select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, december 15, 2011)

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

Thursday Night Football (3.972 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.6, #1)

Burn Notice (2.885 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T2)

Beyond Scared Straight (2.221 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T2)

The First 48 (1.742 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

Impact Wrestling (1.671 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Impractical Jokers (10:00) (1.524 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Beavis and Butt-Head (10:00) (1.404 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Beavis and Butt-Head (10:30) (1.385 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (1.377 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #13)

Impractical Jokers (10:30) (1.334 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1.324 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

Big Shrimpin' (1.191 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Weed Wars (1.044 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

The League (1.009 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Chef Hunter (0.847 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T17)

DUI (9:30) (0.832 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Project Accessory (0.797 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T17)

DUI (9:00) (0.755 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Cellblock 6: Female Lock Up (0.664 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T17)

E! Investigates: The Family Who Vanished (0.569 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T17)

Source: Nielsen Media Research