select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, october 17, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
3.861 million viewers, #1; 2.106 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #3

American Horror Story - FX
3.848 million viewers, #2; 2.781 million adults 18-49 (2.2 rating), #1

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
3.842 million viewers, #3; 2.214 million adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), #2

MLB ALCS, Game 4 Rain Delay - TBS
3.682 million viewers, #4; 1.357 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

American Restoration (9:30) - History
2.262 million viewers, #5; 0.991 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #6

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
2.248 million viewers, #6; 0.952 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

South Park - Comedy Central
1.982 million viewers, #7; 1.429 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.809 million viewers, #8; 0.845 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #9

Dragons: Riders of Berk (8:00) - Cartoon
1.795 million viewers, #9; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
1.761 million viewers, #10; 0.643 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.649 million viewers, #11; 0.953 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.609 million viewers, #12; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

Restaurant: Impossible (9:00) - Food
1.555 million viewers, #13; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.489 million viewers, #14; 0.787 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.200 million viewers, #15; 0.564 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #16

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.164 million viewers, #16; 0.810 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Sons of Guns - Discovery
0.940 million viewers, #17; 0.510 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
0.911 million viewers, #18; 0.718 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #13

My Giant Face Tumor - TLC
0.890 million viewers, #19; 0.416 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

The Houstons Remember Whitney - Lifetime
0.721 million viewers, #20; 0.383 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #21

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.593 million viewers, #21; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #22

Osama bin Laden: The Finish - Discovery
0.575 million viewers, #22; 0.287 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

The Soup - E!
0.545 million viewers, #23; 0.393 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #20

My Life Is a Lifetime Movie - Lifetime
0.453 million viewers, #24; 0.270 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Life After Top Chef - Bravo
0.380 million viewers, #25; 0.188 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.238 million viewers, #26; 0.110 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Inside NASCAR - Showtime
0.051 million viewers, #27; 0.030 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research