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CBS, Fox and NBCSN shared Wednesday night’s top honors. CBS won among total viewers (4.73 million).
Coverage of Game 2 of the “2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final” between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators put NBCSN on top among adults 18-49 (approx. 1.2 rating) and adults 18-34 (approx. 1.0 rating), as well as a virtual tie with Fox for the lead in adults 25-54 (approx. 1.4 rating).
Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 3.278 million viewers, up 27 percent vs. last year’s Game 2 between the Penguins and San Jose Sharks (2.579 million), according to The Nielsen Company.
Despite neither Nashville (#29) nor Pittsburgh (#23) being a Top 20 TV market, the contest was the second-most watched Stanley Cup Final Game 2 on cable since 2002 (Carolina-Detroit, ESPN, 3.782 million), behind only Boston-Chicago in 2013 (3.964 million), which are the #9 and #3 TV markets.
Game 2 (8:09 p.m. – 11:13 p.m. ET) peaked with 3.8 million TV-only viewers during the 9:45-10 p.m. ET quarter-hour. The full contest registered a 1.84 household rating, and averaged 3.18 million TV-only viewers, up 28 percent and 27 percent, respectively, vs. Game 1 a year ago (1.44 household rating; 2.507 million viewers).
Locally, Pittsburgh delivered a 31.1 local rating, the best ever for a Penguins game in the market on NBCSN, surpassing all previous Stanley Cup Final games on the network. Nashville posted a 16.3 local rating, the market’s second-best ever for a Predators game on NBCSN, trailing only last month’s Game 6 vs. Anaheim in the Western Conference Final (16.5). NBCSN was the No. 1 network overall in both markets during the game.
(Source: NBC Sports)
The night’s top telecast among all key demos — the third season finale of “Empire” — gave Fox the Wednesday win among adults 18-34 (1.4/7). Although Fox also scored a 1.7 rating in adults 18-49, the network (6.7) was just 0.3 behind CBS (7.0) in adults 18-49 share.
With the 2016-17 traditional TV season in the books, CBS was the most-watched network in total viewers (9.7 million) — a feat they’ve accomplished for nine consecutive years and for 14 of the past 15 years. NBC became the first network in five years to win the season’s adults 18-49 (2.1 rating, 2.7 million) and adults 25-54 crowns without the benefit of a Super Bowl or an in-season Olympics.
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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program |
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S. |
|
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 |
|
PROGRAM |
AFF* |
CVG*
(PCT) |
HH/Share |
Viewers
(000) |
Adults
18-34 |
Adults
25-54 |
8-11 |
Network Average |
1.5/3 |
2298 |
0.3/2 |
0.5/2 |
0.7/3 |
8:00 |
The Goldbergs (r) |
256 |
92 |
2.0/4 |
2961 |
0.3/2 |
0.6/3 |
0.9/3 |
8:30 |
Speechless (r) |
253 |
92 |
1.6/3 |
2413 |
0.3/2 |
0.6/2 |
