select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, march 23, 2011)

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

Storage Wars (10:30) (2.553 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #3)

Top Chef (2.376 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T1)

Justified (2.224 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Real World: Las Vegas (2.157 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.3, #T1)

ESPN NBA Game #1 (1.934 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

Hot in Cleveland (1.799 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.4, #14)

ESPN NBA Game #2 (1.785 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

Sons of Guns (9:00) (1.651 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Ghost Hunters (1.601 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T8)

Operation Repo (1.592 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T8)

1000 Ways to Die (1.292 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Restaurant: Impossible (Repeat) (1.250 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Hoarding: Buried Alive (1.230 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Retired at 35 (1.213 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #15)

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files (1.186 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Source: Nielsen Media Research