select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, february 2, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Storage Wars (3.138 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1)

Hot in Cleveland (2.358 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T8)

Top Chef (2.343 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.3, #2)

Sons of Guns (9:30) (2.274 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.9, #3)

Operation Repo (9:00) (2.008 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

Time Machine (1.948 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Sons of Guns (9:00) (1.933 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

Operation Repo (9:30) (1.790 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Retired at 35 (1.435 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #17)

Desert Car Kings (1.405 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

My Strange Addiction (9:00) (1.366 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T8)

Ghost Hunters International (1.221 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.213 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.205 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

My Strange Addiction (9:30) (1.163 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

I Used to Be Fat (1.083 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T8)

Face Off (1.041 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Source: Nielsen Media Research