0.8/3 |
9:00 |
Modern Family (r) |
257 |
93 |
1.9/4 |
2924 |
0.4/2 |
0.7/3 |
1.0/3 |
9:31 |
black-ish (r) |
253 |
92 |
1.7/3 |
2645 |
0.3/2 |
0.6/3 |
0.9/3 |
10:00 |
Still Star-Crossed (rs) |
254 |
93 |
0.9/2 |
1417 |
0.2/1 |
0.4/2 |
0.5/2 |
|
PROGRAM |
AFF* |
CVG*
(PCT) |
HH/Share |
Viewers
(000) |
Adults
18-34 |
Adults
25-54 |
8-11 |
Network Average |
3.2/6 |
4729 |
0.3/2 |
0.6/3 |
1.0/3 |
8:00 |
NCIS: Los Angeles (rs) |
253 |
93 |
3.3/6 |
4958 |
0.3/2 |
0.5/2 |
0.9/3 |
9:00 |
Criminal Minds (r) |
253 |
93 |
3.4/6 |
5033 |
0.3/2 |
0.6/3 |
1.0/3 |
10:00 |
Code Black (r) |
253 |
93 |
2.8/6 |
4196 |
0.3/2 |
0.6/3 |
0.9/3 |
|
PROGRAM |
AFF* |
CVG*
(PCT) |
HH/Share |
Viewers
(000) |
Adults
18-34 |
Adults
25-54 |
8-11 |
Network Average |
3.1/6 |
4624 |
0.5/3 |
0.8/3 |
1.2/4 |
8:00 |
Little Big Shots |
245 |
92 |
4.8/9 |
7452 |
0.6/4 |
1.1/5 |
1.6/6 |
9:00 |
The Carmichael Show (p) |
245 |
92 |
2.7/5 |
4011 |
0.5/3 |
0.9/4 |
1.2/4 |
9:30 |
The Carmichael Show (s) |
245 |
92 |
2.1/4 |
3206 |
0.5/2 |
0.7/3 |
1.0/3 |
10:00 |
This Is Us (r) |
244 |
93 |
1.9/4 |
2811 |
0.3/2 |
0.5/2 |
0.8/3 |
|
PROGRAM |
AFF* |
CVG*
(PCT) |
HH/Share |
Viewers
(000) |
Adults
18-34 |
Adults
25-54 |
8-10 |
Network Average |
2.2/4 |
3499 |
0.7/4 |
1.1/5 |
1.4/5 |
8:00 |
MasterChef (p) |
258 |
93 |
2.3/5 |
3666 |
0.7/4 |
1.1/5 |
1.4/5 |
9:00 |
The F Word with Gordon Ramsay (p) |
258 |
93 |
2.0/4 |
3332 |
0.7/4 |
1.0/4 |
1.3/4 |
|
PROGRAM |
AFF* |
CVG*
(PCT) |
HH/Share |
Viewers
(000) |
Adults
18-34 |
Adults
25-54 |
8-10 |
Network Average |
0.4/1 |
596 |
0.1/1 |
0.2/1 |
0.2/1 |
8:00 |
Arrow (r) |
246 |
83 |
0.4/1 |
573 |
0.1/1 |
0.2/1 |
0.2/1 |
9:00 |
D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow (r) |
246 |
83 |
0.4/1 |
619 |
0.1/1 |
0.2/1 |
0.2/1 |
|
PROGRAM |
HH/Share |
Viewers
(000) |
Adults
18-34 |
Adults
25-54 |
8-11 |
Network Average |
0.9/2 |
1682 |
|
0.6/3 |
|
7:00 |
La Rosa de Guadalupe |
0.9/2 |
1656 |
|
0.6/3 |
|
8:00 |
La Reina de la Cancion |
0.9/2 |
1639 |
|
0.5/2 |
|
9:00 |
La Doble Vida de Estela Carrillo |
0.9/2 |
1777 |
|
0.7/3 |
|
10:03 |
La Piloto |
0.9/2 |
1620 |
|
0.6/3 |
|
|
PROGRAM |
HH/Share |
Viewers
(000) |
Adults
18-34 |
Adults
25-54 |
8-11 |
Network Average |
0.4/1 |
735 |
|
0.3/1 |
|
7:00 |
Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos (r) |
0.4/1 |
611 |
|
0.2/1 |
|
7:55 |
Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos |
0.7/1 |
1187 |
|
0.4/2 |
|
9:00 |
La Candidata |
0.3/1 |
554 |
|
0.2/1 |
|
10:00 |
El Bienamado |
0.3/1 |
437 |
|
0.2/1 |
|
|
PROGRAM |
HH/Share |
Viewers
(000) |
Adults
18-34 |
Adults
25-54 |
8-11 |
Network Average (preliminary) |
0.6/1 |
1075 |
0.3/2 |
0.4/2 |
|
8:00 |
El Capo (preliminary) |
0.6/1 |
1100 |
0.3/2 |
0.4/2 |
|
9:00 |
La Querida del Centauro (preliminary) |
0.6/1 |
1067 |
0.3/2 |
0.4/2 |
|
10:00 |
La Querida del Centauro (preliminary) |
0.6/1 |
1059 |
0.3/2 |
0.4/2 |
|
Note: All of this date’s Telemundo data are based on preliminary figures.
Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Wednesday 5/31/17
“Little Big Shots” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.7/4
Men 18-34: 0.5/3
Women 18-49: 1.3/6
Men 18-49: 1.0/5
“The Carmichael Show” (NBC, 9:00)
Women 18-34: 0.6/3
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.0/4
Men 18-49: 0.7/3
“The Carmichael Show” (NBC, 9:30)
Women 18-34: 0.6/3
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 0.8/3
Men 18-49: 0.6/3
“MasterChef” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.8/5
Men 18-34: 0.5/3
Women 18-49: 1.3/5
Men 18-49: 0.9/5
“The F Word with Gordon Ramsay” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.9/4
Men 18-34: 0.4/2
Women 18-49: 1.2/5
Men 18-49: 0.9/4
“NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 2: Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins” (NBCSN)
1.84 household rating
3.180 million viewers
1.20 adults 18-49 rating
Women 18-34: 0.66
Men 18-34: 1.35
Women 18-49: 0.86
Men 18-49: 1.53
“Fargo” (FX)
0.65 household rating
1.032 million viewers
0.27 adults 18-49 rating
Women 18-34: 0.15
Men 18-34: 0.26
Women 18-49: 0.20
Men 18-49: 0.35
Cable Rankings – Wednesday 5/31/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Wednesday, May 31:
* 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 |
54 |
69 |
STORAGE WARS |
A&E |
8:00 PM |
30 |
788 |
0.19 |
43 |
64 |
STORAGE WARS |
A&E |
8:30 PM |
30 |
930 |
0.20 |
25 |
28 |
STORAGE WARS |
A&E |
9:00 PM |
31 |
1249 |
0.28 |
22 |
22 |
STORAGE WARS |
A&E |
9:31 PM |
30 |
1292 |
0.30 |
31 |
48 |
STORAGE WARS CA |
A&E |
10:01 PM |
31 |
1054 |
0.24 |
49 |
69 |
STORAGE WARS CA |
A&E |
10:32 PM |
31 |
857 |
0.19 |
65 |
52 |
KING OF THE HILL |
ADSM |
8:00 PM |
30 |
659 |
0.23 |
59 |
34 |
AMERICAN DAD |
ADSM |
8:30 PM |
30 |
694 |
0.27 |
50 |
13 |
CLEVELAND SHOW |
ADSM |
9:00 PM |
30 |
853 |
0.38 |
34 |
9 |
AMERICAN DAD |
ADSM |
9:30 PM |
30 |
1017 |
0.46 |
28 |
8 |
BOB’S BURGERS |
ADSM |
10:00 PM |
30 |
1153 |
0.59 |
21 |
5 |
BOB’S BURGERS |
ADSM |
10:30 PM |
30 |
1310 |
0.66 |
55 |
58 |
AMC MOVIE: THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW |
AMC |
8:00 PM |
150 |
765 |
0.21 |
94 |
85 |
BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK |
BET |
9:00 PM |
175 |
379 |
0.17 |
15 |
7 |
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC |
BRAVO |
9:00 PM |
60 |
1610 |
0.60 |
61 |
58 |
THEN AND NOW W/ANDY COHEN |
BRAVO |
10:00 PM |
60 |
681 |
0.21 |
100 |
91 |
SOUTH PARK |
CMDY |
8:00 PM |
30 |
281 |
0.16 |
99 |
91 |
SOUTH PARK |
CMDY |
8:30 PM |
30 |
300 |
0.16 |
91 |
54 |
SOUTH PARK |
CMDY |
9:00 PM |
30 |
408 |
0.22 |
89 |
54 |
SOUTH PARK |
CMDY |
9:30 PM |
30 |
415 |
0.22 |
88 |
58 |
SOUTH PARK |
CMDY |
10:00 PM |
30 |
416 |
0.21 |
81 |
40 |
SOUTH PARK |
CMDY |
10:30 PM |
30 |
512 |
0.26 |
18 |
18 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360 |
CNN |
8:00 PM |
60 |
1423 |
0.33 |
23 |
