select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 3, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 36 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Royal Pains (5.462 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.7, #3)

Storage Wars (10:30) (5.177 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.1, #1)

Storage Wars (10:00) (4.795 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.9, #2)

Necessary Roughness (4.456 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.3, #4)

Franklin & Bash (2.544 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #7)

Family BrainSurge (2.224 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Shark Week: How Sharks Hunt (2.050 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T5)

Hot in Cleveland (1.881 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Happily Divorced (1.631 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T17)

The Challenge: Rivals (1.591 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T5)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.533 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #8)

Operation Repo (9:00) (1.502 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

South Beach Tow (10:00) (1.453 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.418 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T17)

Deadliest Warrior (1.395 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

One Man Army (1.375 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Rescue Me (1.242 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T9)

Destroy Build Destroy (1.204 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T28)

Ghost Hunters International (1.195 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Dude, What Would Happen (1.152 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T28)

South Park (Repeat) (1.124 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Melissa & Joey (8:30) (1.048 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T17)

Melissa & Joey (8:00) (1.024 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T17)

Legend Quest (0.932 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Dance Moms (0.852 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Roseanne's Nuts (9:00) (0.785 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

State of Georgia (9:30) (0.696 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

State of Georgia (9:00) (0.693 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

Rocco's Dinner Party (0.583 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T28)

Jon Benjamin Has a Van (0.567 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T21)

State of Georgia (10:00) (0.567 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T28)

State of Georgia (10:30) (0.545 million viewers, #32; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T28)

Famous Food (0.407 million viewers, #33; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T28)

Clean House (0.285 million viewers, #34; adults 18-49: 0.1, #34)

The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants (0.063 million viewers, #35; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T35)

Inside NASCAR (0.021 million viewers, #36; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T35)

Source: Nielsen Media Research