It was all about ABC on Monday night. In adults 18-49 (6.2 rating/24 share from 8-11 p.m.), the network scored its highest-rated Monday in 11 years – since the 2-hour second season finale of “Grey’s Anatomy” on May 15, 2006.
Monday’s “2017 NBA Finals” Game 5 broadcast on ABC generated a total live audience of 25.003 million average viewers, making it the most-watched Game 5 since June 12, 1998 (Utah-Chicago on NBC: 30.6 million). It peaked with 29.525 million viewers at 11:30 p.m. ET.
It was up 20 percent from 20.908 million for Game 5 in 2016 (June 13, 2016). 24.466 million viewers tuned in on ABC-TV along with 537,000 viewers via streaming.
In the San Francisco-Oakland market, the Game 5 broadcast delivered a 39.6 metered market rating and in the Cleveland market it generated a 37.1 rating. The other top local markets include: Columbus (23.3); Sacramento (21.2); Atlanta (21.0); Miami (20.6); Memphis (20.1); Los Angeles (19.1); Chicago (18.6); Richmond (17.7).
The five-game series averaged a total live audience (television plus streaming) of 20.84 million viewers, up 1 percent from 20.578 million viewers for the 2016 seven-game series. For the third consecutive year, Warriors-Cavaliers delivered the best NBA Finals viewer average since the average of 29.04 million who watched NBC’s 6-game 1998 NBA Finals (Chicago-Utah; Michael Jordan’s final championship of his playing career).
On television, the series averaged 20,406,000 plus an average minute streaming audience of 434,000 viewers.
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| * AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program | ||||||||
| * CVG = percent of coverage in U.S. | ||||||||
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Monday, June 12, 2017 | |||||||
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-11 | Network Average | 9.7/18 | 17290 | 6.2/24 | 6.6/22 | |||
| 8:00 | Jimmy Kimmel: Game Night (s) | 251 | 93 | 3.0/6 | 4745 | 0.9/6 | 1.2/6 | 1.5/6 |
| 8:31 | NBA Countdown (s) | 249 | 93 | 4.2/8 | 6800 | 1.9/11 | 2.2/10 | 2.5/9 |
| 8:59 | 2017 NBA Finals Game 5: Cleveland @ Golden State (s) (thru 11:51) | 250 | 93 | 13.5/25 | 24466 | 8.3/37 | 9.0/33 | 9.6/30 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 2.5/5 | 3803 | 0.2/1 | 0.5/2 | 0.9/3 | ||
| 8:00 | Kevin Can Wait (r) | 254 | 93 | 2.7/5 | 4073 | 0.3/2 | 0.7/3 | 1.0/4 |
| 8:30 | Man with a Plan (r) | 254 | 93 | 2.6/5 | 3910 | 0.2/1 | 0.7/3 | 1.0/3 |
| 9:00 | Mom (r) | 254 | 93 | 2.8/5 | 4151 | 0.2/1 | 0.6/2 | 1.0/3 |
| 9:30 | Life in Pieces (r) | 254 | 93 | 2.5/4 | 3589 | 0.2/1 | 0.5/2 | 0.8/2 |
| 10:00 | Scorpion (r) | 254 | 93 | 2.3/4 | 3548 | 0.2/1 | 0.4/2 | 0.7/2 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 2.7/5 | 4725 | 0.6/3 | 1.2/4.5 | 1.6/5 | ||
| 8:00 | American Ninja Warrior (p) | 245 | 93 | 3.1/6 | 5361 | 0.7/3 | 1.4/5 | 1.8/6 |
| 10:00 | Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge (p) | 245 | 93 | 2.0/4 | 3454 | 0.5/2 | 0.9/3 | 1.2/4 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-10 | Network Average | 1.9/3 | 3092 | 0.5/3 | 0.8/3 | 1.0/3 | ||
| 8:00 | So You Think You Can Dance (p) | 258 | 93 | 2.2/4 | 3559 | 0.6/3 | 0.9/4 | 1.1/4 |
| 9:01 | Superhuman (p) | 258 | 93 | 1.6/3 | 2610 | 0.4/2 | 0.7/2 | 0.9/3 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-10 | Network Average | 0.6/1 | 973 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.3/1 | ||
| 8:00 | Supergirl (r) | 247 | 88 | 0.7/1 | 1010 | 0.2/1 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 |
| 9:00 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | 248 | 89 | 0.6/1 | 948 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.3/1 |
| 9:30 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (r) | 248 | 89 | 0.6/1 | 923 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.3/1 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 8-11 | Network Average | 0.9/2 | 1517 | 0.5/2 | ||||
| 7:00 | La Rosa de Guadalupe | 0.8/2 | 1476 | 0.5/2 | ||||
| 8:00 | La Reina de la Cancion | 0.8/2 | 1416 | 0.4/2 | ||||
| 9:00 | La Doble Vida de Estela Carrillo | 0.9/2 | 1624 | 0.5/2 | ||||
| 10:03 | La Piloto | 0.9/2 | 1506 | 0.5/2 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 8-11 | Network Average | 0.4/1 | 744 | 0.3/1 | ||||
| 7:00 | Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos (r) | 0.4/1 | 782 | 0.2/1 | ||||
| 7:59 | Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos | 0.7/1 | 1388 | 0.5/2 | ||||
| 9:00 | La Candidata | 0.3/1 | 522 | 0.2/1 | ||||
| 9:59 | El Bienamado | 0.2/0 | 319 | 0.1/0 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 8-11 | Network Average (preliminary) | 0.6/1 | 1007 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 | |||
| 8:00 | El Capo (preliminary) | 0.5/1 | 956 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | |||
| 9:00 | La Querida del Centauro (preliminary) | 0.6/1 | 982 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 | |||
| 10:00 | La Querida del Centauro (preliminary) | 0.6/1 | 1083 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/2 | |||
Note: All of this date’s Telemundo data are based on preliminary figures.
Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Monday 6/12/17
“Jimmy Kimmel: Game Night” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.8/5
Men 18-34: 1.0/7
Women 18-49: 1.1/5
Men 18-49: 1.3/7
“NBA Countdown” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 1.5/8
Men 18-34: 2.3/15
Women 18-49: 1.7/7
Men 18-49: 2.8/13
“2017 NBA Finals Game 5: Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 6.3/28
Men 18-34: 10.3/46
Women 18-49: 6.9/25
Men 18-49: 11.2/40
“American Ninja Warrior” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.8/4
Men 18-34: 0.6/3
Women 18-49: 1.5/5
Men 18-49: 1.3/5
“Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.6/3
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.0/4
Men 18-49: 0.8/3
“So You Think You Can Dance” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.8/4
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.2/5
Men 18-49: 0.7/3
“Superhuman” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.5/2
Men 18-34: 0.3/2
Women 18-49: 0.8/3
Men 18-49: 0.6/2
“Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (CW, 9:00)
Women 18-34: 0.2/1
Men 18-34: 0.2/1
Women 18-49: 0.3/1
Men 18-49: 0.2/1
“Better Call Saul” (AMC)
0.92 household rating
1.472 million viewers
0.45 adults 18-49 rating
Women 18-34: 0.26
Men 18-34: 0.41
Women 18-49: 0.34
Men 18-49: 0.56
“Daytime Divas” (VH1)
0.65 household rating
1.021 million viewers
0.41 adults 18-49 rating
Women 18-34: 0.68
Men 18-34: 0.14
Women 18-49: 0.61
Men 18-49: 0.21
Cable Rankings – Monday 6/12/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Monday, June 12:
| * Vwrs = Viewers in thousands; V-No. = Prime time rank in viewers; D-No. = Prime time rank in demo (adults 18-49) | |||||||
| V-No.* | D-No.* | Program | Net | Start | Dur | Vwrs* | A1849 |
| 87 | 73 | THE FIRST 48 | A&E | 8:00 PM | 60 | 513 | 0.16 |
| 74 | 66 | BEHIND BARS: WOMEN UNCHAINED | A&E | 9:00 PM | 122 | 615 | 0.18 |
| 82 | 47 | KING OF THE HILL | ADSM | 8:00 PM | 30 | 549 | 0.23 |
| 71 | 26 | AMERICAN DAD | ADSM | 8:30 PM | 30 | 660 | 0.30 |
| 60 | 22 | CLEVELAND SHOW | ADSM | 9:00 PM | 30 | 733 | 0.32 |
| 39 | 16 | AMERICAN DAD | ADSM | 9:30 PM | 30 | 935 | 0.41 |
| 36 | 11 | BOB’S BURGERS | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1001 | 0.45 |
| 28 | 6 | BOB’S BURGERS | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1173 | 0.53 |
| 17 | 11 | BETTER CALL SAUL | AMC | 10:00 PM | 67 | 1472 | 0.45 |
| 93 | 97 | KEVIN HART: LET ME EXPLAIN | BET | 8:00 PM | 125 | 339 | 0.13 |
| 91 | 73 | SOUTHERN CHARM | BRAVO | 8:00 PM | 60 | 469 | 0.16 |
| 25 | 13 | SOUTHERN CHARM | BRAVO | 9:00 PM | 61 | 1262 | 0.43 |
| 72 | 57 | SOUTHERN CHARM SAVANNAH | BRAVO | 10:01 PM | 60 | 657 | 0.20 |
| 95 | 83 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 8:00 PM | 30 | 328 | 0.15 |
| 96 | 83 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 8:30 PM | 30 | 324 | 0.15 |
| 23 | 47 | ANDERSON COOPER 360 | CNN | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1308 | 0.23 |
| 30 | 47 | ANDERSON COOPER 360 | CNN | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1105 | 0.23 |
| 41 | 57 | CNN TONIGHT | CNN | 10:00 PM | 60 | 929 | 0.20 |
| 59 | 34 | STREET OUTLAWS | DISC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 753 | 0.26 |
| 31 | 18 | STREET OUTLAWS SPECIAL | DISC | 9:00 PM | 61 | 1061 | 0.40 |
