Friday April 22, 2016 Nielsen Finals

ESPN's coverage of 'NBA Basketball' between the Spurs and Grizzlies took victory on Friday cable in the key 18-49 demo (1.11 rating) and total viewers (2.69 million) as well as in both men 18-49 (1.57) and males 12-34 (1.44). On OWN, 'For Better or Worse' notched a 0.33 W18-49 rating with 738,000 viewers and on Lifetime, 'Atlanta Plastic' logged a 0.29 rating in that demo with 477,000 viewers. On premium cable, HBO had 'Real Time with Bill Maher' (1.21 million) and 'Vice' (523,000) and Cinemax had 'Banshee' (355,000). Other programs of note include Animal Planet's 'Tanked' (535,000), USA Network's 'Motive' (763,000), and Nickelodeon's 'The Halo Effect' (759,000). 

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
Last Man Standing	ABC	3.8/8	1.01/5	0.6/3	1.5/6	5.940
Dr. Ken	ABC	2.9/6	0.90/4	0.5/2	1.3/4	4.591
Shark Tank	ABC	3.4/6	1.18/5	0.6/3	1.6/5	5.397
20/20	ABC	3.8/7	1.25/5	0.6/3	1.8/6	5.691
The Amazing Race	CBS	3.4/7	1.01/4	0.6/3	1.4/5	5.434
Hawaii Five-0	CBS	5.0/9	1.102/4	0.6/3	1.6/5	8.006
Caught on Camera	NBC	2.1/4	0.68/3	0.4/2	1.0/3	3.262
Grimm	NBC	2.5/5	0.87/3	0.5/2	1.3/4	3.894
Dateline NBC	NBC	2.7/5	0.94/3	0.4/2	1.3/4	4.025
Hell’s Kitchen	FOX	1.8/3	0.91/3	0.6/3	1.3/4	2.963
The Vampire Diaries	CW	0.7/1	0.37/2	0.3/2	0.4/2	1.021

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
Last Man Standing	0.7/4	0.5/3	1.2/5	0.8/4
Dr. Ken	0.5/3	0.4/2	1.1/4	0.7/3
Shark Tank	0.7/3	0.6/3	1.3/5	1.0/4
20/20	0.6/3	0.5/3	1.5/6	1.0/4
The Amazing Race	0.6/3	0.6/3	1.1/5	0.9/4
Hawaii Five-0	0.7/3	0.5/2	1.3/5	0.9/4
Caught on Camera	0.4/2	0.3/2	0.7/3	0.6/3
Grimm	0.5/2	0.4/2	1.0/4	0.8/3
Dateline	0.5/2	0.4/2	1.2/4	0.7/3
Hell's Kitchen	0.6/3	0.5/2	1.0/4	0.8/3
The Vampire Diaries	0.4/2	0.1/1	0.5/2	0.2/1

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA PLAYOFFS: SAS/MEM	ESPN	1.11	2.685
NBA PLAYOFFS: CLE/DET	ESPN	1.08	2.669
NBA PLAYOFFS: ATL/BOS	ESPN2	0.39	0.984
LION GUARD	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.36	1.382
PJ MASKS	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.35	1.336
MICKEYS MOUSEKERCIZE SHOR	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.35	1.731
DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES	FOOD NETWORK	0.31	0.902
YUKON MEN (10PM)	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.31	1.595
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER	HBO PRIME	0.29	1.209
YUKON MEN (9PM)	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.25	1.393
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	OWN	0.23	0.738
BELLATOR MMA LIVE: 153	SPIKE TV	0.23	0.618
STRANGER IN MY HOME, A	ID	0.23	0.778
NHL: PHILADELPHIA/WASHINGTON	NBCSN	0.21	0.571
TANKED	ANIMAL PLANET	0.20	0.535
MOTIVE	USA NETWORK	0.20	0.763
ATLANTA PLASTIC	LIFETIME	0.19	0.477
VICE	HBO PRIME	0.18	0.523
HALO EFFECT, THE	NICKELODEON	0.17	0.759
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	TLC	0.17	0.761
NHL: MINNESOTA/DALLAS	NBCSN	0.17	0.389
INSANE POOLS: OFF THE DEE	ANIMAL PLANET	0.15	0.500
MOTHER/DAUGHTER EXPERIMEN	LIFETIME	0.15	0.340
PEOPLES COUCH, THE	BRAVO	0.14	0.404
KENDRA ON TOP (9PM)	WETV	0.14	0.352
MAKO MERMAIDS	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.14	0.849
TIME TRAVELING BONG	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.14	0.278
KENDRA ON TOP (9:30PM)	WETV	0.14	0.341
BANSHEE	CINEMAX	0.13	0.355
BELLATOR KICKBOXING: 101	SPIKE TV	0.12	0.325
GHOST BROTHERS	DEST AMERICA	0.11	0.456
NHL: NY ISLANDERS/FLORIDA	CNBC	0.11	0.294
WYNONNA EARP	SYFY	0.08	0.573
UNCOMMON SENSE S2	MTV2	0.06	0.152
PATH TO THE DRAFT	NFL NETWORK	0.04	0.113
COMPETITION READY	VELOCITY	0.04	0.148
PRINCE MUSIC MARATHON	BET	0.04	0.114
GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, TH	ENCORE PRIMARY	0.04	0.166
BINGE THINKING	MTV2	0.03	0.124
QUIT YOUR DAY JOB	OXYGEN	0.02	0.067

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA PLAYOFFS: SAS/MEM	0.47	1.44	0.65	1.57
NBA PLAYOFFS: CLE/DET	0.48	1.37	0.62	1.55
NBA PLAYOFFS: ATL/BOS	0.13	0.52	0.19	0.59
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER	0.12	0.21	0.22	0.37
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	0.15	0.09	0.33	0.13
NHL: PHILADELPHIA/WASHINGTON	0.04	0.20	0.12	0.31
TANKED	0.18	0.12	0.20	0.20
MOTIVE	0.18	0.08	0.25	0.15
ATLANTA PLASTIC	0.21	0.05	0.29	0.08
VICE	0.08	0.11	0.15	0.20
HALO EFFECT, THE	0.28	0.18	0.24	0.11
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	0.27	0.04	0.28	0.06

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	22.3
8:30pm - 9pm	23.9
9pm - 9:30pm	25.4
9:30pm - 10pm	26.7
10pm - 10:30pm	27.0
10:30pm - 11pm	26.5

Source: Nielsen Media Research