select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, december 21, 2010)

Here are the highlights of 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

WWE Smackdown (10:00) (3.817 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T1)

WWE Smackdown (9:00) (3.807 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T1)

ESPN College Football (2.997 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.0, #4)

16 & Pregnant (2.087 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.1, #3)

Auction Hunters (2.076 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

Billy the Exterminator (1.857 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T7)

Storage Wars (10:30) (1.799 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5)

What Not to Wear (1.651 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #9)

Storage Wars (10:00) (1.622 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T7)

Auction Kings (10:00) (1.446 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Auction Kings (10:30) (1.421 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Dirty Jobs (1.259 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Glory Daze (1.115 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Tower Prep (9:00) (1.068 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

Tower Prep (8:00) (0.982 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

Source: Nielsen Media Research