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Thursday Final Nationals: ABC Dominates with Warriors-Cavaliers NBA Finals Game 6

Opposite Basketball, USA-Ecuador Copa América Perform Well for FS1 and UniMas but 'Aquarius' (NBC) and 'Home Free' (Fox) Do Not

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“NBA Finals Game 6” on ABC won the night across all of television for the 54th consecutive time.

Thursday night’s Game 6 – the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors to even the series 3-3 – generated 20.702 million average viewers, peaking with 25.254 million viewers from 11:30-11:45 p.m. ET.

The Cleveland market averaged a 44.3 metered market rating and the San Francisco market averaged a 34.9 metered market rating.

Opposite basketball, there was scarce sampling for the 2-hour season premiere of NBC’s “Aquarius” (not rated in final nationals because it aired commercial-free) and the season premiere of Fox’s “Home Free”.

But not all programs that aired in direct competition to the NBA faltered: The United States’ 2-1 win over Ecuador, which clinched a spot in the semifinals of the “2016 Copa America Centenario: The Championship of the Americas”, averaged 2.132 million viewers on FS1 Thursday, according to Nielsen Media Research.

That ranks as the most-watched men’s soccer match in the network’s history, the Americans’ third consecutive Copa America match to set that record.

The 2016 COPA AMERICA CENTENARIO has produced four of the top five men’s soccer ratings in FS1 history, as viewership for the four U.S. matches has grown throughout the tournament.

The same match drew even a bigger audience on Spanish-language outlet UniMas (in simulcast with Univision Deportes), averaging 3.14 million viewers for the 9:00-11:35 p.m. telecast window.

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Programming Insider Thursday, June 16, 2016
ABC PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 8.7/16 16842 5.0/23 5.4/20 5.7/18
8:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night (s) 3.1/6 4831 1.0/6 1.3/6 1.6/6
8:31 NBA Countdown (s) 4.0/8 6391 1.7/9 2.0/9 2.3/8
9:00 2016 NBA Finals Game 6 Golden State @ Cleveland (s) (thru 11:55) 11.8/22 20702 7.2/31 7.7/27 8.1/25
CBS PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 3.2/6 4910 0.5/2 0.9/3 1.4/4
8:00 Big Bang Theory (r) 4.4/8 6906 0.8/4 1.4/6 2.0/7
8:31 Life in Pieces (r) 3.2/6 5001 0.6/3 1.1/4 1.5/5
9:01 Mom (r) 3.3/6 5053 0.6/3 1.0/4 1.5/5
9:30 The Odd Couple (r) 2.8/5 4328 0.5/2 0.9/3 1.3/4
10:00 Code Black (r) 2.7/5 4054 0.4/2 0.7/2 1.0/3
NBC PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-9 Network Average 3.4/6 5092 0.6/3 1.0/4 1.4/5
8:00 Dateline NBC 3.4/6 5092 0.6/3 1.0/4 1.4/5
9:00 Aquarius (preliminary data) 1.9/3 2701 0.2/1 0.4/2 0.7/2
FOX PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-10 Network Average 2.0/4 1828 0.4/2 0.6/2 0.8/3
5:00 U.S. Open Golf-Rain Delay (s) 0.7/2 966 0.2/1 0.2/1 0.3/1
8:00 Bones 2.5/5 3935 0.5/2 0.7/3 0.9/3
9:00 Home Free (p) 1.5/3 2306 0.4/2 0.6/2 0.8/2
CW PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-10 Network Average 0.5/1 779 0.1/1 0.2/1 0.3/1
8:00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (r) 0.5/1 764 0.1/1 0.2/1 0.3/1
9:00 Beauty and the Beast 0.5/1 794 0.1/1 0.2/1 0.3/1
UNI PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 0.8/1 1438 0.5/2
7:00 Sueño de Amor 0.7/1 1305 0.5/2
8:00 Un Camino Hacia El Destino 0.9/2 1595 0.5/2
9:00 Tres Veces Ana 0.9/2 1570 0.6/2
10:00 Yago 0.6/1 1149 0.4/1
PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)		 Adults
18-34		 Adults
18-49		 Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 1.2/2 2230 1.0/4
7:00 Sal y Pimienta (s) 0.2/0 300 0.1/1
8:00 Fútbol Central (s) 0.5/1 915 0.4/2
9:00 Copa América Centenario Quarterfinal USA vs. Ecuador (s) (thru 11:35) 1.6/3 3138 1.4/5

