select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, february 11, 2011)

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

Gold Rush: Alaska (3.887 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.4, #1)

WWE Smackdown (2.554 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3)

ESPN NBA Game #1 (2.298 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #2)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2.240 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Flying Wild Alaska (2.180 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Generator Rex (1.703 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

ESPN NBA Game #2 (1.579 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3)

Four Weddings (1.422 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Merlin (1.350 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) (1.303 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

The Soup (1.168 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3)

Real Time With Bill Maher (1.167 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T14)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) (1.136 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (1.112 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Fashion Police (0.779 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

ESPN2 Boxing (0.475 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T16)

The Ricky Gervais Show (0.131 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T16)

Source: Nielsen Media Research