select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, january 14, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 16 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Suite Life on Deck (4.468 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.7, #4)

Gold Rush: Alaska (3.538 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1)

WWE Smackdown (2.977 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2)

Flying Wild Alaska (2.578 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) (1.906 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T5)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) (1.896 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T5)

Four Weddings (1.549 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Merlin (1.455 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #11)

ESPN NBA Game #1 (1.348 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T5)

ESPN NBA Game #2 (1.099 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Real Time With Bill Maher (1.086 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T12)

The Soup (0.889 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

ESPN2 Boxing (0.788 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

Fashion Police (0.606 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T12)

Critics Choice Awards (0.536 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

The Ricky Gervais Show (0.280 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.1, #16)

Source: Nielsen Media Research