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 |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 06/08/09 – 06/14/09 |
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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 |
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU |
FOX |
5.3 |
9 |
8648 |
14 |
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED |
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