The Cleveland Cavaliers bested the Golden State Warriors to even the series at three games apiece and the game drew a 14.1 overnight rating. That’s down 11% down from last year’s game 6 when the Warriors clinched the series and drew a 15.9 overnight rating. The game peaked with a 16.7 rating. The game averaged a 44.3 rating in the Cleveland market and a 34.9 rating in the San Francisco market…
Update: the game averaged 20.528 million viewers, on par with last year’s game 5. Game 5 of the NBA Finals where the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors to extend the series to a 6th game averaged a 14.2 overnight rating. That’s the highest overnight rating for the series so far, and even versus last year’s 14.2 overnight for game 5 of the 2015 NBA Finals. Top local markets on ABC: Game…
The Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in game 4 of the NBA finals to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the series. The game averaged 16.4 million viewers on ABC, down 17% from the 19.8 game four drew in 2015 (when the game was on a Thursday night rather than a Friday night). Other than the fact that the series could be a short one that wraps up in…
Update: game 3 averaged 16.465 million viewers, down around 12% versus last year’s 18.7 million average for game 3. Cleveland’s win over Golden State in game 3 averaged an 11.8 overnight rating. That’s down 13.9 percent from last year’s game 3 which drew a huge 13.7 overnight rating (last year the series had been tied entering game 3). The telecast peaked with a 13.4 rating from 10-10:15 p.m. ET. Through…
Update: the game averaged 17.361 million viewers, down 9% from last year’s game 2 which averaged 19.2 million. Game 2 of the 2016 NBA finals drew an 11.8 overnight rating, down 8.5% from last year’s game 2 which drew a 12.9 overnight rating for an overtime thriller Cleveland won. Despite the drop, it tied as the third-highest game 2 of the finals on ABC. The game peaked with a 13.2…
The Golden State Warriors win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in game 1 of the NBA Finals averaged 19.197 million viewers on ABC, up 8 percent versus the 17.768 million viewers game 1 with the same two teams a year ago (an overtime win for the Warriors). Considering last year’s game was an overtime win for the Warriors and this year the Warriors were cruising in the 4th quarter, ABC/ESPN has…
Game 1 of the Cleveland Cavaliers versus the Golden State Warriors drew a 13.1 overnight rating (% of households in the largest 56, out of 210 markets.) That’s up 1.5% versus last year’s Game 1 of the NBA finals which drew a 12.9 overnight rating for a game the Warriors won in overtime. The game peaked with a 14.8 rating from 10:45-11PM ET. While that might not be as big…
Cable Sports TV Ratings for Monday May 30, 2016: This is sorted from most-watched to least-watched. Using your browser’s search tool (usually CTRL/CMD+F) might be the faster way to go if you’re looking for something specific. Note to readers using mobile phones: on most phones the tables are easier to read/scroll through if you tilt your phone to landscape orientation. Program Net Episode Start End Total Viewers (000) Viewers Age 18-49 (000)…