select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, september 12, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Royal Pains - USA
3.742 million viewers, #1; 1.264 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #2

American Restoration (10:00) - History
2.201 million viewers, #2; 0.794 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (10:00) - TLC
2.158 million viewers, #3; 1.444 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #1

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.983 million viewers, #4; 0.868 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
1.914 million viewers, #5; 0.884 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.869 million viewers, #6; 0.888 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

American Hoggers (10:30) - A&E
1.591 million viewers, #7; 0.848 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Sons of Guns - Discovery
1.547 million viewers, #8; 0.923 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #3

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.536 million viewers, #9; 0.671 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Cajun Pawn Stars (9:30) - History
1.534 million viewers, #10; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

American Hoggers (10:00) - A&E
1.413 million viewers, #11; 0.739 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Auction Hunters (10:00) - Spike TV
1.360 million viewers, #12; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.269 million viewers, #13; 0.642 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Dirty Jobs - Discovery
1.152 million viewers, #14; 0.587 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN
1.097 million viewers, #15; 0.505 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

The Real World: St. Thomas - MTV
0.986 million viewers, #16; 0.764 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Top 20 Most Shocking (10:00) - truTV
0.897 million viewers, #17; 0.486 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Top Chef Masters - Bravo
0.883 million viewers, #18; 0.476 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

The Soup - E!
0.639 million viewers, #19; 0.421 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

A Football Life - NFLN
0.342 million viewers, #20; 0.189 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

MLB Baseball (7:00) - ESPN2
0.256 million viewers, #21; 0.103 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.247 million viewers, #22; 0.114 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #21

NFL Turning Point - NBCSN
0.148 million viewers, #23; 0.092 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Inside NASCAR (10:00, 60 Minutes) - Showtime
0.095 million viewers, #24; 0.037 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

Sports Illustrated - NBCSN
0.072 million viewers, #25; 0.043 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research