select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, september 16, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

SpongeBob SquarePants (8:00) (4.394 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1)

A.N.T. Farm (3.176 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6)

Wizards of Waverly Place (2.954 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6)

WWE Smackdown (2.614 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T2)

Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures (8:30) (2.382 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

American Restoration (10:00) (2.231 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T2)

Haven (2.022 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (1.930 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6)

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) (1.322 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6)

Four Weddings (1.284 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6)

Man, Woman, Wild (1.104 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T12)

Tanked (0.955 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T12)

The Soup (0.949 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T12)

Real Time With Bill Maher (0.904 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6)

Fashion Police (0.833 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T15)

One Man Army (0.745 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T15)

Roseanne's Nuts (10:00) (0.629 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T18)

24/7: Mayweather/Ortiz (0.459 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T15)

24/7 Overtime Live: Mayweather/Ortiz (0.374 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T18)

Living for 32 (0.054 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.0, #20)

Source: Nielsen Media Research