select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, march 8, 2012)

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

Swamp People - History
4.997 million viewers, #1; 2.453 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

Jersey Shore - MTV
4.839 million viewers, #2; 3.527 million adults 18-49 (2.8 rating), #1

Mudcats - History
2.525 million viewers, #3; 1.232 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: Orlando/Chicago - TNT
2.098 million viewers, #4; 1.103 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Project Runway: All Stars - Lifetime
2.012 million viewers, #5; 0.852 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

The First 48 - A&E
1.908 million viewers, #6; 1.054 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

The First 48: The Killer Speaks - A&E
1.766 million viewers, #7; 1.018 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.401 million viewers, #8; 0.614 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

NBA Basketball: Dallas/Phoenix - TNT
1.300 million viewers, #9; 0.747 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest - truTV
1.237 million viewers, #10; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Project Runway: All Stars - After the Runway - Lifetime
1.041 million viewers, #11; 0.380 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Archer - FX
1.038 million viewers, #12; 0.700 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Japan Tsunami: Tales of Terror - TLC
0.968 million viewers, #13; 0.445 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Unsupervised - FX
0.534 million viewers, #14; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Saving Face - HBO
0.148 million viewers, #15; 0.078 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #15

Source: Nielsen Media Research