select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, august 17, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 16 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Shake It Up: Made in Japan - Disney
4.535 million viewers, #1; 0.673 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #4

Gravity Falls (9:30) - Disney
3.869 million viewers, #2; 0.545 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

Gold Rush: The Jungle - Discovery
2.663 million viewers, #3; 1.357 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.612 million viewers, #4; 0.879 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Gold Rush: Aftershow - Discovery
2.030 million viewers, #5; 1.072 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #2

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) - TLC
1.455 million viewers, #6; 0.526 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Say Yes to the Dress: The Big Day - TLC
1.418 million viewers, #7; 0.576 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) - TLC
1.288 million viewers, #8; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.268 million viewers, #9; 0.448 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

For Better or Worse (9:30) - TBS
1.255 million viewers, #10; 0.618 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #5

Lost Girl - Syfy
1.209 million viewers, #11; 0.498 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

For Better or Worse (9:00) - TBS
1.180 million viewers, #12; 0.583 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #6

Fashion Police (10:00) - E!
0.764 million viewers, #13; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
0.747 million viewers, #14; 0.337 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

NFL Preseason Live - NFL
0.574 million viewers, #15; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

Inocente - MTV
0.392 million viewers, #16; 0.232 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #16

Source: Nielsen Media Research