select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, december 1, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Thursday Night Football (5.945 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.4, #1)

Burn Notice (3.116 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2)

Beavis and Butt-Head (10:00) (1.606 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #4)

Beavis and Butt-Head (10:30) (1.562 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #5)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1.518 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.0, #3)

Impact Wrestling (1.443 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Weed Wars (1.359 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

I Love You to Death (1.176 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (1.055 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

The League (1.010 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Big Shrimpin' (0.987 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

Project Accessory (0.967 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

DUI (9:30) (0.932 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

Chef Hunter (0.919 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

Top 20 Most Shocking (0.911 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

DUI (9:00) (0.864 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10)

Cellblock 6: Female Lock Up (0.853 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T17)

E! News Special - Lady Gaga: Marry the Night (0.699 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T17)

One Lucky Elephant (0.379 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.1, #19)

Mr. Young (0.239 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T20)

Sex in an Epidemic (0.046 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T20)

Keep a Child Alive with Alicia Keys (0.037 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T20)

Tapestries of Hope (0.010 million viewers, #23; adults 18-49: 0.0, #T20)

Source: Nielsen Media Research