select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, october 5, 2010)

Here are the highlights of 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Teen Mom (4.129 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.4, #1)

Sons of Anarchy (3.124 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.6, #2)

Bad Girls Club (1.776 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #3)

Chopped (1.739 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

Billy the Exterminator (10:00) (1.643 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Billy the Exterminator (10:30) (1.520 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

30 for 30 (1.450 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

19 Kids and Counting (1.307 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

Flipping Out (1.272 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

1000 Ways to Die (1.263 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

Hair Battle Spectacular (1.116 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

Stargate Universe (1.070 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel (1.070 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

ESPN2 College Football (1.035 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #17)

Swords (1.006 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Melissa & Joey (0.897 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Caprica (0.889 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Source: Nielsen Media Research