select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, january 19, 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 (6.158 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.5, #1)

CNN Southern Republican Presidential Debate (5.022 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T3)

TNT NBA Basketball: L.A. Lakers/Miami (4.396 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.0, #2)

Beyond Scared Straight (2.206 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T3)

TNT NBA Basketball: Dallas/Utah (1.965 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.9, #5)

Project Runway: All Stars (1.912 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T7)

The First 48 (1.860 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T7)

Impact Wrestling (1.675 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Impractical Jokers (10:00) (1.609 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.8, #6)

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (1.372 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T11)

Archer (1.309 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T7)

Man, Woman, Wild (1.300 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

NY Ink (1.267 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T7)

Unsupervised (0.856 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

24 Hour Catwalk (0.784 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T15)

Snake Man of Appalachia (0.642 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T15)

American Stuffers (0.531 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.2, #18)

E! Special: When Girls Kill (0.504 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T15)

Source: Nielsen Media Research