Monday Final Nationals: Positive Start to the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final on NBC

NBC was Monday night’s top network in total viewers (4.81 million from 8-11 p.m.) and all key demos with Game 1 of the “2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final” series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators. 4.92 million viewers tuned into this game (4.85 million on TV, 71,000 via streaming) marking it as the third-largest Stanley Cup Final Game 1 audience in 18 years, behind only Chicago-Boston in 2013 (6.4 million) and Chicago-Tampa Bay in 2015 (5.5 million). Predators-Penguins saw an increase of 21 percent over the year-ago Game 1 of Pittsburgh-Tampa Bay from May 30, 2016 (4.08 million).

Game 1 (8:11 – 11:04 p.m. ET) peaked with 5.5 million TV-only viewers during the 10:45-11 p.m. ET quarter-hour.

Locally, Nashville posted a 22.5 rating, an all-time record for a Predators game on the networks of NBC. Pittsburgh delivered a 35.7 local rating, a Top 5 Penguins rating in the market, up 16 percent vs. last year’s Game 1 (30.9), and topping all Stanley Cup Final games last year, except for Game 5 (36.9).

(Sources: NBC Sports, Sports Media Watch)

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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S.
	Monday, May 29, 2017
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			3.0/6	4567	0.9/4	1.2/4	1.4/4
8:00	The Bachelorette	253	93	3.6/7	5679	1.2/6	1.5/6	1.8/6
10:01	Still Star-Crossed (p)	253	93	1.5/3	2288	0.3/1	0.5/2	0.6/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			2.3/4	3420		0.5/2	0.8/3
8:00	Kevin Can Wait (rs)	253	93	2.4/5	3731	0.3/2	0.6/2	0.9/3
8:30	Man with a Plan (rs)	253	93	2.3/4	3592	0.3/2	0.6/2	0.9/3
9:00	Superior Donuts (rs)	253	93	2.3/4	3444	0.3/2	0.6/2	0.9/3
9:30	2 Broke Girls (rs)	253	93	1.9/3	2817	0.3/1	0.5/2	0.8/2
10:00	Scorpion (rs)	253	93	2.3/5	3471	0.2/1	0.5/2	0.8/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			2.8/5	4810		1.7/7	2.0/6
8:00	NHL Stanley Cup Final Pre-Game (s)	212	90	2.5/5	4255	0.9/5	1.2/5	1.5/5
8:11	NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 1: Nashville @ Pittsburgh (s) (thru 11:04)	244	93	2.8/5	4854	1.4/7	1.7/7	2.0/6
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average			2.0/4	3164	0.6/3	0.9/4	1.2/4
8:00	Gotham	257	93	1.8/3	3027	0.6/3	1.0/4	1.2/4
9:01	Lucifer (f)	257	93	2.1/4	3305	0.6/3	0.9/3	1.1/3
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average			0.6/1	979	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
8:00	Supergirl (r)	247	90	0.7/1	1015	0.1/0	0.2/1	0.3/1
9:00	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (p)	247	90	0.6/1	944	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
9:30	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (r)	247	90	0.6/1	945	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.3/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.8/2	1615		0.6/2
7:00	La Rosa de Guadalupe			0.8/2	1377		0.5/2
8:00	La Reina de la Cancion			0.8/1	1526		0.5/2
9:00	La Doble Vida de Estela Carrillo			0.9/2	1736		0.6/2
10:03	La Piloto			0.8/2	1575		0.6/2
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.4/1	755		0.4/1
7:00	Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos (r)			0.4/1	795		0.3:1
7:57	Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos			0.7/1	1276		0.4/2
9:00	La Candidata (p)			0.3/1	589		0.2/1
10:00	El Bienamado			0.2/0	389		0.3/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average (preliminary)			0.6/1	950	0.3/1	0.4/2
8:00	El Capo (preliminary)			0.6/1	971	0.2/1	0.4/1
9:00	La Querida del Centauro (preliminary)			0.6/1	970	0.3/1	0.4/2
10:00	La Querida del Centauro (preliminary)			0.5/1	910	0.3/1	0.4/2

Note: All of this date’s Telemundo data are based on preliminary figures.

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Cable Rankings – Monday 5/29/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Monday, May 29:

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research