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. | ||||||||
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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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 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
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 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
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 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
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 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
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 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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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 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
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 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
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