select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, february 9, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Jersey Shore - MTV
5.423 million viewers, #1; 3.882 million adults 18-49 (3.0 rating), #1

Swamp People - History
4.653 million viewers, #2; 2.475 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

NBA Basketball: L.A. Lakers/Boston - TNT
3.112 million viewers, #3; 1.567 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Mudcats - History
2.967 million viewers, #4; 1.429 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City/Sacremento - TNT
1.929 million viewers, #5; 1.109 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Project Runway: All Stars - Lifetime
1.638 million viewers, #6; 0.745 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.502 million viewers, #7; 0.671 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Archer - FX
1.222 million viewers, #8; 0.877 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest - truTV
1.034 million viewers, #9; 0.522 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

U.S. Drug Wars - Discovery
0.905 million viewers, #10; 0.515 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

NY Ink - TLC
0.791 million viewers, #11; 0.534 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Fat Chef - Food
0.753 million viewers, #12; 0.372 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

24 Hour Catwalk - Lifetime
0.680 million viewers, #13; 0.284 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #14

Unsupervised - FX
0.554 million viewers, #14; 0.396 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

On the Shoulders of Giants - Showtime
0.041 million viewers, #15; 0.014 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #15

Source: Nielsen Media Research