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Thursday Ratings: ESPN Wins All Key Demos, ABC Tops Capitol Attack Hearings Coverage in Viewers

Tampa Bay Lightning earned a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference Final. Also earning a victory: the network that televised the game, ESPN. They won among all key demos: adults 18-49 (approximately 0.8 rating), 18-34 (approx. 0.7 rating) and 25-54 (approx. 1.0 rating).

An estimated 20 million across five networks tuned in to the hearings about the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. ABC led those networks in coverage with a little over 5.21 million viewers. Cable news outlet MSNBC was runner-up, drawing an average of 4.3 million — +600,000 more than its broadcast network partner NBC.

UPDATED 6/10/2022 5:55 PM ET: What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Thursday, June 9:

ABC
• 4.017 million viewers
• 2.5/7 HH (3.022 million households)
• 0.52/5 A18-49 rating/share (0.681 million adults 18-49)

Attack On The Capitol (Sustainer)(ABC, 8:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 5.215 million viewers
• 3.2/8 HH (3.875 million households)
• 0.66/6 A18-49 rating/share (0.855 million adults 18-49)

State of a Nation Pride To Be Seen (S) (ABC, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.621 million viewers
• 1.1/3 HH (1.315 million households)
• 0.25/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.331 million adults 18-49)

CBS
• 3.141 million viewers
• 2.0/5 HH (2.443 million households)
• 0.33/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.433 million adults 18-49)

CBS News Capitol Assault Hearings (Sustainer) (CBS, 8:00 PM-10:04 PM)
• 3.491 million viewers
• 2.2/6 HH (2.701 million households)
• 0.38/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.493 million adults 18-49)

Bull (R) (CBS, 10:04 PM-11:00 PM)
• 2.366 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.872 million households)
• 0.23/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.300 million adults 18-49)

NBC
• 3.117 million viewers
• 2.0/5 HH (2.405 million households)
• 0.39/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.515 million adults 18-49)

NBC News Special Jan. 6th Hearings (Sustainer) (NBC, 8:00 PM-10:08 PM)
• 3.696 million viewers
• 2.3/6 HH (2.824 million households)
• 0.48/4 A18-49 rating/share 6(0.620 million adults 18-49)

Law & Order: SVU (R) (NBC, 10:08 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.692 million viewers
• 1.1/3 HH (1.374 million households)
• 0.20/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.258 million adults 18-49)

Fox
• 0.997 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.790 million households)
• 0.19/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.247 million adults 18-49)

MasterChef Junior (R) (Fox, 8:00 PM- 9:01 PM)
• 0.959 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.807 million households)
• 0.18/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.239 million adults 18-49)

Don’t Forget The Lyrics (R) (Fox, 9:01 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.036 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.772 million households)
• 0.20/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.255 million adults 18-49)

CW
• 0.672 million viewers
• 0.4/1 HH (0.525 million households)
• 0.11/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.142 million adults 18-49)

Walker (CW, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.895 million viewers
• 0.6/1 HH (0.676 million households)
• 0.12/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.154 million adults 18-49)

Legacies (CW, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.449 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.373 million households)
• 0.10/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.129 million adults 18-49)

Univision
• 1.225 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.814 million households)
• 0.39/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.503 million adults 18-49)

La Rosa de Guadalupe (Univision, 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 1.146 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.765 million households)
• 0.33/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.437 million adults 18-49)

La Mexicana y El Guero (Univision, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 1.117 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.714 million households)
• 0.36/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.475 million adults 18-49)

Mi Fortuna es Amarte (Univision, 9:00 PM-10:01 PM)
• 1.502 million viewers
• 0.8/2 HH (0.981 million households)
• 0.48/4 A18-49 rating/share (0.623 million adults 18-49)

El Ultimo Rey: El Hijo del Pueblo (Univision, 10:01 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.047 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.742 million households)
• 0.31/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.409 million adults 18-49)

UniMás
• 0.543 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.395 million households)
• 0.14/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.180 million adults 18-49)

Teresa (UniMás, 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 0.344 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.236 million households)
• 0.12/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.152 million adults 18-49)

Enamorandonos (UniMás, 8:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.596 million viewers
• 0.4/1 HH (0.462 million households)
• 0.15/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.191 million adults 18-49)

Inseparables, Amor al Limite Season 3 (UniMás, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.436 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.261 million households)
• 0.12/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.158 million adults 18-49)

Telemundo
• 1.033 million viewers
• 0.6/2 HH (0.700 million households)
• 0.29/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.381 million adults 18-49)

La Casa De Los Famosos Season 2 (Telemundo, 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 1.189 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH (0.815 million households)
• 0.31/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.408 million adults 18-49)

Amor Valiente (Telemundo, 9:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.924 million viewers
• 0.5/1 HH (0.633 million households)
• 0.27/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.348 million adults 18-49)

NHL Playoffs-Eastern Conference Final Game 5: Tampa Bay Lightning @ New York Rangers (ESPN, 8:00 PM, 166 min.)
• 2.480 million viewers
• 1.27 HH (Range: 1.548-1.560 million households)
• 0.82 A18-49 rating (Range: 1.063-1.076 million adults 18-49)

Women’s College World Series Game 2: Oklahoma vs. Texas (ESPN, 7:30 PM, 199 min.)
• 1.744 million viewers
• 0.92 HH (Range: 1.120-1.132 million households)
• 0.40 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.515-0.528 million adults 18-49)

Attack on Democracy Jan. 6th Hearings (CNN, 8:02 PM, 113 min.)
• 2.739 million viewers
• 1.58 HH (Range: 1.928-1.940 million households)
• 0.45 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.581-0.593 million adults 18-49)

January 6th Hearings (MSNBC, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 4.187 million viewers
• 2.53 HH (Range: 3.091-3.103 million households)
• 0.30 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.385-0.398 million adults 18-49)

January 6th Hearings (MSNBC, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 4.420 million viewers
• 2.62 HH (Range: 3.201-3.213 million households)
• 0.35 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.450-0.463 million adults 18-49)

January 6th Hearings (MSNBC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 3.233 million viewers
• 2.00 HH (Range: 2.442-2.454 million households)
• 0.25 A18-49 rating (Range: 0.320-0.333 million adults 18-49)

 

Source: Nielsen Media Research