select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, august 25, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 39 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

2013 MTV Video Music Awards - MTV
10.066 million viewers, #1; 6.568 million adults 18-49 (5.2 rating), #1

Breaking Bad (9:00) - AMC
4.848 million viewers, #2; 3.208 million adults 18-49 (2.5 rating), #2

2013 MTV VMA Pre-Show - MTV
4.634 million viewers, #3; 2.927 million adults 18-49 (2.3 rating), #3

Mountain Men (9:00) - History
3.403 million viewers, #4; 1.141 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #9

Dog with a Blog (8:00) - Disney
3.236 million viewers, #5; 0.678 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Shake It Up (8:30) - Disney
3.178 million viewers, #6; 0.657 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Devious Maids (10:00) - Lifetime
2.479 million viewers, #7; 1.116 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Real Housewives of New Jersey (8:00) - Bravo
2.389 million viewers, #8; 1.446 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Sister Wives (9:00) - TLC
2.343 million viewers, #9; 1.223 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #8

Ice Road Truckers (10:00) - History
2.291 million viewers, #10; 0.797 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #15

Dexter (9:00) - Showtime
2.286 million viewers, #11; 1.369 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (9:00) - E!
2.249 million viewers, #12; 1.364 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #7

Catfish: The TV Show (7:00) - MTV
2.016 million viewers, #13; 1.435 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Sunday Night Baseball - ESPN
1.899 million viewers, #14; 0.673 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Breaking Amish: LA (10:00) - TLC
1.855 million viewers, #15; 1.045 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #11

The Great Food Truck Race (9:00) - Food
1.796 million viewers, #16; 0.673 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Cutthroat Kitchen (10:00) - Food
1.609 million viewers, #17; 0.780 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

Restaurant: Impossible (8:00) - Food
1.560 million viewers, #18; 0.581 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #23

Bar Rescue (9:00) - Spike TV
1.513 million viewers, #19; 0.958 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #12

The Newsroom (10:00) - HBO
1.473 million viewers, #20; 0.796 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #16

Total Divas (10:00) - E!
1.460 million viewers, #21; 0.912 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #13

Ray Donovan (10:00) - Showtime
1.328 million viewers, #22; 0.572 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #24

2013 MTV Video Music Awards - VH1
1.320 million viewers, #23; 0.822 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #14

Sunday Best (8:00) - BET
1.319 million viewers, #24; 0.438 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #29

Low Winter Sun (10:00) - AMC
1.225 million viewers, #25; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #25

Call of the Wildman (9:00) - Animal Planet
1.165 million viewers, #26; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #30

Bad Ink (10:00) - A&E
1.163 million viewers, #27; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #22

Gator Boys (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.130 million viewers, #28; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #32

Container Wars (10:00) - truTV
1.066 million viewers, #29; 0.458 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #28

Oprah's Next Chapter (9:00) - OWN
1.032 million viewers, #30; 0.296 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #36

Bad Ink (10:30) - A&E
1.011 million viewers, #31; 0.525 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #26

Storage Hunters (9:30) - truTV
0.980 million viewers, #32; 0.345 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #34

Hardcore Pawn: Chicago (10:30) - truTV
0.883 million viewers, #33; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #33

Jungle Gold (10:00) - Discovery
0.856 million viewers, #34; 0.500 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #27

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (10:00) - OWN
0.853 million viewers, #35; 0.201 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #38

Wendell & Vinnie (8:30) - Nickelodeon
0.764 million viewers, #36; 0.201 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #37

Tattoo Rescue (10:00) - Spike TV
0.572 million viewers, #37; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #31

Eat, Drive, Love (9:00) - Bravo
0.530 million viewers, #38; 0.302 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #35

American Ninja Warrior (9:00, 120 Minutes) - G4
0.364 million viewers, #39; 0.179 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #39

Source: Nielsen Media Research