select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, january 5, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 18 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Jersey Shore (7.583 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.0, #1)

NBA Basketball: Miami/Atlanta (3.044 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.3, #2)

Beyond Scared Straight (2.174 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #3)

The First 48 (2.017 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

Project Runway: All Stars (1.943 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T4)

Alaska: The Last Frontier (1.645 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Impact Wrestling (1.595 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #7)

Impractical Jokers (10:00) (1.476 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #6)

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (1.448 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Man, Woman, Wild (1.410 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

Big Shrimpin' (1.118 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #12)

NY Ink (1.010 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8)

24 Hour Catwalk (0.875 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.3, #13)

American Stuffers (0.584 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

Hook, Line & Sisters (10:00) (0.423 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

Hook, Line & Sisters (10:30) (0.345 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T17)

24/7 Flyers/Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic (0.307 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T14)

Louder Than a Bomb (0.122 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T17)

Source: Nielsen Media Research