select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, february 16, 2011)

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

Justified (2.413 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.9, #2)

Top Chef (2.351 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1)

Hot in Cleveland (1.920 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Sons of Guns (9:30) (1.639 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T3)

Operation Repo (9:00) (1.513 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T3)

Sons of Guns (9:00) (1.438 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T7)

Operation Repo (9:30) (1.359 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T7)

1000 Ways to Die (1.290 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T7)

Retired at 35 (1.288 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #15)

I Used to Be Fat (1.276 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T3)

Face Off (1.165 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T3)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.145 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T7)

Ghost Hunters International (1.126 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T7)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.069 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

ESPN NBA Game (1.046 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T7)

Source: Nielsen Media Research