Thursday January 3, 2019 Nielsen Finals

'NBA Basketball' between the Rockets and Warriors, on TNT, topped the Thursday cable ratings with a 0.92 A18-49 rating and 2.39 million viewers, leading also men 18-49 (1.29 rating), and males 12-34 (0.93). The lead-in Raptors/Spurs game scored a 1.0 M18-49 rating, a 0.84 M12-34 rating, and 1.81 million viewers. Over on Lifetime, two episodes of 'Surviving R. Kelly' notched the day's best ratings in women 18-49 (1.11/1.26) and females 12-34 (0.63/0.70), as well as 1.8 million/1.97 million among total viewers. MTV's 'Ex on the Beach,' managed a 0.50 F12-34 rating with 751,000 viewers, and 'Floribama Shore' was at 0.49 in that demo with 787,000 viewers. Other programs of note include UP's 'Bringing Up Bates' (305,000), GSN's 'America Says' (416,000), and CMT's 'Music City' (139,000). 

Broadcast finals:

SHOW	Viewers (millions)	HH	A 18-49	A 18-34	A 25-54	Med. Age
Gotham (Fox)	2.543	1.6/3	0.67/3	0.4/3	0.8/3	55.1
S.W.A.T. (CBS)	5.989	3.8/8	0.94/4	0.4/3	1.5/6	-
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	12.796	7.7/14	2.21/10	1.1/7	3.4/12	59.2
The Blacklist (NBC)	4.154	2.6/5	0.85/4	0.5/3	1.1/4	59.2
The Last Days of JFK Jr. (ABC)	5.488	3.8/7	0.72/3	0.4/2	1.1/4	63.1
The Orville (Fox)	2.821	1.8/3	0.63/3	0.4/2	0.9/3	57.4
The Titan Games (NBC)	6.501	3.6/7	1.79/8	1.0/6	2.3/8	52.1
Young Sheldon (CBS)	10.946	6.6/12	1.66/7	0.8/5	2.7/9	59.9

Subdemos:

SHOW	F 18-49	M 18-49	F 18-34	M 18-34	F 25-54	M 25-54
Gotham (Fox)	0.6/2	0.7/3	0.4/2	0.5/3	0.8/3	0.9/3
S.W.A.T. (CBS)	1.1/5	0.8/4	0.5/3	0.4/3	1.8/6	1.3/5
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	2.6/11	1.8/9	1.2/7	0.9/6	3.8/13	2.9/11
The Blacklist (NBC)	0.9/4	0.8/4	0.5/3	0.4/3	1.1/4	1.0/4
The Last Days of JFK Jr. (ABC)	0.9/4	0.5/2	0.5/3	0.3/2	1.4/5	0.8/3
The Orville (Fox)	0.5/2	0.8/4	0.3/2	0.4/3	0.7/2	1.0/4
The Titan Games (NBC)	1.8/7	1.7/8	1.1/6	0.9/6	2.3/8	2.3/8
Young Sheldon (CBS)	2.0/8	1.4/6	0.9/5	0.7/4	3.1/10	2.3/8

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA: ROCKETS/WARRIORS	TNT	0.92	2.392
SURVIVING R. KELLY (10PM)	LIFETIME	0.88	1.971
SURVIVING R. KELLY (9PM)	LIFETIME	0.80	1.801
NBA: RAPTORS/SPURS	TNT	0.71	1.814
DR. PIMPLE POPPER	TLC	0.60	2.488
LIVE PD THU: 173	A&E NETWORK	0.49	1.651
60 DAYS IN	A&E NETWORK	0.47	1.240
FLORIBAMA SHORE SSN2B	MTV	0.43	0.787
EX ON THE BEACH MTV SSN 2	MTV	0.39	0.751
TOP CHEF	BRAVO	0.35	1.132
NIGHT THAT DIDNT END	ID	0.31	1.197
BEAT B.FLAY	FOOD NETWORK	0.30	0.971
DEAD SILENT	ID	0.30	1.114
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.28	1.408
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING LA	BRAVO	0.27	0.830
MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ	TLC	0.25	0.823
FLIP OR FLOP NASHVILLE	HGTV	0.24	1.116
COLL BKBL: PENN ST/MICHIGAN	ESPN	0.23	0.677
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.23	1.291
ABBY HATCHER	NICKELODEON	0.18	0.935
DEAD FILES POPUPS	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.14	0.452
INSIDE CARBONARO	TRUTV	0.12	0.269
LIFE BELOW: ICE BREAKERS (10PM)	NAT GEO	0.12	0.565
LIFE BELOW: ICE BREAKERS (9PM)	NAT GEO	0.12	0.592
COLL BKBL: STANFORD/UCLA	ESPN	0.11	0.320
BRINGING UP BATES	UP	0.10	0.305
IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING	SCIENCE	0.08	0.356
HOW ITS MADE:	SCIENCE	0.08	0.295
NHL: CHICAGO/NY ISLANDERS	NBCSN	0.08	0.288
MOST HAUNTED	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.07	0.280
AMERICA SAYS	GSN	0.06	0.416
ABBY HATCHER	NICK JR	0.06	0.313
COLL BKBL: ILLINOIS/INDIANA	FOX SPORTS 1	0.06	0.380
HOME & FAMILY	HALLMARK	0.05	0.212
IMPACT WRESTLING: 401	POP	0.05	0.151
SECRET LIFE OF THE ZOO	ANIMAL PLANET	0.05	0.313
MUSIC CITY	CMT	0.04	0.139
TRAVEL MAN (10:00PM)	OVATION	0.00	0.039
TRAVEL MAN (10:30PM)	OVATION	0.00	0.017

Source: Nielsen Media Research