select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, february 23, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 15 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Jersey Shore - MTV
5.232 million viewers, #1; 3.745 million adults 18-49 (2.9 rating), #1

NBA Basketball: New York/Miami - TNT
5.092 million viewers, #2; 2.806 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #2

Swamp People - History
4.374 million viewers, #3; 2.237 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #3

NBA Basketball: L.A. Lakers/Oklahoma City - TNT
3.665 million viewers, #4; 2.072 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #4

Mudcats - History
2.376 million viewers, #5; 1.159 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Project Runway: All Stars - Lifetime
1.955 million viewers, #6; 0.932 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.582 million viewers, #7; 0.698 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Archer - FX
1.267 million viewers, #8; 0.966 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest - truTV
1.223 million viewers, #9; 0.649 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Fat Chef - Food
1.023 million viewers, #10; 0.461 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Project Runway: All Stars - After the Runway - Lifetime
0.942 million viewers, #11; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

NY Ink - TLC
0.722 million viewers, #12; 0.489 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Unsupervised - FX
0.599 million viewers, #13; 0.443 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

24 Hour Catwalk - Lifetime
0.524 million viewers, #14; 0.210 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #14

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy - Showtime
0.076 million viewers, #15; 0.035 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #15

Source: Nielsen Media Research