select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, january 21, 2011)

Here are the highlights of 10 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Wizards of Waverly Place (3.412 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Gold Rush: Alaska (3.299 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T1)

WWE Smackdown (3.295 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.0, #3)

Victorious (3.285 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Supah Ninjas (2.561 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Flying Wild Alaska (2.431 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #5)

ESPN NBA Game #2 (2.369 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T1)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2.210 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

ESPN NBA Game #1 (1.844 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.8, #4)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:30) (1.585 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Merlin (1.557 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Say Yes to the Dress (9:00) (1.453 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

1000 Ways to Die (1.254 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

Four Weddings (1.122 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T14)

Real Time With Bill Maher (1.109 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T17)

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (1.097 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10)

The Soup (1.081 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6)

Fashion Police (0.692 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T17)

The Ricky Gervais Show (0.209 million viewers, #19; adults 18-49: 0.1, #19)

Source: Nielsen Media Research