select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, july 27, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 35 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Royal Pains (4.845 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.4, #3)

Storage Wars (10:30) (4.376 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.7, #T1)

Necessary Roughness (4.211 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.3, #4)

Storage Wars (10:00) (4.190 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.7, #T1)

Franklin & Bash (2.844 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

Sons of Guns (2.311 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T6)

Family BrainSurge (1.990 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

The Challenge: Rivals (1.986 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.2, #5)

Hot in Cleveland (1.841 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T12)

Operation Repo (9:00) (1.748 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Rescue Me (1.556 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.509 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

South Beach Tow (10:00) (1.508 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T12)

Happily Divorced (1.389 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

One Man Army (1.347 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

History Special: Meat America (1.094 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

South Park (Repeat) (1.086 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T12)

Deadliest Warrior (1.086 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Destroy Build Destroy (1.084 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T29)

Dude, What Would Happen (1.064 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T29)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.038 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Ghost Hunters International (0.941 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Dance Moms (0.928 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Roseanne's Nuts (9:00) (0.885 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Melissa & Joey (0.883 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Roseanne's Nuts (9:30) (0.822 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

E! True Hollywood Story: Snooki (0.757 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Jon Benjamin Has a Van (0.743 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Legend Quest (0.732 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

Rocco's Dinner Party (0.610 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T24)

State of Georgia (0.564 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T29)

I Shouldn't Be Alive (0.550 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T33)

Famous Food (0.354 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T29)

Clean House (0.255 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T33)

The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants (0.096 million viewers, #35; adults 18-49: 0.0, #35)

Source: Nielsen Media Research