| 54 | 27 | VEGAS RAT RODS | DISC | 10:01 PM | 61 | 804 | 0.29 |
| 58 | 63 | PJ MASKS | DISJR | 8:00 PM | 25 | 762 | 0.19 |
| 65 | 66 | SOFIA THE FIRST | DISJR | 8:30 PM | 25 | 698 | 0.18 |
| 67 | 73 | SOFIA THE FIRST | DISJR | 8:55 PM | 25 | 692 | 0.16 |
| 68 | 73 | MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER | DISJR | 9:20 PM | 25 | 666 | 0.16 |
| 80 | 91 | LION GUARD | DISJR | 9:45 PM | 25 | 552 | 0.14 |
| 65 | 97 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 30 | 698 | 0.13 |
| 60 | 97 | ANDI MACK | DSNY | 8:30 PM | 25 | 733 | 0.13 |
| 49 | 83 | LIV AND MADDIE | DSNY | 9:00 PM | 30 | 859 | 0.15 |
| 53 | 83 | LIV AND MADDIE | DSNY | 9:30 PM | 30 | 819 | 0.15 |
| 56 | 73 | TANGLED: THE SERIES | DSNY | 10:00 PM | 30 | 785 | 0.16 |
| 57 | 83 | TANGLED: THE SERIES | DSNY | 10:30 PM | 30 | 779 | 0.15 |
| 92 | 66 | KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS | E! | 10:01 PM | 61 | 358 | 0.18 |
| 34 | 8 | NBA PRE-GAME (0.65 HH, 0.43 A18-34) | ESPN | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1004 | 0.48 |
| 97 | 83 | E:60 | ESPN | 8:30 PM | 60 | 305 | 0.15 |
| 55 | 55 | KIDS BBQ CHAMPION 2 | FOOD | 8:00 PM | 60 | 793 | 0.21 |
| 63 | 57 | DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 60 | 711 | 0.20 |
| 64 | 51 | INCREDIBLE EDIBLE AMERICA | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 30 | 708 | 0.22 |
| 76 | 57 | DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES | FOOD | 10:30 PM | 30 | 585 | 0.20 |
| 1 | 28 | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT | FOXNC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 2829 | 0.28 |
| 8 | 51 | THE FIVE | FOXNC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2198 | 0.22 |
| 6 | 57 | HANNITY | FOXNC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 2464 | 0.20 |
| 83 | 55 | SHADOWHUNTERS | FRFM | 8:00 PM | 61 | 548 | 0.21 |
| 87 | 71 | FX MOVIE PRIME: THE WOLVERINE | FX | 8:00 PM | 180 | 513 | 0.17 |
| 69 | 83 | LAST MAN STANDING | HALL | 8:00 PM | 30 | 665 | 0.15 |
| 62 | 83 | LAST MAN STANDING | HALL | 8:30 PM | 30 | 713 | 0.15 |
| 77 | 91 | THE MIDDLE | HALL | 10:00 PM | 30 | 583 | 0.14 |
| 70 | 73 | THE MIDDLE | HALL | 10:30 PM | 30 | 664 | 0.16 |
| 79 | 47 | SUICIDE SQUAD | HBO | 8:00 PM | 123 | 566 | 0.23 |
| 27 | 30 | TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING | HGTV | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1256 | 0.27 |
| 24 | 42 | TINY HOUSE BIG LIVING | HGTV | 8:30 PM | 30 | 1265 | 0.24 |
| 18 | 36 | TINY HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 30 | 1448 | 0.25 |
| 16 | 30 | TINY HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 9:30 PM | 30 | 1524 | 0.27 |
| 13 | 30 | HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1648 | 0.27 |
| 22 | 51 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL | HGTV | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1335 | 0.22 |
| 26 | 57 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1260 | 0.20 |
| 12 | 42 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | 9:00 PM | 63 | 1762 | 0.24 |
| 19 | 34 | PAWN STARS | HIST | 10:03 PM | 30 | 1395 | 0.26 |
| 21 | 36 | PAWN STARS | HIST | 10:33 PM | 30 | 1362 | 0.25 |
| 51 | 63 | MURDER CALLS | ID | 8:00 PM | 60 | 840 | 0.19 |
| 37 | 51 | MURDER CALLS | ID | 9:00 PM | 60 | 995 | 0.22 |
| 33 | 36 | REAL STORY W/ MARIA ELENA | ID | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1016 | 0.25 |
