Wednesday April 13, 2016 Nielsen Finals

There was quite an interesting ratings result to come out of Wednesday as NBA Basketball coverage on the (usually) little-watched ESPN2 not only beat out both games airing on ESPN, but also everything else on cable and all but 4 shows on the broadcast nets. The game, Jazz v. Lakers, delivered a 1.74 adults 18-49 rating with 3.47 million viewers and scored the day's best returns in men 18-49 (2.43 rating) and males 12-34 (2.65). The two games on ESPN ranked second and third in both of those subdemos as well as in adults 18-49 and total viewers. Over at MTV, 'Catfish' continued its dominance in the female 12-34 demo (0.95 rating) and women 18-49 demo (0.79) beating out Bravo's 'Real Housewives of NYC' (0.34/0.68) and Lifetime's 'Little Women LA' (0.42/0.56) in both metrics. Among total viewers, 'Housewives' (1.24 million) led the way followed by 'Little Women' (1.13 million) and 'Catfish' (980,000). Comedy Central's 'Broad City' (0.30/530,000) was the top scripted entry on cable among 18-49, followed by WGN America's 'Underground' (0.29/881,000) and FX's 'The Americans' (0.25/885,000). Other programs of note include TV Land's 'The Soul Man' (301,000), Pop's 'Schitt's Creek' (183,000), and Sundance's 'The Last Panthers' (78,000).

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
The Middle	ABC	4.3/8	1.74/7	1.0/5	2.3/7	6.981
The Goldbergs	ABC	3.8/6	1.87/7	1.0/5	2.4/7	6.290
Modern Family	ABC	4.6/8	2.24/7	1.4/6	3.0/8	7.444
black-ish	ABC	3.6/6	1.55/5	0.9/4	2.1/6	5.667
Nashville	ABC	2.8/5	0.95/3	0.6/2	1.3/4	4.119
Survivor: Kaoh Rong	CBS	5.1/9	1.87/7	1.0/5	2.6/8	8.394
Criminal Minds	CBS	5.6/9	1.69/5	0.9/4	2.3/6	8.805
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	CBS	5.1/9	1.46/5	0.7/3	2.0/6	7.908
The Voice (s)	NBC	5.7/10	1.68/6	1.0/5	2.5/8	8.880
Strong (p)	NBC	2.1/4	0.94/3	0.6/2	1.2/3	3.327
Rosewood	FOX	3.0/5	1.19/4	0.8/4	1.6/5	4.529
Empire	FOX	6.2/10	3.84/12	3.4/14	4.3/12	10.107

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
The Middle	1.2/5	0.8/4	2.2/8	1.3/5
The Goldbergs	1.2/5	0.9/4	2.2/7	1.5/6
Modern Family	1.6/6	1.2/5	2.6/8	1.9/6
black-ish	1.1/4	0.7/3	1.9/6	1.2/4
Nashville	0.8/3	0.4/2	1.3/4	0.6/2
Survivor: Kaoh Rong	1.3/5	0.8/4	2.2/8	1.5/6
Criminal Minds	1.1/4	0.6/3	2.2/7	1.2/4
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	0.9/4	0.6/2	1.8/6	1.1/4
The Voice (s)	1.4/6	0.7/3	2.1/7	1.2/5
Strong (p)	0.8/3	0.4/2	1.2/4	0.7/2
Rosewood	1.0/4	0.6/3	1.5/5	0.9/3
Empire	4.4/17	2.3/10	4.9/15	2.7/9

