select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, october 16, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

The Walking Dead (7.257 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.8, #1)

MLB Playoffs: NLCS, Game 6 (TBS, 7:57-11:57) (5.938 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.9, #2)

Make Your Mark (4.020 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion (3.440 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.7, #3)

Prankstars (3.287 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Boardwalk Empire (2.546 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.0, #5)

Sister Wives (2.321 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

Chopped (2.186 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

The Walking Dead (10:30, Encore) (2.176 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.1, #4)

Halloween Wars (2.061 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T8)

IRT: Deadliest Roads (10:00) (1.642 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Dexter (1.502 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.7, #10)

Kendra (1.497 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T8)

Long Island Medium (10:00) (1.456 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Against the Wall (1.255 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T16)

Homeland (1.077 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T16)

iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World (1.060 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Hung (1.029 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T16)

Storm Chasers (0.828 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T16)

Dirty Soap (0.815 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T16)

Curiosity (9:00) (0.795 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Tough Love (0.739 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T16)

Why Am I Still Single? (0.631 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

How to Make It in America (0.603 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T22)

Our America With Lisa Ling (0.347 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T25)

Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind (0.210 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T25)

Ask Oprah's All-Stars (0.194 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.0, #27)

Source: Nielsen Media Research