select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, june 16, 2011)

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

Swamp People (4.572 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.7, #1)

Mounted in Alaska (10:00) (2.558 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #2)

Real Housewives of New York City (2.038 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #3)

The First 48: Missing Persons (1.852 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

Impact Wrestling (1.766 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

The First 48 (1.553 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

NY Ink (1.440 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (1.388 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Police Women (1.306 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Swords (1.286 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #10)

It Only Hurts When I Laugh (10:00) (1.134 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T11)

The Truth Below (0.883 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T11)

Kickin' It (0.677 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.1, #14)

Snapped (0.450 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.2, #13)

Source: Nielsen Media Research