select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, october 5, 2012)

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

MLB Wild Card: Baltimore at Texas - TBS
5.034 million viewers, #1; 2.296 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #1

MLB Wild Card: St. Louis at Atlanta - TBS
3.990 million viewers, #2; 1.495 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #2

Jessie (8:30) - Disney
3.576 million viewers, #3; 0.722 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #5

Gravity Falls (9:00) - Disney
3.478 million viewers, #4; 0.677 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #8

A.N.T. Farm (8:00) - Disney
2.940 million viewers, #5; 0.562 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Fish Hooks (9:30, 30 Minutes) - Disney
2.939 million viewers, #6; 0.475 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

WWE Smackdown - Syfy
2.387 million viewers, #7; 0.811 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #3

Haven - Syfy
1.572 million viewers, #8; 0.565 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:30) - TLC
1.412 million viewers, #9; 0.537 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #15

MLB Wild Card: St. Louis at Atlanta Overrun - TNT
1.393 million viewers, #10; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

College Football: Utah State at BYU - ESPN
1.389 million viewers, #11; 0.694 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #7

College Football: Pittsburgh at Syracuse - ESPN
1.368 million viewers, #12; 0.581 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Yukon Men - Discovery
1.343 million viewers, #13; 0.658 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #9

Real Time With Bill Maher - HBO
1.325 million viewers, #14; 0.613 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.285 million viewers, #15; 0.560 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #14

UFC Fight Night - FX
1.084 million viewers, #16; 0.713 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

The Ultimate Fighter Live (10:00) - FX
1.056 million viewers, #17; 0.776 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #4

Secret Princes - TLC
1.011 million viewers, #18; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #18

Yukon Men: Harsh Spring Revealed - Discovery
0.796 million viewers, #19; 0.373 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

America's Most Wanted - Lifetime
0.774 million viewers, #20; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Fashion Police - E!
0.642 million viewers, #21; 0.389 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Monsters Inside Me - Animal Planet
0.457 million viewers, #22; 0.155 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

Boss - Starz
0.436 million viewers, #23; 0.222 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Source: Nielsen Media Research