select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, december 18, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 18 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Storage Wars (9:30) - A&E
3.609 million viewers, #1; 1.596 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #2

Rizzoli & Isles - TNT
3.424 million viewers, #2; 0.891 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #8

WWE Smackdown - USA
3.331 million viewers, #3; 1.476 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Storage Wars (9:00) - A&E
3.216 million viewers, #4; 1.402 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #4

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.652 million viewers, #5; 1.249 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #6

Storage Wars: Texas (10:00) - A&E
2.650 million viewers, #6; 1.166 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #7

Ink Master (10:00) - Spike TV
2.360 million viewers, #7; 1.652 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #1

Leverage - TNT
2.230 million viewers, #8; 0.733 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #10

Ink Master (9:00) - Spike TV
2.009 million viewers, #9; 1.392 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating), #5

Mankind the Story of All of Us - History
1.679 million viewers, #10; 0.669 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #12

Caught Red Handed (10:00) - truTV
1.572 million viewers, #11; 0.679 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Zombie Apocalypse - Discovery
1.231 million viewers, #12; 0.801 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Little People Big World: Wedding Farm - TLC
1.014 million viewers, #13; 0.372 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

My Three Wives - TLC
0.865 million viewers, #14; 0.463 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Million Dollar Decorators - Bravo
0.639 million viewers, #15; 0.324 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman - OWN
0.263 million viewers, #16; 0.156 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #16

Frontier Earth - Animal Planet
0.254 million viewers, #17; 0.115 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #17

E! Investigates: Stories of Survival - E!
0.212 million viewers, #18; 0.104 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #18

Source: Nielsen Media Research