select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, january 12, 2012)

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

Jersey Shore (6.491 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.8, #1)

After the First 48 (2.300 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T2)

Beyond Scared Straight (2.258 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T2)

Project Runway: All Stars (2.047 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

TNT NBA Basketball (8:16) (1.716 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

Alaska: The Last Frontier (1.671 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

Impact Wrestling (1.604 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

TNT NBA Basketball (10:44) (1.469 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

Impractical Jokers (10:00) (1.347 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (1.260 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #12)

Man, Woman, Wild (1.256 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

NY Ink (1.136 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Snake Man of Appalachia (0.730 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.3, #13)

24 Hour Catwalk (Repeat) (0.587 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

American Stuffers (0.572 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (0.518 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

The 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (0.417 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.1, #17)

Source: Nielsen Media Research