select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, october 21, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Jessie (4.026 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

SpongeBob SquarePants (8:00) (3.905 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T1)

Wizards of Waverly Place (3.417 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T7)

Phineas & Ferb (3.342 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

Kung Fu Panda: The Series (3.255 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

WWE Smackdown (3.112 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T1)

Fish Hooks (2.737 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

American Restoration (9:30) (2.551 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T4)

American Restoration (9:00) (2.515 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.8, #3)

Hairy Bikers (10:00) (1.607 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

Sanctuary (1.466 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows Best (10:00) (1.293 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

House of Payne (9:30) (1.289 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

Real Time With Bill Maher (1.260 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) (1.247 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows Best (10:30) (1.236 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T9)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) (1.142 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

House of Payne (9:00) (1.103 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

The Soup (0.806 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Meet the Browns (8:30) (0.783 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T20)

Fashion Police (0.779 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T20)

Meet the Browns (8:00) (0.675 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T20)

Boss (0.659 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: N/A, #)

My Extreme Animal Phobia (0.571 million viewers, #24; adults 18-49: 0.2, #23)

Oprah's Lifeclass Live (0.343 million viewers, #25; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T24)

Oprah's Lifeclass (0.245 million viewers, #26; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T24)

Ask Oprah's All-Stars (0.199 million viewers, #27; adults 18-49: 0.0, #26)

Source: Nielsen Media Research