select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, august 16, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 20 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Burn Notice - USA
4.356 million viewers, #1; 1.494 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Suits - USA
4.003 million viewers, #2; 1.733 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.433 million viewers, #3; 1.155 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Sullivan & Son (10:00) - TBS
2.429 million viewers, #4; 1.198 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

Great White Highway - Discovery
2.125 million viewers, #5; 1.214 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #3

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
2.052 million viewers, #6; 1.182 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Awkward - MTV
1.947 million viewers, #7; 1.130 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #8

Shark Week's 25 Best Bites - Discovery
1.918 million viewers, #8; 1.158 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Snooki & JWOWW - MTV
1.587 million viewers, #9; 0.981 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #9

Cajun Justice (10:30) - A&E
1.537 million viewers, #10; 0.540 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

The First 48 - A&E
1.535 million viewers, #11; 0.793 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Cajun Justice (10:00) - A&E
1.489 million viewers, #12; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Impact Wrestling (8:00) - Spike TV
1.456 million viewers, #13; 0.597 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest (9:00) - truTV
1.264 million viewers, #14; 0.699 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Four Weddings (10:00) - TLC
1.226 million viewers, #15; 0.656 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Extreme Chef - Food
1.193 million viewers, #16; 0.680 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Four Weddings (9:00) - TLC
1.167 million viewers, #17; 0.577 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #17

Wilfred - FX
1.052 million viewers, #18; 0.653 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Louie - FX
0.844 million viewers, #19; 0.489 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #19

The Real L Word - Showtime
0.208 million viewers, #20; 0.163 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #20

Source: Nielsen Media Research