select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, march 4, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Suite Life on Deck (3.806 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #4)

Phineas & Ferb (3.306 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5)

WWE Smackdown (2.998 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #2)

Fish Hooks (2.916 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

ESPN NBA Game #2 (2.914 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (1.874 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

Flying Wild Alaska (1.806 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5)

ESPN NBA Game #1 (1.800 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #3)

Merlin (1.562 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

Generator Rex (1.398 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T18)

American Loggers (1.347 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) (1.245 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) (1.112 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

The Soup (1.062 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5)

Real Time With Bill Maher (0.955 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T16)

DC Cupcakes (10:30) (0.914 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

DC Cupcakes (10:00) (0.901 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

Fashion Police (0.624 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T16)

ESPN2 Boxing (0.596 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.1, #20)

The Ricky Gervais Show (0.258 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T18)

Source: Nielsen Media Research