Friday Final Nationals: NBA Playoffs on ESPN Networks Match Year-Ago Levels

CBS, ABC and ESPN each had a share of Friday night victory. CBS led among total viewers (7.06 million) while ABC won among adults 25-54 (1.6 rating/5 share). ESPN was, by far, the night’s No. 1 network among adults 18-34 (approximately, a 1.1 rating). ABC and ESPN were in a virtual tie for the top among adults 18-49 (1.1 rating).

There were three NBA playoff games on this Friday evening: all Game 3s of each of these series — Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons (ESPN), San Antonio Spurs at Memphis Grizzlies (ESPN) and Atlanta Hawks at Boston Celtics (ESPN2). The three telecasts averaged 2.07 million viewers and a 0.84 rating in adults 18-49, which was similar to the year-ago-Friday three-game average on ESPN/ESPN2 (Apr. 24, 2015: 2.04 million viewers, 0.84 adults 18-49 rating).

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	Friday, April 22, 2016
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	3.5/7	5457	0.6/3	1.1/4	1.6/5
8:00	Last Man Standing	3.8/8	5940	0.6/3	1.0/5	1.5/6
8:31	Dr. Ken	2.9/6	4591	0.5/2	0.9/4	1.3/4
9:00	Shark Tank	3.4/6	5397	0.6/3	1.2/5	1.6/5
10:01	20/20	3.8/7	5691	0.6/3	1.2/5	1.8/6
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	4.4/8	7056	0.6/3	1.0/4	1.4/5
8:00	The Amazing Race	3.4/7	5434	0.6/3	1.0/4	1.4/5
9:00	Hawaii Five-0	5.0/9	8006	0.6/3	1.1/4	1.6/5
10:00	Blue Bloods (r)	4.9/9	7728	0.5/3	0.9/3	1.3/4
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	2.4/5	3727	0.4/2	0.8/3	1.2/4
8:00	Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon	2.1/4	3262	0.4/2	0.7/3	1.0/3
9:00	Grimm	2.5/5	3894	0.5/2	0.9/3	1.3/4
10:00	Dateline NBC	2.7/5	4025	0.4/2	0.9/3	1.3/4
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average	1.5/3	2355	0.5/2	0.7/3	1.0/3
8:00	Hell’s Kitchen (r)	1.1/2	1747	0.4/2	0.5/2	0.7/3
9:00	Hell’s Kitchen	1.8/3	2963	0.6/3	0.9/3	1.3/4
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average	0.6/1	876	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.4/1
8:00	The Vampire Diaries	0.7/1	1021	0.3/2	0.4/2	0.4/2
9:00	Containment (r)	0.5/1	731	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	1.2/2	2081		0.7/3
7:00	Sueño de Amor	0.8/2	1319		0.5/2
8:00	Un Camino Hacia El Destino	1.1/2	1923		0.7/3
9:00	Pasion y Poder	1.4/3	2494		0.9/3
10:03	El Hotel de Los Secretos	1.1/2	1789		0.7/3
	PROGRAM	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average	0.3/0	520		0.2/1
7:00	Sal y Pimienta	0.1/0	300		0.1/1
8:00	La Rosa de Guadalupe	0.2/0	447		0.2/1
9:00	Lady La Vendedora de Rosas	0.3/1	634		0.2/1
10:02	La Viuda Negra	0.2/0	474		0.2/1

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Friday 04/22/16

Cable Rankings – Friday 04/22/16

What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable for Friday, April 22:

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research