| 81 | 91 | MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT: MOMMY’S LITTLE BOY | LIF | 8:00 PM | 122 | 551 | 0.14 |
| 90 | 73 | MOVIE- LOM RPT: MENENDEZ: BLOOD BROTHERS | LIF | 10:02 PM | 120 | 497 | 0.16 |
| 10 | 42 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES | MSNBC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1965 | 0.24 |
| 4 | 24 | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | MSNBC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2588 | 0.31 |
| 9 | 36 | LAST WORD W/ L. O’DONNELL | MSNBC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 2179 | 0.25 |
| 35 | 6 | TEEN MOM SEASON 6B | MTV | 9:00 PM | 61 | 1003 | 0.53 |
| 94 | 73 | MY SUPER SWEET 16 S10 | MTV | 10:01 PM | 31 | 337 | 0.16 |
| 20 | 24 | THUNDERMANS | NICK | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1369 | 0.31 |
| 29 | 30 | NICKY, RICKY, DICKY &DAWN | NICK | 8:30 PM | 30 | 1168 | 0.27 |
| 48 | 42 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:00 PM | 30 | 876 | 0.24 |
| 47 | 36 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:30 PM | 30 | 907 | 0.25 |
| 44 | 36 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:00 PM | 30 | 918 | 0.25 |
| 42 | 28 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:30 PM | 30 | 927 | 0.28 |
| 78 | 73 | COPS | SPIKE | 8:00 PM | 30 | 574 | 0.16 |
| 73 | 66 | COPS | SPIKE | 8:30 PM | 30 | 652 | 0.18 |
| 75 | 63 | COPS (O) | SPIKE | 9:00 PM | 30 | 597 | 0.19 |
| 85 | 73 | COPS | SPIKE | 9:30 PM | 30 | 540 | 0.16 |
| 84 | 71 | COPS (O) | SPIKE | 10:00 PM | 30 | 544 | 0.17 |
| 86 | 91 | COPS | SPIKE | 10:30 PM | 30 | 521 | 0.14 |
| 40 | 15 | FAMILY GUY | TBS | 8:00 PM | 30 | 932 | 0.42 |
| 38 | 9 | FAMILY GUY | TBS | 8:30 PM | 30 | 964 | 0.46 |
| 50 | 13 | FAMILY GUY | TBS | 9:00 PM | 30 | 851 | 0.43 |
| 52 | 18 | FAMILY GUY | TBS | 9:30 PM | 30 | 826 | 0.40 |
| 45 | 9 | AMERICAN DAD TBS | TBS | 10:00 PM | 30 | 909 | 0.46 |
| 89 | 42 | ANGIE TRIBECA | TBS | 10:30 PM | 30 | 508 | 0.24 |
| 15 | 20 | COUNTING ON | TLC | 9:00 PM | 62 | 1628 | 0.33 |
| 14 | 20 | COUNTING ON | TLC | 10:02 PM | 58 | 1633 | 0.33 |
| 42 | 22 | HUNGER GAMES: MOCKING PT1 | TNT | 8:00 PM | 150 | 927 | 0.32 |
| 100 | 97 | IJ: INSIDE JOKES | TRU | 8:30 PM | 30 | 270 | 0.13 |
| 99 | 91 | IJ: INSIDE JOKES | TRU | 10:00 PM | 30 | 272 | 0.14 |
| 98 | 91 | IJ: INSIDE JOKES | TRU | 10:30 PM | 30 | 286 | 0.14 |
| 45 | 66 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND | TVL | 10:30 PM | 30 | 909 | 0.18 |
| 2 | 2 | WWE RAW (1.67 HH, 0.65 A18-34) | USA | 8:00 PM | 60 | 2769 | 0.93 |
| 5 | 3 | WWE RAW (1.54 HH, 0.60 A18-34) | USA | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2522 | 0.84 |
| 7 | 5 | WWE RAW (1.42 HH, 0.60 A18-34) | USA | 10:00 PM | 72 | 2335 | 0.81 |
| 3 | 1 | LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 6 | VH1 | 8:00 PM | 60 | 2608 | 1.27 |
| 11 | 4 | BASKETBALL WIVES 6 | VH1 | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1813 | 0.83 |
| 32 | 16 | DAYTIME DIVAS | VH1 | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1021 | 0.41 |
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
SpongeBob 3-4pm please?
Spongebob (Nickelodeon, 6/12 3:00-3:30 p.m.)
– 1.550 million viewers
– 0.30 adults 18-49 rating
Spongebob (Nickelodeon, 6/12 3:30-4:00 p.m.)
– 1.658 million viewers
– 0.34 adults 18-49 rating