select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, october 7, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 26 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Steel Magnolias - Lifetime
6.511 million viewers, #1; 3.030 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating), #1

Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters - Comedy Central
5.020 million viewers, #2; 2.313 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #2

Good Luck Charlie (8:00) - Disney
4.195 million viewers, #3; 0.910 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Austin & Ally (8:30) - Disney
4.016 million viewers, #4; 0.840 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

MLB Division Series: Cincinnati at San Francisco - TBS
3.903 million viewers, #5; 1.634 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion - Bravo
3.594 million viewers, #6; 2.059 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #3

Long Island Medium (9:00, 60 Minutes) - TLC
2.742 million viewers, #7; 1.191 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Breaking Amish - TLC
2.437 million viewers, #8; 1.319 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Hell on Wheels (9:00, 120 Minutes) - AMC
2.184 million viewers, #9; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Boardwalk Empire - HBO
2.107 million viewers, #10; 1.111 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Dexter - Showtime
2.103 million viewers, #11; 1.372 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

MLB Division Series: New York at Baltimore - TBS
2.093 million viewers, #12; 0.843 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #12

Curiosity (9:00, 120 Minutes) - Discovery
1.840 million viewers, #13; 0.872 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #11

Halloween Wars - Food
1.695 million viewers, #14; 0.792 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Homeland - Showtime
1.661 million viewers, #15; 0.966 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

MLB Division Series: Cincinnati at San Francisco Overrun - TNT
1.459 million viewers, #16; 0.726 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

MythBusters (8:00) - Discovery
1.209 million viewers, #17; 0.666 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.197 million viewers, #18; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #20

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.028 million viewers, #19; 0.508 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

Married to Jonas - E!
0.802 million viewers, #20; 0.513 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Eating Giants: Elephant - Animal Planet
0.604 million viewers, #21; 0.235 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Rehab with Dr. Drew - VH1
0.588 million viewers, #22; 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Treme - HBO
0.484 million viewers, #23; 0.202 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Snapped - Oxygen
0.484 million viewers, #24; 0.251 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
0.372 million viewers, #25; 0.151 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Behind the Music - VH1
0.325 million viewers, #26; 0.232 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research