select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, may 17, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: San Antonio/L.A. Clippers - ESPN
4.683 million viewers, #1; 2.634 million adults 18-49 (2.1 rating), #1

NBA Playoffs: Indiana/Miami - ESPN
4.453 million viewers, #2; 2.593 million adults 18-49 (2.0 rating), #2

Swamp People - History
4.103 million viewers, #3; 1.867 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.476 million viewers, #4; 0.600 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

After the First 48 - A&E
1.403 million viewers, #5; 0.804 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding (9:30) - Bravo
1.333 million viewers, #6; 0.747 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

The Pauly D Project - MTV
1.211 million viewers, #7; 0.832 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Punk'd - MTV
1.125 million viewers, #8; 0.650 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Sweet Genius - Food
1.033 million viewers, #9; 0.593 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Obese and Expecting - TLC
0.876 million viewers, #10; 0.479 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Birth Moms - TLC
0.703 million viewers, #11; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Kathy - Bravo
0.669 million viewers, #12; 0.469 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

7 Days of Sex - Lifetime
0.620 million viewers, #13; 0.379 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Source: Nielsen Media Research