select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, may 31, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 21 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: San Antonio/Oklahoma City - TNT
7.134 million viewers, #1; 3.838 million adults 18-49 (3.0 rating), #1

Swamp People - History
4.849 million viewers, #2; 2.240 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #2

Mountain Men - History
3.901 million viewers, #3; 1.584 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Men at Work (10:00) - TBS
2.045 million viewers, #4; 1.272 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding (9:30) - Bravo
2.026 million viewers, #5; 1.136 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Auction Kings (9:30) - Discovery
1.589 million viewers, #6; 0.695 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Auction Kings (9:00) - Discovery
1.509 million viewers, #7; 0.670 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.296 million viewers, #8; 0.569 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Sweet Genius - Food
1.248 million viewers, #9; 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Final Offer - Discovery
1.097 million viewers, #10; 0.543 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

National Spelling Bee - ESPN
1.061 million viewers, #11; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

The Pauly D Project - MTV
1.010 million viewers, #12; 0.693 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Punk'd - MTV
0.975 million viewers, #13; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
0.872 million viewers, #14; 0.418 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Kathy - Bravo
0.797 million viewers, #15; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Clipaholics - truTV
0.704 million viewers, #16; 0.395 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

On the Fly (9:00) - TLC
0.670 million viewers, #17; 0.305 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #17

On the Fly (9:30) - TLC
0.597 million viewers, #18; 0.268 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Tattoo School (10:00) - TLC
0.452 million viewers, #19; 0.276 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Tattoo School (10:30) - TLC
0.447 million viewers, #20; 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

7 Days of Sex - Lifetime
0.403 million viewers, #21; 0.254 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Source: Nielsen Media Research