select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for thursday, september 12, 2013)

Here are the highlights of 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Thursday Night Football - NFLN
8.791 million viewers, #1; 4.827 million adults 18-49 (3.8 rating), #1

Burn Notice - USA
4.972 million viewers, #2; 1.622 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

Thursday Night Football Pre-Kick - NFLN
3.604 million viewers, #3; 1.781 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

College Football: TCU at Texas Tech - ESPN
2.277 million viewers, #4; 1.265 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Project Runway (9:00, 90 Minutes) - Lifetime
2.224 million viewers, #5; 0.930 million adults 18-49 (0.7 rating), #5

Graceland - USA
2.053 million viewers, #6; 0.778 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #7

The First 48 (9:00) - A&E
1.536 million viewers, #7; 0.745 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #8

Impact Wrestling (9:00) - Spike TV
1.389 million viewers, #8; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #11

Impractical Jokers (10:00) - truTV
1.284 million viewers, #9; 0.783 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #6

Panic 9-1-1 (10:00) - A&E
1.255 million viewers, #10; 0.706 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

The Presidents' Gatekeepers - A Powerful Fraternity - Discovery
0.974 million viewers, #11; 0.389 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Ridiculousness (10:00) - MTV
0.960 million viewers, #12; 0.588 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

Anger Management (9:30) - FX
0.877 million viewers, #13; 0.460 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

Four Weddings (10:00) - TLC
0.803 million viewers, #14; 0.457 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Supermarket Superstar (10:30) - Lifetime
0.546 million viewers, #15; 0.286 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #15

Owner's Manual (10:30) - AMC
0.260 million viewers, #16; 0.125 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #16

Fame High - Showtime
0.040 million viewers, #17; 0.026 million adults 18-49 (0.0 rating), #17

Source: Nielsen Media Research