select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, august 16, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 22 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Memphis Beat (4.048 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2)

Teen Mom (3.244 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.9, #1)

Hawthorne (2.868 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2)

Pretty Little Liars (2.295 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2)

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) (1.950 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Chopped (1.878 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Billy the Exterminator (10:30) (1.804 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Auction Kings (9:30) (1.774 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Billy the Exterminator (10:00) (1.733 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T10)

Auction Hunters (10:00) (1.723 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Top Shot (1.683 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2)

Auction Kings (9:00) (1.559 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

Flipping Out (1.467 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T6)

Dirty Money (10:00) (1.242 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Cupcake Wars (1.221 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T13)

What Not to Wear (9:00) (1.221 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Picker Sisters (10:00) (1.088 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Nine Lives of Chloe King (1.078 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

What Not to Wear (10:00) (1.050 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T19)

Dirty Money (10:30) (1.018 million viewers, #20; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

Born to Dance (0.924 million viewers, #21; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T15)

G4 Proving Ground (0.080 million viewers, #22; adults 18-49: 0.0, #22)

Source: Nielsen Media Research