select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 29, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Republican National Convention (10:00) - FNC
7.703 million viewers, #1; 1.531 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Royal Pains - USA
3.781 million viewers, #2; 1.158 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:00) - TLC
2.992 million viewers, #3; 1.668 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
2.877 million viewers, #4; 1.279 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #3

Necessary Roughness - USA
2.865 million viewers, #5; 0.800 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Storage Wars: Texas (9:00) - A&E
2.669 million viewers, #6; 1.199 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
2.030 million viewers, #7; 1.005 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

American Hoggers (10:30) - A&E
2.005 million viewers, #8; 1.003 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.714 million viewers, #9; 0.847 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.697 million viewers, #10; 0.755 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
1.611 million viewers, #11; 0.770 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Operation Repo (9:00) - truTV
1.599 million viewers, #12; 0.737 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #18

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.500 million viewers, #13; 0.945 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Republican National Convention (10:00) - MSNBC
1.441 million viewers, #14; 0.377 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #28

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
1.392 million viewers, #15; 0.898 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.368 million viewers, #16; 0.775 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Futurama (10:30) - Comedy Central
1.365 million viewers, #17; 0.833 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Futurama (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.352 million viewers, #18; 0.961 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Republican National Convention (10:00) - CNN
1.340 million viewers, #19; 0.409 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #27

Auction Hunters (10:30) - Spike TV
1.336 million viewers, #20; 0.561 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #24

Haunted Collector - Syfy
1.315 million viewers, #21; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Republican National Convention (9:00) - MSNBC
1.297 million viewers, #22; 0.312 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #31

Auction Hunters (10:00) - Spike TV
1.278 million viewers, #23; 0.596 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Republican National Convention (8:00) - MSNBC
1.159 million viewers, #24; 0.226 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #34

Republican National Convention (9:00) - CNN
1.109 million viewers, #25; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
1.090 million viewers, #26; 0.829 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Dirty Jobs - Discovery
1.085 million viewers, #27; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
1.047 million viewers, #28; 0.712 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #19

American Guns - Discovery
1.014 million viewers, #29; 0.524 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

The Soul Man - TV Land
1.014 million viewers, #30; 0.376 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Hollywood Exes (9:00) - VH1
0.966 million viewers, #31; 0.624 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

The Exes - TV Land
0.951 million viewers, #32; 0.303 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #32

Republican National Convention (8:00) - CNN
0.897 million viewers, #33; 0.198 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #35

The Soup - E!
0.657 million viewers, #34; 0.467 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
0.469 million viewers, #35; 0.241 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #33

Source: Nielsen Media Research