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Thursday 6/16/16

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Game Night” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 1.0/5
Men 18-34: 1.1/6
Women 18-49: 1.2/5
Men 18-49: 1.3/6

“NBA Countdown” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 1.2/6
Men 18-34: 2.2/13
Women 18-49: 1.5/6
Men 18-49: 2.5/12

“2016 NBA Finals Game 6: Golden State @ Cleveland” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 5.3/23
Men 18-34: 9.1/40
Women 18-49: 5.9/21
Men 18-49: 9.5/34

“Dateline NBC” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.7/3
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.2/5
Men 18-49: 0.8/3

“Aquarius” (preliminary data) (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.2/1
Men 18-34: 0.3/1
Women 18-49: 0.4/1
Men 18-49: 0.5/2

“U.S. Open Golf-Rain Delay” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.1/1
Men 18-34: 0.2/2
Women 18-49: 0.2/1
Men 18-49: 0.3/2

“Bones” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.6/3
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 0.8/3
Men 18-49: 0.5/2

“Home Free” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.5/2
Men 18-34: 0.3/1
Women 18-49: 0.6/2
Men 18-49: 0.5/2

“Beauty and the Beast” (CW)
Women 18-34: 0.2/1
Men 18-34: 0.1/0
Women 18-49: 0.3/1
Men 18-49: 0.1/1

“WWE SmackDown” (USA)
Women 18-34: 0.33
Men 18-34: 0.54
Women 18-49: 0.53
Men 18-49: 0.67

“Copa América Centenario: USA vs. Ecuador” (FS1)
Women 18-34: 0.42
Men 18-34: 1.07
Women 18-49: 0.48
Men 18-49: 1.23

“Copa América Centenario: USA vs. Ecuador” (Univision Deportes)
Women 18-34: 0.31
Men 18-34: 0.60
Women 18-49: 0.33
Men 18-49: 0.75

Cable Rankings – Thursday 6/16/16

What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Thursday, June 16:

