select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, march 1, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 16 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Jersey Shore - MTV
5.298 million viewers, #1; 3.515 million adults 18-49 (2.7 rating), #1

Swamp People - History
4.584 million viewers, #2; 2.331 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #2

Mudcats - History
2.340 million viewers, #3; 1.235 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

NBA Basketball: Miami/Portland - TNT
2.136 million viewers, #4; 1.325 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City/Orlando - TNT
2.027 million viewers, #5; 0.952 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Project Runway: All Stars - Lifetime
1.784 million viewers, #6; 0.859 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.333 million viewers, #7; 0.623 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Archer - FX
1.068 million viewers, #8; 0.799 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest - truTV
1.047 million viewers, #9; 0.536 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Project Runway: All Stars - After the Runway - Lifetime
1.040 million viewers, #10; 0.399 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

U.S. Drug Wars - Discovery
0.877 million viewers, #11; 0.469 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

NY Ink - TLC
0.846 million viewers, #12; 0.612 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

24 Hour Catwalk - Lifetime
0.630 million viewers, #13; 0.236 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

Fat Chef - Food
0.607 million viewers, #14; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #14

Unsupervised - FX
0.500 million viewers, #15; 0.401 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Family Affair - OWN
0.254 million viewers, #16; 0.130 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #16

Source: Nielsen Media Research