select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, july 28, 2011)

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

Burn Notice (4.997 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.4, #2)

Suits (4.435 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1)

Project Runway (2.750 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #3)

Ancient Aliens (1.812 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Family BrainSurge (1.764 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Wilfred (1.738 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T4)

LA Ink (1.730 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T4)

Impact Wrestling (1.614 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Futurama (1.493 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.8, #6)

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (1.334 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Top 20 Most Shocking (1.236 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Jersey Shore: From the First Fist Pump (1.076 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Louie (1.019 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Extreme Chef (0.889 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #15)

Ugly Americans (0.870 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Who Survives? (0.543 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.2, #16)

Black Tide: Voices from the Gulf (0.336 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.1, #17)

Source: Nielsen Media Research