There Will Be a Day”
2- Matthew West – “The Motions”
3- Third Day – “Revelation”
4- Sanctus Real – “Whatever You’re Doing”
5- John Waller – “While I’m Waiting”