select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, february 26, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA All-Star Game - TNT
7.070 million viewers, #1; 4.246 million adults 18-49 (3.3 rating), #2

The Walking Dead - AMC
7.040 million viewers, #2; 4.877 million adults 18-49 (3.8 rating), #1

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2012 Academy Awards (7:30 PM) - E!
3.693 million viewers, #3; 1.877 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #3

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2012 Academy Awards (5:30 PM) - E!
3.595 million viewers, #4; 1.760 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #4

Austin & Ally - Disney
2.731 million viewers, #5; 0.452 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Ax Men - History
2.658 million viewers, #6; 1.496 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Shake It Up - Disney
2.627 million viewers, #7; 0.427 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Worst Cooks in America - Food
2.252 million viewers, #8; 1.060 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

So Random! (7:30) - Disney
2.180 million viewers, #9; 0.375 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

NBA All-Star Game Tip Off - TNT
2.160 million viewers, #10; 1.344 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #6

Real Housewives of Atlanta (9:00) - Bravo
1.581 million viewers, #11; 1.108 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Iron Chef America - Food
1.278 million viewers, #12; 0.625 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.271 million viewers, #13; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Comic Book Men - AMC
1.261 million viewers, #14; 0.922 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Full Metal Jousting - History
1.240 million viewers, #15; 0.695 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Eastbound & Down - HBO
1.102 million viewers, #16; 0.900 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #10

Finding Bigfoot - Animal Planet
1.005 million viewers, #17; 0.454 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Vegas Strip - truTV
0.971 million viewers, #18; 0.391 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Hillbilly Handfishin' - Animal Planet
0.950 million viewers, #19; 0.414 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Bait Car (8:00) - truTV
0.891 million viewers, #20; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Rattlesnake Republic - Animal Planet
0.797 million viewers, #21; 0.339 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Nick News - Nickelodeon
0.650 million viewers, #22; 0.187 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Jerseylicious - Style
0.611 million viewers, #23; 0.326 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #23

Luck - HBO
0.501 million viewers, #24; 0.235 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Big Rich Texas - Style
0.447 million viewers, #25; 0.300 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Life's Too Short - HBO
0.439 million viewers, #26; 0.357 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Snapped - Oxygen
0.419 million viewers, #27; 0.173 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Goose - ESPN
0.349 million viewers, #28; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #28

Source: Nielsen Media Research