Basketball scores big for ABC

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Even so, Fox still won the week in the 18-49 demo and CBS in Households. The first two games of the Boston vs. LA NBA finals on ABC were the week’s top shows in the HH rankings.


In 18-49, Fox was followed by ABC, NBC, CBS, Univision, CW, a tie by MyNetworkTV and Telemundo, TeleFutura, Ion and Azteca America.

CBS posted a 4.9 rating and 9 share in Households, with Fox 4.1/7, ABC 4.0/7, NBC 3.7/7, Univision 1.7/3, CW 1.2/2, MyNetworkTV 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura and Ion tied at 0.3/1, and Azteca America at 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 06/02/08 – 06/08/08

Rank Program Network HH Rating HH Share 2+ Audience (000)
1 NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 1(S) ABC 8.7 16 13384
2 NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 2(S) ABC 8.5 15 13499
3 60 MINUTES CBS 6.5 13 9809
3 CSI CBS 6.5 11 9613
5 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 6.4 10 9811
6 MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD CBS 6.3 11 9624
7 CSI: NY CBS 6.2 11 9114
8 CSI: MIAMI CBS 6.1 10 8911
9 HOUSE-MON 9P FOX 6.0 9 9442
9 NCIS CBS 6.0 10 8927
9 SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED FOX 6.0 10 9564
12 SWINGTOWN CBS 5.9 10 8568
13 HELL’S KITCHEN FOX 5.6 9 9363
13 SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU FOX 5.6 10 9250
15 COLD CASE CBS 5.5 9 8078
15 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 5.5 9 8271
15 CSI – THU 8P SPECIAL(S) CBS 5.5 10 8211
15 DATELINE SUN 9PM NBC 5.5 9 7992
19 48 HOURS MYSTERY TUESDAY CBS 5.4 9 7777
20 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT CBS 5.3 8 8118

Source: Nielsen Media Research