select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, may 30, 2012)

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

Hatfields & McCoys, Part 3 - History
14.287 million viewers, #1; 5.106 million adults 18-49 (4.0 rating), #1

NBA Playoffs: Miami/Boston - ESPN
8.809 million viewers, #2; 5.030 million adults 18-49 (3.9 rating), #2

NBA Draft Lottery - ESPN
2.950 million viewers, #3; 1.530 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.946 million viewers, #4; 0.928 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #4

Auction Hunters (9:00) - Spike TV
1.523 million viewers, #5; 0.646 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

Melissa & Joey (8:30) - ABC Family
1.252 million viewers, #6; 0.836 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
1.208 million viewers, #7; 0.832 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

Hot in Cleveland - TV Land
1.194 million viewers, #8; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #14

Toddlers & Tiaras - TLC
1.174 million viewers, #9; 0.459 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

America's Best Dance Crew - MTV
1.046 million viewers, #10; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #8

American Digger (10:00) - Spike TV
1.029 million viewers, #11; 0.425 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #12

Total Blackout (10:00) - Syfy
1.009 million viewers, #12; 0.517 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #9

Happily Divorced - TV Land
0.986 million viewers, #13; 0.207 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

Around the World in 80 Plates - Bravo
0.785 million viewers, #14; 0.473 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #10

The Soup - E!
0.605 million viewers, #15; 0.392 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #13

Source: Nielsen Media Research