Last week really proved that it’s August when a meaningless pre-season football game was the most viewed program of the week in Atlanta.

The Falcons beating the Rams drew 265,000 viewers this past Friday night. That was 14,000 more than the No. 2 program, TNT’s “The Closer.” (left)

Third? A repeat of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” on WSB-TV. Hard to interpret that one except to say there’s a reason that show’s been on for two decades.

In the meantime, Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” dropped from 6 to 20 and lost nearly a quarter of its Atlanta audience from the previous week, drawing 157,000 viewers locally. There was no catfighting this particular hour and the show competed for the first time against Lifetime’s “Project Runway” (which opened a very strong 4.2 million overall.) Nationally, “Housewives” dropped off less, to 2.8 million from a peak of 3.3 million.

BET’s Atlanta-based “Tiny & Toya” last week hit its season low with 1.46 million viewers. That’s not a good sign if the pair want a renewal.

Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva,” which just wrapped season one in Peachtree City and got the green light for a second season, continued to pull in consistent ratings. This past Sunday, it drew 2.9 million and is averaging 2.73 million after six episodes.

HGTV’s “Design Star,” which features Atlantan Vern Yip as a judge, hit a season high of 3.1 million viewers. The show is doing better than it did last season, when the comparable sixth episode drew 2.8 million.

And folks are apparently tiring quickly of “Jon & Kate.” The show hit a season low of 3 million viewers August 17. But there’s an intriguing new show about obsessive hoarders on A&E called “Hoarders,” which opened at a promising 2.5 million that night.

TNT has renewed “Hawthorne,” which closed out its season with 3.5 million viewers. The show averaged 3.4 million over 10 weeks.

1. Falcons-Lions pre-season, NBC, 8/21, 265,000
2. The Closer, TNT, 8/17, 251,000
3. America’s Funniest Home Videos, ABC 8/23, 220,000
4. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, ABC, 8/17 214,000
5. Hell’s Kitchen, Fox, 8/18, 209,000
6. America’s Got Talent (performance), 8/18, 203,000
7. America’s Got Talent (results), 8/19 183,000
8. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, ABC, 8/23, 180,000
9. Fox 5 News at 10, Fox, 8/17, 180,000
10. NCIS (repeat), CBS, 8/18 176,000
11. 20/20, ABC, 8/21 173,000
12. Fox 5 News at 10, Fox 8/22 171,000
13. Primetime Crime, ABC, 8/19 167,000
14. Braves, Peachtree TV, 8/22, 167,000
15. Lie To Me (repeat), Fox, 8/17 166,000
16. Fox 5 News at 10, 8/18, 165,000
17. Big Brother 11, CBS 8/18, 165,000
18. NFL preseason game, Fox, 8/20, 162,000
19. NASCAR Sprint Cup, ESPN, 8/22, 160,000
20. Real Housewives of Atlanta, Bravo, 8/20, 157,000
SOURCE: Nielsen Media

Top country and pop radio station songs in Atlanta, courtesy of yes.com. Randy Houser’s “Boots On” is showing staying power while Georgian Jason Aldean has a nationwide No. 1 hit with “Big Green Tractor.”

And the top 5 songs between Q100 and Star 94? Very very similar.

Kicks 101.5
1. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
2. Randy Houser - Boots On
3. Keith Urban - Only You Can Love Me This Way
4. Justin Moore - Small Town USA
5. Jason Aldean - Big Green Tractor

94.9/The Bull
1. Jason Aldean - Big Green Tractor
2. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
3. Randy Houser - Boots On
4. Rascal Flatts - Summer Nights
5. Billy Currington - People are Crazy

South 107.1
1. George Strait - Living For the Night
2. Jason Aldean - Big Green Tractor
3. Justin Moore - Small Town USA
4. Randy Houser - Boots On
5. Rascal Flatts - Summer Nights

B98.5
1. Jason Mraz - I’m Yours
2. David Cook - The Time Of My Life
3. Daughtry - Feels Like Tonight
4. Daughtry - What About Now
5. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly

Star 94
1. Pink - Please Don’t Leave Me
2. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
3. The Fray - Never Say Never
4. Daughtry - No Surprise
5. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

Q100
1. Pink - Please Don’t Leave Me
2. Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
3. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
4. The Fray - Never Say Never
5. Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas

104.7/The Fish
1. Phillips, Craig & Dean - Revelation Song
2. Matthew West - The Motions
3. Jonny Diaz - More Beautiful You
4. Big Daddy Weave - What Life Would Be Like
5. Tenth Avenue North - By Your Side