select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, march 18, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

WWE Smackdown (3.097 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T1)

TBS NCAA Game #1 (2.496 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T1)

TBS NCAA Game #2 (1.797 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3)

Flying Wild Alaska (1.792 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6)

TNT NCAA Game #2 (1.485 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T3)

truTV NCAA Game #2 (1.485 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #5)

truTV NCAA Game #1 (1.474 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6)

Merlin (1.388 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T9)

American Loggers (1.360 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T9)

Say Yes to the Dress (1.290 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T9)

TNT NCAA Game #1 (1.182 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6)

1000 Ways to Die (Repeat) (1.044 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T12)

Real Time With Bill Maher (0.917 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T12)

ESPN2 Boxing (0.522 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.1, #14)

Source: Nielsen Media Research