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA: UTAH/LA LAKERS	ESPN2	1.74	3.465
NBA: MEMPHIS/GOLDEN STATE	ESPN	1.58	3.649
NBA: MIAMI/BOSTON	ESPN	0.75	1.793
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN5	MTV	0.54	0.980
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC	BRAVO	0.43	1.242
BERING SEA GOLD	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.39	1.277
FACE OFF	SYFY	0.38	1.023
LITTLE WOMEN LA	LIFETIME	0.36	1.133
LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM (10PM)	LIFETIME	0.32	0.995
NHL: NY RANGERS/PITTSBURGH	USA NETWORK	0.31	0.713
BROAD CITY	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.30	0.530
UNDERGROUND	WGN AMERICA	0.29	0.881
NHL: CHICAGO/ST. LOUIS	NBCSN	0.29	0.638
FEAR THY NEIGHBOR	ID	0.29	0.990
NHL: DETROIT/TAMPA BAY	NBCSN	0.29	0.612
FAMILY THERAPY	VH1	0.28	0.582
DAILY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.28	0.737
MY 600-LB LIFE:WHERE ARE	TLC	0.28	0.871
TWO IN A MILLION	TLC	0.28	0.849
MTV SUSPECT	MTV	0.27	0.488
RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE	FOOD NETWORK	0.27	0.932
AMERICANS	FX	0.25	0.885
LWLA: TERRAS LITTLE FAM (10:30PM)	LIFETIME	0.25	0.836
DONNIE LOVES JENNY	A&E NETWORK	0.24	0.609
CARBONARO EFFECT, THE	TRUTV	0.24	0.591
MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ	TLC	0.23	0.705
WEB OF LIES	ID	0.23	0.788
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE	BRAVO	0.22	0.822
MYSTERY DINERS	FOOD NETWORK	0.21	0.670
AC360 NY CRUZ TOWN HALL	CNN	0.21	1.349
INTERNET RUINED MY LIFE	SYFY	0.19	0.409
MY CRAZY EX	LMN	0.19	0.485
NIGHTLY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.18	0.488
I LOVE YOU… BUT I LIED	LMN	0.17	0.427
AT MIDNIGHT	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.16	0.339
WALK THE PRANK	DISNEY XD	0.14	0.701
INSIDE THE WORLDS ROUGHES	NAT GEO	0.13	0.500
LOPEZ	TV LAND	0.13	0.437
MIA AND ME	NICK JR	0.11	0.413
FOLLOW THE LEADER	CNBC	0.09	0.246
SOUL MAN, THE	TV LAND	0.09	0.301
BILLY ON THE STREET (11PM)	TRUTV	0.09	0.198
IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING	SCIENCE	0.08	0.411
IRON RESURRECTION	VELOCITY	0.08	0.283
REHAB ADDICT	DIY NETWORK	0.08	0.380
BILLY ON THE STREET (11:30PM)	TRUTV	0.07	0.161
SECRET LIVES OF SUPER RICH	CNBC	0.06	0.188
SCHITT'S CREEK	POP	0.05	0.183
NICOLE & JIONNI'S SHORE FLIP	FYI	0.05	0.138
LUCHA UNDERGROUND (8PM)	EL REY	0.04	0.139
KOCKTAILS WITH KHLOE	FYI	0.04	0.109
THE LAST PANTHERS	SUNDANCE TV	0.02	0.078
QUIT YOUR DAY JOB	OXYGEN	0.02	0.041
LUCHA UNDERGROUND (9PM)	EL REY	0.01	0.066

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA: UTAH/LA LAKERS	0.98	2.65	1.06	2.43
NBA: MEMPHIS/GOLDEN STATE	0.83	2.14	0.92	2.24
NBA: MIAMI/BOSTON	0.36	1.09	0.42	1.08
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN5	0.95	0.31	0.79	0.29
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC	0.34	0.12	0.68	0.18
BERING SEA GOLD	0.20	0.18	0.25	0.53
FACE OFF	0.25	0.18	0.42	0.33
LITTLE WOMEN LA	0.42	0.13	0.56	0.16
BROAD CITY	0.32	0.30	0.27	0.33
UNDERGROUND	0.11	0.13	0.36	0.22
FAMILY THERAPY	0.34	0.15	0.40	0.16
MTV SUSPECT	0.48	0.12	0.40	0.14
AMERICANS	0.15	0.17	0.24	0.27
MY CRAZY EX	0.23	0.11	0.26	0.12

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	26.1
8:30pm - 9pm	28.4
9pm - 9:30pm	30.5
9:30pm - 10pm	31.7
10pm - 10:30pm	30.8
10:30pm - 11pm	29.3

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider