select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, april 20, 2011)

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

TNT NBA Playoffs Game #2 (5.352 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.5, #1)

Storage Wars (10:30) (3.549 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #2)

TNT NBA Playoffs Game #1 (3.292 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.4, #3)

Justified (2.503 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

Extreme Couponing (9:30) (2.265 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.0, #5)

House of Payne (10:30) (2.162 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

House of Payne (10:00) (2.023 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #8)

Real World: Las Vegas (2.015 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.2, #4)

Mythbusters (1.735 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files (1.575 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Ghost Hunters (1.509 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T13)

Hoarding: Buried Alive (1.415 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #15)

The Ultimate Fighter (1.296 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Top Chef Masters (1.247 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T13)

Workaholics (1.101 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T9)

Coal (0.680 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.3, #16)

Source: Nielsen Media Research