select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, april 5, 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
4.507 million viewers, #1; 2.187 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

Mudcats - History
2.440 million viewers, #2; 1.285 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

NBA Basketball: Boston/Chicago - TNT
2.151 million viewers, #3; 1.216 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Punk'd - MTV
2.105 million viewers, #4; 1.157 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

The Pauly D Project - MTV
1.722 million viewers, #5; 0.975 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

The First 48 - A&E
1.498 million viewers, #6; 0.732 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.477 million viewers, #7; 0.596 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

The First 48: Missing Persons - A&E
1.402 million viewers, #8; 0.366 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

NBA Basketball: New York/Orlando - TNT
1.398 million viewers, #9; 0.720 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Sweet Genius - Food
1.313 million viewers, #10; 0.598 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Impractical Jokers (10:00) - truTV
1.306 million viewers, #11; 0.836 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest - truTV
0.994 million viewers, #12; 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Behind the Music - VH1
0.699 million viewers, #13; 0.424 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

E! News Special: The Real American Reunion - E!
0.207 million viewers, #14; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #14

God Is Bigger Than Elvis - HBO
0.144 million viewers, #15; 0.055 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #15

Source: Nielsen Media Research