select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, march 9, 2012)

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

Jessie - Disney
3.230 million viewers, #1; 0.628 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
3.103 million viewers, #2; 1.186 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #2

Gold Rush Aftershow: Digging Deeper - Discovery
2.470 million viewers, #3; 1.227 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #1

Bering Sea Gold - Discovery
2.244 million viewers, #4; 1.138 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Cartoon
1.993 million viewers, #5; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Merlin - Syfy
1.720 million viewers, #6; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Fred: The Show - Nickelodeon
1.642 million viewers, #7; 0.308 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

House of Payne (9:30) - TBS
1.565 million viewers, #8; 0.764 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.465 million viewers, #9; 0.645 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

House of Payne (9:00) - TBS
1.430 million viewers, #10; 0.700 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

The Ultimate Fighter Live - FX
1.284 million viewers, #11; 0.953 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Four Weddings - TLC
1.123 million viewers, #12; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.099 million viewers, #13; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
1.039 million viewers, #14; 0.369 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.835 million viewers, #15; 0.471 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Top 20 Most Shocking - truTV
0.786 million viewers, #16; 0.451 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Source: Nielsen Media Research