Games 3, 4 and 5 of the LA-Boston NBA Finals produced strong summer ratings for ABC. As the week’s three most watched shows on television, the basketball playoff series made the Alphabet Net the 18-49 winner for the week, although CBS still won the Household ratings race.
In HH, CBS had a 4.9 rating and 9 share, NBC 4.4/8, ABC 4.3/8, Fox 3.8/7, Univision 1.7/3, CW 1.1/2, MyNetworkTV 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.3/0, Ion 0.2/0 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In the key 18-49 demo, it was ABC, Fox, NBC, CBS, Univision, CW, a tie by Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura, and a final tie by Azteca America and Ion.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows:
Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network prime time (Live + SD) week of 06/09/08 – 06/15/08
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 5(S) | ABC | 10.2 | 19 | 17394 |
| 2 | NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 3(S) | ABC | 9.2 | 16 | 14509 |
| 3 | NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 4(S) | ABC | 8.7 | 16 | 13762 |
| 4 | NCIS | CBS | 6.9 | 12 | 10161 |
| 4 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 6.9 | 11 | 10720 |
| 6 | CSI | CBS | 6.6 | 11 | 9419 |
| 7 | 48 HOURS MYSTERY TUESDAY | CBS | 6.5 | 11 | 9212 |
| 8 | MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD-S(S) | CBS | 6.3 | 12 | 9361 |
| 9 | CSI: NY | CBS | 6.1 | 11 | 9183 |
| 10 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 5.9 | 10 | 8533 |
| 11 | WITHOUT A TRACE | CBS | 5.7 | 10 | 8198 |
| 12 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 5.6 | 9 | 8316 |
| 13 | DEAL OR NO DEAL-WED | NBC | 5.5 | 10 | 8621 |
| 13 | HELL’S KITCHEN | FOX | 5.5 | 9 | 8810 |
| 13 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT | CBS | 5.5 | 9 | 8509 |
| 13 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED | FOX | 5.5 | 10 | 8909 |
| 17 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 5.2 | 11 | 7562 |
| 17 | HOUSE-MON 9P | FOX | 5.2 | 8 | 7968 |
| 19 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU | FOX | 5.1 | 9 | 8019 |
| 20 | SWINGTOWN | CBS | 5.0 | 9 | 6996 |
Source: Nielsen Media Research
