select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, october 9, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Shake It Up (4.460 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Good Luck Charlie (4.451 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event, Part 1 (4.389 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.2, #1)

So Random! (7:30) (3.597 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

MLB Playoffs: NLCS, Game 1 (TBS, 4:00-7:48) (3.350 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T5)

Boardwalk Empire (2.856 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #4)

Kendra (2.721 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.5, #2)

Real Housewives of New Jersey (2.678 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.3, #3)

Sister Wives (2.376 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T7)

IRT: Deadliest Roads (2.052 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #10)

Halloween Wars (1.972 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.8, #9)

Breaking Bad (1.897 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T5)

Dexter (1.714 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T7)

Against the Wall (1.551 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T18)

Food Network Challenge (1.402 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Long Island Medium (10:00) (1.361 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Inside the MLB (TBS, 7:48-8:25) (1.228 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Dirty Soap (1.166 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Six Days to Air: The Making of "South Park" (1.114 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Curiosity (8:00) (1.091 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Hung (1.010 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T20)

Around the World in 80 Ways (0.969 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T20)

Homeland (0.938 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T20)

Storm Chasers (0.931 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T20)

Tough Love (0.744 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T18)

How to Make It in America (0.456 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.2, #26)

Source: Nielsen Media Research