* Viewers in thousands
Rank Program Net Start Dur Vwrs* A1849
81 STREETS OF COMPTON A&E 8:00 PM 120 586 0.2
73 STREETS OF COMPTON A&E 10:00 PM 63 620 0.3
53 KING OF THE HILL ADSM 8:00 PM 30 753 0.3
42 BOB’S BURGERS ADSM 8:30 PM 30 904 0.4
24 BOB’S BURGERS ADSM 9:00 PM 30 1173 0.5
28 CLEVELAND SHOW ADSM 9:30 PM 30 1139 0.5
18 AMERICAN DAD ADSM 10:00 PM 30 1425 0.7
13 AMERICAN DAD ADSM 10:30 PM 30 1572 0.7
75 AMC MOVIE: JAWS 2 AMC 7:00 PM 150 619 0.2
83 AMC MOVIE: JAWS 3 AMC 9:30 PM 135 577 0.2
60 LAST ALASKANS: REMOTE ACC APL 8:00 PM 61 702 0.1
52 NORTH WOODS LAW APL 9:01 PM 61 780 0.2
62 LONE STAR LAW APL 10:02 PM 61 697 0.1
154 ORPHAN BLACK BBCA 10:00 PM 64 325 0.1
130 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 398 0.2
21 MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 1205 0.4
95 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC BRAVO 10:00 PM 60 512 0.2
114 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP: KEVIN HART: SERIOUSLY FUNNY CMDY 7:52 PM 64 444 0.2
114 COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP: KEVIN HART: GROWN LITTLE MAN CMDY 8:56 PM 64 444 0.2
101 INSIDE AMY SCHUMER CMDY 10:00 PM 30 491 0.2
36 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 985 0.2
46 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 860 0.2
49 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 804 0.2
56 NAKED AND AFRAID: DOUBLE DISC 7:00 PM 120 721 0.2
67 HOMICIDE HUNTER: KENDA DISC 9:00 PM 60 677 0.2
55 HOMICIDE HUNTER: KENDA DISC 10:00 PM 60 725 0.2
86 SHANGHAI DISNEY RESORT DISJR 8:00 PM 35 564 0.1
135 DOC MCSTUFFINS DISJR 8:35 PM 25 373 0.1
148 MILES FROM TOMORROWLAND DISJR 9:00 PM 25 348 0.1
116 MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE DISJR 9:30 PM 25 440 0.1
105 MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE DISJR 10:00 PM 25 475 0.1
120 GOLDIE & BEAR DISJR 10:30 PM 25 423 0.1
41 SHANGHAI DISNEY RESORT DSNY 8:00 PM 35 913 0.2
26 WIZARDS OF WAVERLY MOVIE DSNY 8:35 PM 105 1156 0.2
29 K.C. UNDERCOVER DSNY 10:20 PM 25 1095 0.2
34 GIRL MEETS WORLD DSNY 10:45 PM 25 1017 0.2
140 KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS E! 10:01 PM 61 366 0.2
60 SPORTSCENTER EARLY (0.48 HH) ESPN 6:00 PM 150 702 0.3
108 ESPN FC ESPN 8:30 PM 30 457 0.2
124 ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: OJ: MADE IN AMERICA PART 3 ESPN 9:00 PM 120 408 0.2
50 CHOPPED FOOD 8:00 PM 60 790 0.3
37 CHOPPED FOOD 9:00 PM 60 960 0.3
31 BEAT BOBBY FLAY FOOD 10:00 PM 30 1038 0.3
38 BEAT BOBBY FLAY FOOD 10:30 PM 30 936 0.3
1 THE O’REILLY FACTOR FOXNC 8:00 PM 60 2986 0.2
2 THE KELLY FILE FOXNC 9:00 PM 60 2576 0.2
5 HANNITY FOXNC 10:00 PM 60 1966 0.3
99 BIG SCREEN MOVIE: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY FRFM 7:15 PM 165 498 0.2
142 COPA AMERICA CENTENARIO PREGAME FS1 8:00 PM 73 358 0.1
9 COPA AMERICA CENTENARIO QUARTERFINAL: USA / ECUADOR (1.07 HH) FS1 9:13 PM 152 1878 0.9
73 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 8:00 PM 30 620 0.2
59 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 8:30 PM 30 710 0.2
147 WINSANITY GSN 9:00 PM 30 351 0.1
156 WINSANITY GSN 9:30 PM 30 311 0.1
151 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 10:00 PM 30 339 0.1
135 FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY) GSN 10:30 PM 30 373 0.1
106 LAST MAN STANDING HALL 8:00 PM 30 471 0.1
102 LAST MAN STANDING HALL 8:30 PM 30 489 0.1
121 THE MIDDLE HALL 9:00 PM 30 416 0.1
89 THE MIDDLE HALL 9:30 PM 30 543 0.1
80 THE MIDDLE HALL 10:00 PM 30 591 0.2
72 THE MIDDLE HALL 10:30 PM 30 629 0.2
19 FLIP OR FLOP HGTV 8:00 PM 30 1283 0.4
15 FLIP OR FLOP HGTV 8:30 PM 30 1510 0.4
3 FLIP OR FLOP HGTV 9:00 PM 30 2289 0.6
8 FLIP OR FLOP HGTV 9:30 PM 30 1885 0.5
6 HOUSE HUNTERS HGTV 10:00 PM 30 1959 0.5
7 HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL HGTV 10:30 PM 30 1888 0.4
51 ALONE AC HIST 8:00 PM 60 789 0.2
12 ALONE HIST 9:00 PM 63 1678 0.5
11 MOUNTAIN MEN HIST 10:03 PM 60 1761 0.4
160 HHOF COLLECTION: THE LOST VALENTINE HMM 7:00 PM 120 300 0.1
93 HMM MOVIE: SECOND CHANCES HMM 9:00 PM 120 532 0.1
65 48 HOURS ON ID ID 8:00 PM 60 682 0.2
45 48 HOURS ON ID ID 9:00 PM 60 866 0.2
47 LAS VEGAS LAW ID 10:00 PM 60 849 0.2
131 DEADLY WIVES LIF 8:00 PM 60 396 0.1
96 DEADLY WIVES LIF 9:00 PM 62 507 0.1
