Friday April 29, 2016 Nielsen Finals

ESPN's 'NBA Playoff' game featuring the Clippers and Blazers took victory in the Friday cable ratings, scoring top numbers among men 18-49 (1.78), males 12-34 (1.68), and total viewers (2.91 million). It did slightly better than coverage of the 'NFL Draft' which was at 1.54/1.33 in those demos with 2.41 million viewers. Lifetime's 'Atlanta Plastic' pulled OK numbers in women 18-49 (0.30) as did OWN's 'For Better or Worse' (0.28); among total viewers those two shows were at 571,000 & 697,000. On Disney Channel there was 'Bunk'd' (0.54 in F12-34, 1.48 million viewers), 'Stuck in the Middle' (0.57, 1.54 million), 'Mako Mermaids' (0.41, 1.11 million), and 'Backstage' (0.52, 1.18 million). Elsewhere was HBO's 'Real Time with Bill Maher' (1.05 million), Syfy's 'Wynonna Earp' (643,000), and Cinemax's 'Banshee' (390,000).

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
Shark Tank	ABC	3.6/7	1.45/5	0.9/4	1.9/6	5.759
20/20	ABC	3.7/7	1.21/4	0.7/3	1.7/5	5.602
The Amazing Race	CBS	3.4/6	0.93/4	0.6/3	1.4/5	5.436
Hawaii Five-0	CBS	5.3/10	1.09/4	0.6/3	1.6/5	8.411
Blue Bloods	CBS	6.4/12	1.22/4	0.7/3	1.8/6	10.126
Caught on Camera	NBC	2.2/4	0.67/3	0.4/2	1.0/3	3.474
Grimm	NBC	2.4/4	0.79/3	0.4/2	1.2/4	3.756
Dateline NBC	NBC	2.9/5	0.95/4	0.5/2	1.3/4	4.244
The Vampire Diaries	CW	0.7/1	0.39/2	0.3/2	0.4/1	1.045
The Originals	CW	0.6/1	0.36/1	0.2/1	0.4/1	0.930

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
Shark Tank	1.0/5	0.8/4	1.6/6	1.3/5
20/20	0.9/4	0.5/3	1.4/5	1.0/4
The Amazing Race	0.7/3	0.5/3	1.1/5	0.7/3
Hawaii Five-0	0.8/4	0.5/2	1.4/5	0.8/3
Blue Bloods	0.9/4	0.6/3	1.4/5	1.0/4
Caught on Camera	0.6/3	0.3/1	0.9/3	0.5/2
Grimm	0.5/2	0.3/1	1.0/3	0.6/2
Dateline	0.6/3	0.4/2	1.3/4	0.6/2
Hell's Kitchen	0.7/3	0.5/3	1.1/4	0.8/3
The Vampire Diaries	0.4/2	0.2/1	0.5/2	0.2/1
The Originals	0.3/1	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.3/1

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA PLAYOFFS-: LAC/PORTLAND	ESPN	1.24	2.914
NFL DRAFT	ESPN	1.00	2.409
NBA PLAYOFFS: MIAMI/CHARLOTTE	ESPN	0.95	2.341
NFL DRAFT	NFL NETWORK	0.56	1.366
LION GUARD	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.45	1.532
ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE SPC	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.44	1.925
BUBBLE GUPPIES	NICKELODEON	0.37	1.352
NHL: ST. LOUIS/DALLAS	NBCSN	0.33	0.923
NHL: NASHVILLE/SAN JOSE	NBCSN	0.31	0.680
BUNKD	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.29	1.478
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER	HBO PRIME	0.25	1.049
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.25	1.530
MAKO MERMAIDS	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.23	1.106
TRAILBLAZERS	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.22	0.803
TANKED	ANIMAL PLANET	0.22	0.599
COMEDY CENTRAL MOVIE: OLD SCHOOL	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.21	0.416
ATLANTA PLASTIC	LIFETIME	0.21	0.571
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	OWN	0.21	0.697
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	TLC	0.19	0.756
BACKSTAGE	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.19	1.177
PEOPLES COUCH, THE	BRAVO	0.18	0.499
KENDRA ON TOP (8PM)	WETV	0.18	0.452
KENDRA ON TOP (9PM)	WETV	0.17	0.417
WYNONNA EARP	SYFY	0.15	0.643
VICE	HBO PRIME	0.15	0.514
GHOST BROTHERS	DEST AMERICA	0.14	0.443
BANSHEE	CINEMAX	0.12	0.390
MILLION DOLLAR GENIUS (2PM)	HISTORY	0.09	0.369
MILLION DOLLAR GENIUS (3PM)	HISTORY	0.09	0.297
MILLION DOLLAR GENIUS (4PM)	HISTORY	0.09	0.296
COMPETITION READY	VELOCITY	0.05	0.179
UNCOMMON SENSE	MTV2	0.04	0.092
BINGE THINKING	MTV2	0.03	0.069
TEENNICK TOP 10	TEENICK	0.02	0.138
QUIT YOUR DAY JOB	OXYGEN	0.01	0.019

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA PLAYOFFS-: LAC/PORTLAND	0.53	1.68	0.70	1.78
NFL DRAFT (ESPN)	0.36	1.33	0.46	1.54
NBA PLAYOFFS: MIAMI/CHARLOTTE	0.38	0.15	0.51	1.40
NFL DRAFT (NFL NETWORK)	0.36	1.08	0.48	1.42
NHL: ST. LOUIS/DALLAS	0.19	0.27	0.23	0.44
NHL: NASHVILLE/SAN JOSE	0.24	0.30	0.23	0.38
BUNKD	0.54	0.29	0.38	0.19
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER	0.10	0.12	0.20	0.30
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE	0.57	0.27	0.34	0.15
MAKO MERMAIDS	0.41	0.24	0.27	0.19
TANKED	0.21	0.16	0.25	0.18
ATLANTA PLASTIC	0.19	0.07	0.30	0.13
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	0.14	0.14	0.28	0.14
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	0.22	0.06	0.30	0.09
BACKSTAGE	0.52	0.25	0.25	0.13
PEOPLES COUCH, THE	0.14	0.03	0.24	0.13
KENDRA ON TOP (8PM)	0.16	0.07	0.28	0.08
KENDRA ON TOP (9PM)	0.15	0.06	0.27	0.08
WYNONNA EARP	0.15	0.06	0.19	0.12

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	22.7
8:30pm - 9pm	24.5
9pm - 9:30pm	26.0
9:30pm - 10pm	27.2
10pm - 10:30pm	27.6
10:30pm - 11pm	26.9

Source: Nielsen Media Research