select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, march 22, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NCAA Basketball: Louisville vs. Michigan State - TBS
3.768 million viewers, #1; 1.748 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

NCAA Basketball: Florida vs. Marquette - TBS
3.080 million viewers, #2; 1.793 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Jersey Shore Reunion - MTV
2.903 million viewers, #3; 2.160 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

Project Runway: All Stars - Lifetime
2.413 million viewers, #4; 0.992 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

The First 48 - A&E
1.869 million viewers, #5; 0.941 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Impact Wrestling - Spike TV
1.489 million viewers, #6; 0.605 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

The First 48: Missing Persons - A&E
1.472 million viewers, #7; 0.708 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

Project Runway: All Stars - After the Runway - Lifetime
1.374 million viewers, #8; 0.547 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Sweet Genius - Food
1.368 million viewers, #9; 0.672 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

Archer - FX
1.326 million viewers, #10; 0.993 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #4

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest - truTV
1.063 million viewers, #11; 0.551 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

Behind the Music - VH1
0.620 million viewers, #12; 0.371 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Unsupervised - FX
0.510 million viewers, #13; 0.370 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Source: Nielsen Media Research