select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, august 10, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 31 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Royal Pains (5.163 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.4, #3)

Storage Wars (10:30) (4.802 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.0, #1)

Storage Wars (10:00) (4.527 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.9, #2)

Necessary Roughness (4.139 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.3, #4)

The Challenge: Rivals (2.057 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.2, #5)

Hot in Cleveland (2.026 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.841 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Sons of Guns (1.836 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.8, #6)

Family BrainSurge (1.699 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Operation Repo (9:00) (1.498 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Happily Divorced (1.493 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

South Beach Tow (10:00) (1.435 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.336 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Destroy Build Destroy (1.243 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T27)

Rescue Me (1.171 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Ghost Hunters International (1.160 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Dude, What Would Happen (1.115 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T27)

Melissa & Joey (1.043 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

One Man Army (1.029 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Deadliest Warrior (1.006 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

South Park (Repeat) (0.945 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T11)

Legend Quest (0.905 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Dance Moms (0.894 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Roseanne's Nuts (9:00) (0.854 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Roseanne's Nuts (9:30) (0.764 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

State of Georgia (0.728 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Rocco's Dinner Party (0.651 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Jon Benjamin Has a Van (0.587 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Famous Food (0.504 million viewers, #29; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T27)

The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants (0.110 million viewers, #30; adults 18-49: 0.1, #30)

Inside NASCAR (0.035 million viewers, #31; adults 18-49: 0.0, #31)

Source: Nielsen Media Research