select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, february 23, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Top Chef (2.610 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.4, #1)

Justified (2.598 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T2)

Sons of Guns (9:30) (1.988 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T2)

Ghost Hunters (1.745 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

Hot in Cleveland (1.712 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T12)

Sons of Guns (9:00) (1.658 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

ESPN NBA Game #2 (1.540 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

ESPN NBA Game #1 (1.491 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Desert Car Kings (1.447 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Face Off (1.320 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

I Used to Be Fat (1.241 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.210 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #11)

Retired at 35 (1.150 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.3, #14)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.140 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T12)

Source: Nielsen Media Research