select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, may 8, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

TNT NBA Playoffs (6.260 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.6, #1)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (3.683 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T7)

Ax Men (3.487 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.5, #2)

Army Wives (3.346 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T5)

In Plain Sight (3.164 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T7)

ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball (2.632 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #9)

Game of Thrones (2.451 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3)

Real Housewives of Orange County (1.925 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3)

The Killing (1.825 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Coming Home (1.811 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Khloe & Lamar (1.757 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T5)

Sister Wives (9:30) (1.596 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Sister Wives (9:00) (1.526 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Last Cake Standing (1.365 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

Breakout Kings (1.334 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Mob Wives (1.204 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Strange Sex (10:00) (1.202 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

River Monsters (1.192 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

Strange Sex (10:30) (1.111 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T16)

The Borgias (0.855 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T23)

The Dance Scene (0.727 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.4, #20)

Audrina (0.673 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Saddle Ranch (0.554 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Treme (0.518 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T23)

Source: Nielsen Media Research