40 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360 |
CNN |
9:00 PM |
60 |
1286 |
0.26 |
26 |
40 |
CNN TONIGHT |
CNN |
10:00 PM |
60 |
1236 |
0.26 |
77 |
58 |
DIESEL BROTHERS |
DISC |
8:00 PM |
180 |
539 |
0.21 |
45 |
79 |
LIV AND MADDIE |
DSNY |
9:00 PM |
30 |
908 |
0.18 |
40 |
79 |
LIV AND MADDIE |
DSNY |
9:30 PM |
30 |
938 |
0.18 |
40 |
69 |
K.C. UNDERCOVER |
DSNY |
10:00 PM |
30 |
938 |
0.19 |
37 |
69 |
K.C. UNDERCOVER |
DSNY |
10:30 PM |
30 |
997 |
0.19 |
36 |
18 |
HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM |
E! |
8:00 PM |
60 |
1006 |
0.33 |
82 |
91 |
HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM |
E! |
9:00 PM |
60 |
510 |
0.16 |
83 |
85 |
HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM |
E! |
10:00 PM |
60 |
504 |
0.17 |
71 |
85 |
MLB WEDNESDAY NIGHT – EARLY: L.A. DODGERS @ ST. LOUIS (0.39 HH, 0.15 A18-34) |
ESPN |
8:00 PM |
157 |
595 |
0.17 |
90 |
85 |
SPORTSCENTER LATE (0.28 HH, 0.17 A18-34) |
ESPN |
10:37 PM |
83 |
414 |
0.17 |
76 |
79 |
GUY’S GROCERY GAMES |
FOOD |
8:00 PM |
60 |
560 |
0.18 |
67 |
69 |
BAKERS VS FAKERS |
FOOD |
9:00 PM |
60 |
651 |
0.19 |
48 |
34 |
COOKS VS. CONS |
FOOD |
10:00 PM |
60 |
882 |
0.27 |
2 |
40 |
TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT |
FOXNC |
8:00 PM |
60 |
2773 |
0.26 |
4 |
47 |
THE FIVE |
FOXNC |
9:00 PM |
60 |
2529 |
0.25 |
3 |
22 |
HANNITY |
FOXNC |
10:00 PM |
60 |
2730 |
0.30 |
86 |
85 |
BIG SCREEN MOVIE: THE PROPOSAL |
FRFM |
6:00 PM |
150 |
443 |
0.17 |
84 |
58 |
BIG SCREEN MOVIE: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA |
FRFM |
8:30 PM |
150 |
503 |
0.21 |
95 |
91 |
ULTIMATE FIGHTER (0.24 HH, 0.13 A18-34) |
FS1 |
10:00 PM |
60 |
372 |
0.16 |
52 |
15 |
FX MOVIE PRIME: IRON MAN 3 |
FX |
6:59 PM |
181 |
832 |
0.34 |
33 |
34 |
FARGO |
FX |
10:00 PM |
64 |
1032 |
0.27 |
35 |
64 |
PROPERTY BROTHERS |
HGTV |
8:00 PM |
60 |
1010 |
0.20 |
10 |
15 |
BROTHER VS BROTHER |
HGTV |
9:00 PM |
60 |
2005 |
0.34 |
11 |
18 |
HOUSE HUNTERS |
HGTV |
10:00 PM |
30 |
1823 |
0.33 |
16 |
24 |
HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL |
HGTV |
10:30 PM |
30 |
1588 |
0.29 |
14 |
48 |
AMERICAN PICKERS AC |
HIST |
9:00 PM |
63 |
1640 |
0.24 |
17 |
34 |
AMERICAN PICKERS |
HIST |
10:03 PM |
60 |
1492 |
0.27 |
57 |
58 |
SEE NO EVIL |
ID |
8:00 PM |
60 |
752 |
0.21 |
32 |
21 |
HEAR NO EVIL |
ID |
9:00 PM |
60 |
1039 |
0.32 |
29 |
14 |
REASONABLE DOUBT |
ID |
10:00 PM |
60 |
1118 |
0.35 |
51 |
15 |
LITTLE WOMEN ATL REUNION |
LIF |
8:00 PM |
60 |
845 |
0.34 |
30 |
12 |
LITTLE WOMEN LA |
LIF |
9:00 PM |
62 |
1098 |
0.39 |
56 |
40 |
LITTLE WOMEN LA SPECIAL |
LIF |
10:02 PM |
60 |
760 |
0.26 |
13 |
64 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES |
MSNBC |
8:00 PM |
60 |
1689 |
0.20 |
5 |
28 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW |
MSNBC |
9:00 PM |
60 |
2343 |
0.28 |
6 |
28 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL |
MSNBC |
