Friday May 13, 2016 Nielsen Finals

As has been the pattern of late, coverage of the 'NBA Playoffs' again took victory on the daily cable ratings with Friday's ESPN Raptors/Heat game logging a 1.43 18-49 rating (1.89 in men, 0.98 in women) with 3.74 million viewers. At NBC Sports Net, coverage of the 'NHL Playoffs' between the Lightning & Penguins didn't fare nearly as well with 0.65 in the demo (0.89 in men) and 1.72 million viewers. Outside of sports, Disney Channel had a strong night in the F12-34 demo with 'Bunk'd' (0.53 rating), 'Stuck in the Middle' (0.54), 'Backstage' (0.47), and 'Mako Mermaids' (0.40); in total viewers those four programs were at 1.29 mil, 1.34 mil, 1.11 mil, and 893,000. On WEtv, two episodes of 'Kendra on Top' were at 0.29 & 0.28 in W18-49 and 461,000 & 467,000 in viewers. Other programs of note include HBO's 'Real Time with Bill Maher' (1.27 million), Animal Planet's 'Tanked' (567,000), and Cinemax's 'Banshee' (424,000).

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
Beyond the Tank	ABC	2.4/5	0.67/3	0.4/2	0.9/3	3.519
Shark Tank	ABC	3.4/6	1.22/5	0.7/4	1.6/5	5.301
20/20	ABC	3.0/6	0.93/4	0.5/3	1.3/4	4.549
The Amazing Race	CBS	3.8/8	1.08/5	0.6/4	1.5/6	5.934
Hawaii Five-0 (9pm)	CBS	5.4/10	1.13/5	0.6/3	1.6/5	8.487
Hawaii Five-0 (10pm)	CBS	5.6/11	1.23/5	0.7/3	1.8/6	8.815
Caught on Camera	NBC	1.9/4	0.63/3	0.4/2	0.9/3	2.970
Grimm	NBC	2.2/4	0.753/3	0.4/2	1.1/4	3.394
Dateline	NBC	2.9/6	0.83/3	0.4/2	1.2/4	4.177
The Vampire Diaries	CW	0.7/1	0.37/2	0.3/1	0.4/2	1.044
The Originals	CW	0.5/1	0.27/1	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.790

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
Beyond the Tank	0.5/2	0.3/2	0.8/4	0.5/3
Shark Tank	0.8/4	0.7/4	1.4/5	1.1/5
20/20	0.6/3	0.4/2	1.1/4	0.7/3
The Amazing Race	0.7/4	0.5/3	1.3/5	0.9/4
Hawaii Five-0 (9pm)	0.7/3	0.6/3	1.3/5	1.0/4
Hawaii Five-0 (10pm)	0.7/3	0.6/3	1.4/5	1.1/4
Caught on Camera	0.5/3	0.3/2	0.7/3	0.5/3
Grimm	0.5/2	0.3/2	0.9/3	0.6/3
Dateline	0.5/3	0.3/2	1.1/4	0.6/2
The Vampire Diaries	0.3/2	0.2/1	0.5/2	0.2/1
The Originals	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.2/1

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA PLAYOFFS: TORONTO/MIAMI	ESPN	1.43	3.735
ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.75	2.990
NHL: TAMPA BAY/PITTSBURGH	NBCSN	0.65	1.718
LOUD HOUSE	NICKELODEON	0.38	1.839
ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS	NICKELODEON	0.34	1.603
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER	HBO PRIME	0.30	1.272
ANCIENT ALIENS	HISTORY	0.27	1.101
BUNKD	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.25	1.286
I ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT	ID	0.22	0.810
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.22	1.340
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	OWN	0.21	0.681
KENDRA ON TOP (9PM)	WETV	0.20	0.461
TANKED	ANIMAL PLANET	0.20	0.567
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	TLC	0.20	0.878
KENDRA ON TOP (9:30PM)	WETV	0.19	0.467
INSANE POOLS: OFF THE DEE	ANIMAL PLANET	0.18	0.552
BACKSTAGE	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.17	1.113
MAKO MERMAIDS	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.15	0.893
BANSHEE	CINEMAX	0.14	0.424
PEOPLES COUCH, THE	BRAVO	0.13	0.432
WYNONNA EARP	SYFY	0.13	0.404
MINNESOTA SALVAGE	HGTV	0.11	0.475
UNCOMMON SENSE S2	MTV2	0.10	0.179
GHOST BROTHERS	DEST AMERICA	0.09	0.290
BINGE THINKING	MTV2	0.08	0.150
ANIMALS GONE WILD	NAT GEO WILD	0.05	0.260
UNITED STATES OF ANIMALS	NAT GEO WILD	0.05	0.243
WWE RAW – EN ESP	NBC UNIVERSO	0.04	0.109
2016 RADIO DISNEY MUSIC AWARDS	FREEFORM	0.04	0.124
PEANUTS	BOOMERANG	0.04	0.098
TEENNICK TOP 10	TEENNICK	0.02	0.126
QUIT YOUR DAY JOB	OXYGEN	0.01	0.038

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA PLAYOFFS: TORONTO/MIAMI	0.74	1.46	0.98	1.89
NHL: TAMPA BAY/PITTSBURGH	0.27	0.65	0.42	0.89
LOUD HOUSE	0.58	0.39	0.48	0.29
ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS	0.50	0.31	0.43	0.25
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER	0.12	0.21	0.24	0.36
BUNKD	0.53	0.31	0.32	0.19
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE	0.54	0.31	0.28	0.15
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	0.20	0.11	0.30	0.13
KENDRA ON TOP (9PM)	0.16	0.05	0.29	0.10
TANKED	0.21	0.14	0.24	0.16
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	0.30	0.05	0.32	0.07
KENDRA ON TOP (9:30PM)	0.16	0.04	0.28	0.10
BACKSTAGE	0.47	0.27	0.23	0.12
MAKO MERMAIDS	0.40	0.26	0.19	0.11
BANSHEE	0.04	0.06	0.12	0.17

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	20.9
8:30pm - 9pm	22.5
9pm - 9:30pm	24.2
9:30pm - 10pm	25.7
10pm - 10:30pm	26.2
10:30pm - 11pm	25.7

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider