select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, march 15, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 19 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Swamp People - History
5.229 million viewers, #1; 2.579 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #2

Jersey Shore - MTV
4.990 million viewers, #2; 3.484 million adults 18-49 (2.7 rating), #1

Mudcats - History
3.013 million viewers, #3; 1.455 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #3

NCAA Basketball: Iowa State vs. Connecticut - TBS
2.539 million viewers, #4; 1.262 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #5

NCAA Basketball: Kentucky vs. Mississippi Valley State - TBS
2.339 million viewers, #5; 1.268 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Project Runway: All Stars - Lifetime
2.004 million viewers, #6; 0.921 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

NCAA Basketball: Ohio State vs. Loyola Maryland - TNT
1.779 million viewers, #7; 0.848 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

The First 48 - A&E
1.586 million viewers, #8; 0.802 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

NCAA Basketball: Baylor vs. South Dakota State - truTV
1.514 million viewers, #9; 0.726 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

NCAA Basketball: Gonzaga vs. West Virginia - TNT
1.512 million viewers, #10; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

NCAA Basketball: UNLV vs. Colorado - truTV
1.456 million viewers, #11; 0.764 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.448 million viewers, #12; 0.697 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

The First 48: Missing Persons - A&E
1.427 million viewers, #13; 0.746 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Sweet Genius - Food
1.267 million viewers, #14; 0.549 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Archer - FX
1.157 million viewers, #15; 0.863 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Project Runway: All Stars - After the Runway - Lifetime
1.128 million viewers, #16; 0.407 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

24 Hour Catwalk - Lifetime
0.634 million viewers, #17; 0.200 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Unsupervised - FX
0.588 million viewers, #18; 0.461 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Behind the Music - VH1
0.579 million viewers, #19; 0.390 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Source: Nielsen Media Research