select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 24, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 32 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Royal Pains (5.529 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1)

Necessary Roughness (4.188 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.2, #3)

The Challenge: Rivals (2.371 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.4, #2)

Sons of Guns (2.285 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.1, #4)

Hot in Cleveland (1.976 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.853 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Operation Repo (9:00) (1.806 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Ghost Hunters (1.652 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #7)

South Beach Tow (10:00) (1.530 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T8)

Dance Moms (1.382 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.310 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Swamp Brothers (10:30) (1.292 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T8)

Swamp Brothers (10:00) (1.186 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T8)

Dude, What Would Happen (1.154 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T27)

Top Chef: Just Desserts (1.127 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Rescue Me (1.115 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Destroy Build Destroy (1.085 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T27)

Melissa & Joey (8:30) (1.065 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Melissa & Joey (8:00) (1.022 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Deadliest Warrior (0.903 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.4, #18)

Outrageous Kid Parties (9:30) (0.862 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

AlternateHistory (0.843 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Roseanne's Nuts (9:00) (0.739 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Outrageous Kid Parties (9:00) (0.699 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T23)

Roseanne's Nuts (9:30) (0.682 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (8:30) (0.620 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T23)

I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (8:00) (0.550 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T23)

Famous Food (0.364 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T23)

Confessions: Animal Hoarding (10:00) (0.364 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T27)

Ton of Cash (0.201 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T27)

The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants (0.138 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T27)

Inside NASCAR (0.028 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.0, #32)

Source: Nielsen Media Research