select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, august 2, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Covert Affairs (4.608 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T2)

White Collar (3.712 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T2)

Memphis Beat (3.220 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

Teen Mom (2.997 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.7, #1)

Hawthorne (2.459 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T12)

Pretty Little Liars (2.414 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Family BrainSurge (2.243 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T17)

Billy the Exterminator (10:30) (2.092 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

Billy the Exterminator (10:00) (1.922 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

Shark Week: Killer Sharks (1.865 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #4)

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) (1.865 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Shark Week: Great White Invasion (1.598 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Chopped (1.597 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

Storage Hunters (10:00) (1.405 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T14)

Flipping Out (1.295 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T12)

Born to Dance (1.231 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T14)

Auction Hunters (10:00) (1.217 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T14)

Picker Sisters (10:00) (1.209 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T20)

The Little Couple (10:00) (1.201 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T17)

Picker Sisters (10:30) (1.064 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T20)

19 Kids & Counting (9:00) (1.038 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T17)

Nine Lives of Chloe King (0.961 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T20)

Cupcake Wars (0.845 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T20)

Moby Dick, Part 2 (0.671 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T24)

G4 Proving Ground (0.141 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T24)

Source: Nielsen Media Research