10:00 PM |
60 |
2324 |
0.28 |
80 |
24 |
CATFISH UNTOLD S6A P1 |
MTV |
8:00 PM |
61 |
530 |
0.29 |
97 |
79 |
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN5B |
MTV |
9:01 PM |
60 |
323 |
0.18 |
1 |
1 |
NHL STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 2: NASHVILLE @ PITTSBURGH (1.84 HH, 1.01 A18-34) |
NBCSN |
8:09 PM |
184 |
3180 |
1.20 |
20 |
24 |
HENRY DANGER |
NICK |
8:00 PM |
30 |
1317 |
0.29 |
24 |
28 |
THUNDERMANS |
NICK |
8:30 PM |
30 |
1273 |
0.28 |
42 |
34 |
FULL HOUSE |
NAN |
9:00 PM |
30 |
936 |
0.27 |
53 |
54 |
FULL HOUSE |
NAN |
9:30 PM |
30 |
794 |
0.22 |
45 |
40 |
FULL HOUSE |
NAN |
10:00 PM |
30 |
908 |
0.26 |
38 |
24 |
FULL HOUSE |
NAN |
10:30 PM |
30 |
974 |
0.29 |
58 |
91 |
PEPPA PIG |
NKJR |
9:00 PM |
30 |
695 |
0.16 |
60 |
91 |
PEPPA PIG |
NKJR |
9:30 PM |
30 |
687 |
0.16 |
62 |
91 |
PAW PATROL |
NKJR |
10:24 PM |
24 |
679 |
0.16 |
62 |
64 |
BLAZE |
NKJR |
10:48 PM |
24 |
679 |
0.20 |
78 |
91 |
COPS |
SPIKE |
8:00 PM |
30 |
535 |
0.16 |
70 |
69 |
COPS |
SPIKE |
8:30 PM |
30 |
617 |
0.19 |
71 |
79 |
COPS |
SPIKE |
9:00 PM |
30 |
595 |
0.18 |
71 |
85 |
COPS |
SPIKE |
9:30 PM |
30 |
595 |
0.17 |
75 |
69 |
COPS |
SPIKE |
10:00 PM |
30 |
582 |
0.19 |
69 |
64 |
COPS |
SPIKE |
10:30 PM |
30 |
641 |
0.20 |
19 |
9 |
THE BIG BANG THEORY |
TBS |
8:00 PM |
30 |
1336 |
0.46 |
12 |
6 |
THE BIG BANG THEORY |
TBS |
8:30 PM |
30 |
1796 |
0.64 |
9 |
2 |
THE BIG BANG THEORY |
TBS |
9:00 PM |
30 |
2090 |
0.72 |
8 |
3 |
THE BIG BANG THEORY |
TBS |
9:30 PM |
30 |
2097 |
0.70 |
7 |
3 |
THE BIG BANG THEORY |
TBS |
10:00 PM |
30 |
2125 |
0.70 |
27 |
11 |
FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE |
TBS |
10:30 PM |
30 |
1234 |
0.43 |
47 |
28 |
MY 600-LB LIFE: WHERE ARE |
TLC |
8:00 PM |
121 |
894 |
0.28 |
66 |
100 |
BIG & LITTLE |
TLC |
10:01 PM |
61 |
658 |
0.15 |
74 |
34 |
TNT BIG PICTURE MOVIES: RUSH HOUR 2 |
TNT |
8:00 PM |
120 |
583 |
0.27 |
44 |
40 |
EXPEDITION UNKNOWN |
TRAV |
9:00 PM |
60 |
929 |
0.26 |
98 |
91 |
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS |
TRU |
9:00 PM |
30 |
304 |
0.16 |
96 |
69 |
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS |
TRU |
9:30 PM |
30 |
341 |
0.19 |
87 |
54 |
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS |
TRU |
10:00 PM |
30 |
430 |
0.22 |
93 |
69 |
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS |
TRU |
10:30 PM |
30 |
394 |
0.19 |
68 |
48 |
CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST |
USA |
8:00 PM |
30 |
649 |
0.24 |
62 |
48 |
CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST |
USA |
8:30 PM |
30 |
679 |
0.24 |
39 |
28 |
BIG STAR LITTLE STAR |
USA |
9:00 PM |
60 |
940 |
0.28 |
85 |
79 |
MODERN FAMILY |
USA |
10:00 PM |
30 |
452 |
0.18 |
79 |
52 |
MODERN FAMILY |
USA |
10:30 PM |
30 |
532 |
0.23 |
92 |
69 |
MTV FEAR FACTOR |
VH1 |
9:00 PM |
60 |
407 |
0.19 |
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research