select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, may 3, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: Oklahoma City/Dallas - TNT
4.622 million viewers, #1; 2.804 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #1

Swamp People - History
4.223 million viewers, #2; 1.908 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

NBA Playoffs: Miami/New York - TNT
4.132 million viewers, #3; 2.395 million adults 18-49 (1.9 rating), #2

Impractical Jokers (10:00) - truTV
1.507 million viewers, #4; 0.907 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding (9:30) - Bravo
1.453 million viewers, #5; 0.782 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

The First 48 - A&E
1.404 million viewers, #6; 0.750 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.399 million viewers, #7; 0.621 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

The Pauly D Project - MTV
1.305 million viewers, #8; 0.882 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

After the First 48 - A&E
1.295 million viewers, #9; 0.726 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Punk'd - MTV
1.262 million viewers, #10; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Sweet Genius - Food
0.915 million viewers, #11; 0.403 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Kathy - Bravo
0.803 million viewers, #12; 0.454 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

7 Days of Sex - Lifetime
0.673 million viewers, #13; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

65 Red Roses - OWN
0.139 million viewers, #14; 0.067 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #14

Source: Nielsen Media Research