Sunday Overnights: Significant Victory for Game 2 of The NBA Finals on ABC

SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2018

Household Rating/Share
ABC: 9.7/17, CBS: 3.6/ 6, NBC: 2.7/ 5, Fox: 0.8/ 1

Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening
CBS: + 6, ABC: – 1, NBC: -10, Fox: -11

Ratings Breakdown:
It was all about game 2 of The NBA Finals (Golden State Warriors 122, Cleveland Cavaliers 103), which averaged an estimated 12.0 rating/21 share in the household overnights from 8-10:37 p.m. ET. Comparably, this was identical to the year-ago game two NBA match-up and that translated into significant 19.7 million viewers and a 7.1 rating/26 share in adults 18-49 (based on the Live+Same Day data from Nielsen).

ABC opened the night with another half-hour primetime edition of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and capped it off with the NBA Post Game in the 10:30 p.m. half-hour.

Also original last night was freshman CBS drama “Instinct” (#2: 4.4/ 7 from 8-9 p.m.), which will be returning in midseason in 2017-18. At 7 p.m., the Eye net’s veteran “60 Minutes” (#1: 5.5/10) bested competing “Dateline” on NBC (#2: 2.6/ 5) by a considerable 69 percent.

Fox, meanwhile, featured the debut of Nat Geo’s “One Strange Rock,” hosted by Will Smith, which opened with a modest 0.9/ 2 in the household overnights in the 7 p.m. hour. “One Strange Rock” reveals the twists of faith that allow life to thrive on Earth.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Sunday, June 3 broken out by half-hour:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “Jimmy Kimmel Live”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (R): 5.2/10 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.6/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “One Strange Rock” (series premiere): 1.1/ 2 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – NBA Countdown: 3.3/ 7 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (R): 5.8/11 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.7/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “One Strange Rock” (series premiere): 0.7/ 1 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – NBA Finals, Game 3: 9.4/17 (#1)
CBS – “Instinct”: 4.6/ 8 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Jurassic World”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – NBA Finals, Game 3: 12.0/21 (#1)
CBS – “Instinct”: 4.3/ 7 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Jurassic World”: 2.4/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “ Bob’s Burgers” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – NBA Finals, Game 3: 12.2/21 (#1)
CBS – “SWAT” (R): 2.3/ 4 (#3)
NBC – Movie: “Jurassic World”: 2.8/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – NBA Finals, Game 3: 13.7/23 (#1)
CBS – “SWAT” (R): 2.2/ 4 (#3)
NBC – Movie: “Jurassic World”: 2.9/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – NBA Finals, Game 3: 14.5/23 (#1)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.3/ 4 (#3)
NBC – Movie: “Jurassic World”: 2.8/ 5 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – NBA Finals, Game 3 / NBA Post Game: 10.1/18 (#1)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.5/ 5 (#3)
NBC – Movie: “Jurassic World”: 2.8/ 5 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research