select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, september 7, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

MSNBC Republican Presidental Debate (5.411 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T5)

Storage Wars (10:30) (5.334 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.1, #T1)

Storage Wars (10:00) (4.934 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.1, #T1)

Necessary Roughness (3.706 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3)

Sons of Guns (2.393 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3)

Rescue Me (2.334 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T5)

Dance Moms (1.732 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.9, #7)

Restaurant: Impossible (1.662 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

Ghost Hunters (1.442 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

Operation Repo (9:00) (1.439 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Paranormal Witness (1.262 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

The Challenge: Rivals - The Sh*t They Should Have Shown (1.137 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8)

Toddlers & Tiaras (1.107 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Top Chef: Just Desserts (1.065 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Destroy Build Destroy (1.057 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T23)

Dude, What Would Happen (1.039 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T23)

Melissa & Joey (8:00) (0.942 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Deadliest Warrior (0.931 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

Melissa & Joey (8:30) (0.832 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T13)

I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (8:30) (0.602 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T19)

I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (8:00) (0.542 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T19)

Animal Cops: Houston (0.496 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T19)

Famous Food (0.440 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.3, #18)

Confessions: Animal Hoarding (10:00) (0.425 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T19)

Saved (0.287 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T23)

Ton of Cash (0.208 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T23)

Inside the NFL (0.143 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T23)

Inside NASCAR (0.031 million viewers, #28; adults 18-49: 0.0, #28)

Source: Nielsen Media Research