88 DEADLY WIVES LIF 10:02 PM 60 547 0.1
98 MOVIE: THE WRONG ROOMMATE LMN 8:00 PM 120 501 0.1
132 MOVIE: THE WRONG WOMAN LMN 10:00 PM 120 395 0.1
20 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 1234 0.1
17 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 1431 0.2
26 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 1156 0.1
149 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7B MTV 8:00 PM 30 345 0.2
142 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7B MTV 8:30 PM 30 358 0.2
135 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7B MTV 9:00 PM 30 373 0.1
146 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7B MTV 9:30 PM 30 354 0.2
92 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7B MTV 10:00 PM 31 535 0.3
86 RIDICULOUSNESS SSN7B MTV 10:31 PM 31 564 0.3
16 NICK AT NITE MOVIE: OPEN SEASON 3 NAN 8:00 PM 90 1441 0.3
33 FULL HOUSE NAN 9:30 PM 30 1018 0.3
35 FULL HOUSE NAN 10:00 PM 30 991 0.3
30 FULL HOUSE NAN 10:30 PM 30 1085 0.4
94 AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS NGC 8:00 PM 60 526 0.1
25 LIFE BELOW ZERO NGC 9:00 PM 60 1161 0.2
39 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NGC 10:00 PM 60 928 0.1
54 SHIMMER AND SHINE NKJR 8:00 PM 30 742 0.2
70 WALLYKAZAM! NKJR 8:30 PM 30 645 0.1
58 PEPPA PIG NKJR 9:00 PM 30 718 0.2
56 PEPPA PIG NKJR 9:30 PM 30 721 0.2
89 GO DIEGO GO NKJR 10:00 PM 23 543 0.1
112 DORA AND FRIENDS NKJR 10:23 PM 24 446 0.1
107 WALLYKAZAM! NKJR 10:47 PM 24 460 0.1
110 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE 8:00 PM 30 449 0.2
77 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE 8:30 PM 30 608 0.3
76 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE 9:00 PM 30 612 0.3
85 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE 9:30 PM 30 567 0.2
40 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE 10:00 PM 32 918 0.4
84 LIP SYNC BATTLE SPIKE 10:32 PM 30 568 0.2
91 SYFY MOVIE: THE LONE RANGER SYFY 6:00 PM 180 541 0.2
63 SYFY MOVIE: DEEP IMPACT SYFY 9:00 PM 150 691 0.2
64 2 BROKE GIRLS TBS 8:00 PM 30 688 0.3
48 2 BROKE GIRLS TBS 8:30 PM 30 817 0.3
14 BIG BANG THEORY TBS 9:00 PM 30 1525 0.6
10 BIG BANG THEORY TBS 9:30 PM 30 1858 0.6
23 2 BROKE GIRLS TBS 10:00 PM 30 1180 0.5
31 2 BROKE GIRLS TBS 10:30 PM 30 1038 0.5
79 MY 600 LB. LIFE TLC 8:00 PM 60 598 0.2
78 EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS TLC 9:00 PM 60 607 0.2
118 FAT CHANCE TLC 10:00 PM 60 434 0.1
43 TNT BIG PICTURE MOVIES: THE LINCOLN LAWYER TNT 8:00 PM 135 894 0.2
96 TNT BIG PICTURE MOVIES: OCEANS TWELVE TNT 10:15 PM 165 507 0.2
103 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAV 8:00 PM 60 488 0.1
100 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAV 9:00 PM 60 492 0.1
82 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAV 10:00 PM 60 581 0.1
158 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRU 8:00 PM 30 309 0.1
127 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRU 8:30 PM 30 404 0.2
119 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRU 9:00 PM 30 425 0.2
113 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRU 9:30 PM 30 445 0.2
109 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRU 10:00 PM 30 452 0.2
68 ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW TVL 7:36 PM 36 672 0.1
138 GEORGE LOPEZ TVL 8:12 PM 36 371 0.1
141 GEORGE LOPEZ TVL 8:48 PM 36 362 0.1
117 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND TVL 9:24 PM 36 437 0.1
71 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND TVL 10:00 PM 30 643 0.1
66 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND TVL 10:30 PM 30 680 0.1
144 FUTBOL CENTRAL (PT) THR UDN 8:00 PM 60 357 0.1
22 COPA AMERICA 2016 25 UMA: USA / ECUADOR (0.6 HH) UDN 9:00 PM 155 1202 0.5
4 WWE SMACKDOWN (1.32 HH) USA 8:00 PM 120 2073 0.6
44 MOVIE, USA: G.I. JOE: RETALIATION USA 10:00 PM 150 888 0.3
69 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 9:00 PM 60 664 0.3
126 MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN WETV 10:00 PM 60 406 0.1

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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    Hey, do you happen to have Bones’ Live+3 demo and viewer numbers for Thursday? Thanks!

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