NBA Finals top viewership

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Basketball scored big for ABC as the last three games of the NBA Finals were the top three TV programs for the week. But while that carried ABC to an easy win in the 18-49 demo, CBS still claimed the Households crown.


CBS scored a 4.6 rating and 8 share, with ABC at 4.4/8, NBC and Fox tied at 3.2/6, Univision 1.7/3, MyNetworkTV 0.9/2, CW 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, Ion 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

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

Here are the week’s top 20 programs.  

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 06/08/09 – 06/14/09

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 4(S)

ABC

9.4

17

15957

2

NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 3(S)

ABC

8.6

15

14196

3

NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 5(S)

ABC

8.0

14

14171

4

MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY

CBS

7.6

12

11621

5

NBA TROPHY PRESENTATION(S)

ABC

7.5

13

13475

6

NCIS

CBS

7.2

13

11052

7

48 HOURS MYSTERY TUESDAY

CBS

6.1

11

8846

7

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

6.1

10

8944

7

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

6.1

10

9517

10

CSI

CBS

5.9

10

8740

11

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

5.7

9

8341

12

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

5.6

10

8206

13

CSI: NY

CBS

5.5

10

8019

14

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FOX

5.3

9

8648

14

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FOX

5.3

9

8687

16

60 MINUTES

CBS

5.2

10

7642

17

BACHELORETTE, THE

ABC

4.9

8

7188

17

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

4.9

8

7815

19

DATELINE NBC-MON

NBC

4.7

8

6806

19

WIPEOUT

ABC

4.7

8

8486

Source: The Nielsen Company