select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, october 24, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 28 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Duck Dynasty (10:30) - A&E
3.506 million viewers, #1; 1.873 million adults 18-49 (1.5 rating), #2

Duck Dynasty (10:00) - A&E
3.390 million viewers, #2; 1.776 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #3

American Horror Story - FX
3.061 million viewers, #3; 2.187 million adults 18-49 (1.7 rating), #1

Storage Wars: Texas (9:30) - A&E
2.164 million viewers, #4; 0.926 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #6

American Restoration (9:30) - History
1.963 million viewers, #5; 0.745 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

South Park - Comedy Central
1.896 million viewers, #6; 1.406 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

South Beach Tow (9:30) - truTV
1.831 million viewers, #7; 1.011 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #5

Ghost Hunters - Syfy
1.680 million viewers, #8; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #11

Operation Repo (10:00) - truTV
1.622 million viewers, #9; 0.842 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

Cajun Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
1.435 million viewers, #10; 0.569 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #17

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:00) - Lifetime
1.333 million viewers, #11; 0.620 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #13

The Houstons: On Our Own (9:30) - Lifetime
1.313 million viewers, #12; 0.589 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #16

Restaurant Stakeout (10:00) - Food
1.312 million viewers, #13; 0.606 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #14

Sons of Guns - Discovery
1.215 million viewers, #14; 0.696 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #12

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons - MTV
1.162 million viewers, #15; 0.907 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #7

Paranormal Witness - Syfy
1.122 million viewers, #16; 0.591 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #15

Key & Peele - Comedy Central
1.083 million viewers, #17; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

My Life Is a Lifetime Movie - Lifetime
0.761 million viewers, #18; 0.361 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #19

Couples Therapy - VH1
0.707 million viewers, #19; 0.477 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #18

Militia Rising - Discovery
0.654 million viewers, #20; 0.316 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Life After Top Chef - Bravo
0.486 million viewers, #21; 0.291 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

The Soup - E!
0.432 million viewers, #22; 0.284 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

A-List Listings (8:00) - E!
0.427 million viewers, #23; 0.195 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #23

Savaged (9:00) - Animal Planet
0.329 million viewers, #24; 0.130 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #25

Savaged (10:00) - Animal Planet
0.319 million viewers, #25; 0.142 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Savaged (8:00) - Animal Planet
0.273 million viewers, #26; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Inside the NFL - Showtime
0.131 million viewers, #27; 0.062 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #27

Inside NASCAR - Showtime
0.038 million viewers, #28; 0.003 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #28

Source: Nielsen Media Research