select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, may 21, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 25 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NBA Playoffs: L.A. Lakers/Oklahoma City - TNT
8.149 million viewers, #1; 4.697 million adults 18-49 (3.7 rating), #1

Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
5.285 million viewers, #2; 2.301 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #3

Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
5.205 million viewers, #3; 2.297 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #4

American Pickers - History
4.640 million viewers, #4; 1.677 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #7

NBA Playoffs: Boston/Philadelphia - TNT
4.174 million viewers, #5; 2.304 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #2

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
4.168 million viewers, #6; 1.960 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #6

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
4.144 million viewers, #7; 1.983 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #5

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior - Discovery
2.251 million viewers, #8; 1.307 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #9

Basketball Wives - VH1
1.938 million viewers, #9; 1.385 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #8

Eureka - Syfy
1.624 million viewers, #10; 0.566 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

La La's Full Court Life - VH1
1.580 million viewers, #11; 1.154 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #10

Ridiculousness - MTV
1.210 million viewers, #12; 0.650 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Secret Life of the American Teenager - ABC Family
1.163 million viewers, #13; 0.677 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Lost Girl - Syfy
1.151 million viewers, #14; 0.439 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Bethenny Ever After - Bravo
1.138 million viewers, #15; 0.639 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Kurt Sutter's Outlaw Empires - Discovery
0.961 million viewers, #16; 0.519 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

Invention Hunters - Food
0.928 million viewers, #17; 0.423 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

MLB Baseball: Atlanta/Cincinnati - ESPN
0.783 million viewers, #18; 0.365 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Money from Strangers - MTV
0.648 million viewers, #19; 0.210 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Undercover Stings (9:00) - Spike TV
0.647 million viewers, #20; 0.378 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Undercover Boss: Abroad (9:00) - TLC
0.591 million viewers, #21; 0.317 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Tanisha Gets Married - Oxygen
0.432 million viewers, #22; 0.200 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

I Cloned My Pet 2 - TLC
0.417 million viewers, #23; 0.164 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Undercover Boss: Abroad (8:00) - TLC
0.351 million viewers, #24; 0.182 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Motorcity (9:00) - Disney XD
0.298 million viewers, #25; 0.029 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #25

Source: Nielsen Media Research