select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for sunday, september 2, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 23 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

NASCAR Sprint Cup - ESPN
5.558 million viewers, #1; 1.803 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #1

NASCAR Sprint Cup Countdown - ESPN
2.912 million viewers, #2; 1.020 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Breaking Bad - AMC
2.781 million viewers, #3; 1.670 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Sunday Best (9:00) - BET
2.605 million viewers, #4; 1.034 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - E!
2.549 million viewers, #5; 1.545 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Hell on Wheels - AMC
2.472 million viewers, #6; 0.737 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Leverage (9:00) - TNT
2.353 million viewers, #7; 0.871 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Sunday Best (8:00) - BET
2.132 million viewers, #8; 0.793 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Married to Jonas - E!
1.799 million viewers, #9; 1.128 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #4

The Great Food Truck Race - Food
1.774 million viewers, #10; 0.883 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

MLB Baseball (8:00) - ESPN2
1.688 million viewers, #11; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

Storage Hunters (10:00) - truTV
1.687 million viewers, #12; 0.781 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Hoarding: Buried Alive - TLC
1.353 million viewers, #13; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Cupcake Wars - Food
1.209 million viewers, #14; 0.594 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Iron Chef America (10:00) - Food
1.181 million viewers, #15; 0.514 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

Survivorman - Discovery
0.937 million viewers, #16; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

One Car Too Far - Discovery
0.934 million viewers, #17; 0.553 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

Big Ang (9:00) - VH1
0.634 million viewers, #18; 0.347 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Weeds - Showtime
0.605 million viewers, #19; 0.411 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Off the Hook: Extreme Catches (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.569 million viewers, #20; 0.264 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Oprah's Lifeclass (9:00) - OWN
0.450 million viewers, #21; 0.228 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Lovetown, USA - OWN
0.250 million viewers, #22; 0.126 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #22

Web Therapy - Showtime
0.196 million viewers, #23; 0.107 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Source: Nielsen Media Research