Friday May 20, 2016 Nielsen Finals

On a rare night without 'NBA Basketball,' NBC Sports Net found its way atop the Friday cable ratings with wins among adults 18-49 (0.57) and men 18-49 (0.72). Its 1.6 million viewers ranked it below both Discovery's 'Alaskan Bush People' (2.7 million) and Nickelodeon's 'Loud House' (1.7 million). 'Bush People' was a close second among M18-49 (0.66), but actually ranked first in women of that demo (0.48) with a narrow lead over 'House' (0.47) 'NHL' (0.43), and TLC's 'Say Yes to the Dress' (also 0.43). 'Loud House' did score an easy victory though among females 12-34 (0.61) and ranked third in males 12-34 (0.40) behind ESPN's 'Pardon the Interruption' (0.43) & 'Around the Horn' (0.41) neither of which I usually include in the charts. All four of Disney Channel's entries delivered solid F12-34 numbers with 'Stuck in the Middle' on top (0.56) and 'Backstage' (0.51) & 'Bunk'd' (0.50) not far behind; 'Mako Mermaids' lagged a bit behind at 0.38 and was the only one of those programs to deliver less than a million viewers (916,000). Other programs of note include Cinemax's 'Banshee' (500,000), Syfy's Wynonna Earp' (574,000), and Oxygen's 'Quit Your Day Job' (22,000).

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
Beyond the Tank	ABC	2.5/5	0.8/4	0.5/3	1.0/4	3.902
Shark Tank	ABC	3.5/7	1.3/5	0.8/4	1.7/6	5.473
20/20	ABC	3.4/7	1.2/5	0.7/4	1.6/5	5.138
I Love Lucy Special	CBS	3.5/7	0.8/4	0.5/3	1.2/5	5.433
Undercover Boss	CBS	2.7/5	0.7/3	0.5/2	1.0/3	4.061
Grimm	NBC	2.6/5	0.9/4	0.4/2	1.2/4	4.032
Dateline	NBC	2.9/6	0.9/4	0.5/2	1.2/4	4.252
Masters of Illusion (8pm)	CW	0.8/2	0.3/2	0.3/2	0.4/2	1.375
Masters of Illusion (8:30pm)	CW	0.8/2	0.3/1	0.3/2	0.4/1	1.295
The Originals	CW	0.5/1	0.3/1	0.3/1	0.4/1	0.847

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
Beyond the Tank	0.6/3	0.4/3	0.9/4	0.7/3
Shark Tank	0.8/4	0.8/5	1.3/5	1.2/5
20/20	0.7/4	0.7/4	1.3/5	1.0/4
I Love Lucy Special	0.6/3	0.3/2	1.0/4	0.6/3
Undercover Boss	0.5/2	0.4/2	0.8/3	0.6/3
Grimm	0.5/2	0.3/2	1.0/4	0.8/4
Dateline	0.6/3	0.4/2	1.1/4	0.7/3
Masters of Illusion (8pm)	0.3/2	0.2/2	0.4/2	0.3/2
Masters of Illusion (8:30pm)	0.3/2	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.3/1
The Originals	0.3/2	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.2/1

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NHL: PITTSBURGH/TAMPA BAY	NBCSN	0.57	1.561
ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.57	2.707
LOUD HOUSE	NICKELODEON	0.37	1.747
ANCIENT ALIENS	HISTORY	0.31	1.061
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	TLC	0.27	1.032
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	OWN	0.24	0.837
BELLATOR MMA LIVE: 155	SPIKE TV	0.24	0.653
I ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT	ID	0.24	0.816
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.20	1.414
BACKSTAGE	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.19	1.208
PEOPLES COUCH, THE	BRAVO	0.19	0.488
LOVE IT LIST IT TOO	HGTV	0.18	0.693
INSANE POOLS: OFF THE DEE	ANIMAL PLANET	0.18	0.605
KENDRA ON TOP (9:30PM)	WETV	0.18	0.405
LOVE IT LIST IT TOO	HGTV	0.17	0.685
BUNKD	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.17	1.250
KENDRA ON TOP (9PM)	WETV	0.15	0.381
MAKO MERMAIDS	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.14	0.916
BANSHEE	CINEMAX	0.14	0.500
HALO EFFECT, THE	NICKELODEON	0.14	0.730
WWE RAW	SYFY	0.13	0.467
WYNONNA EARP	SYFY	0.12	0.574
COLL SOFTBALL: NEBRASKA/BYU	ESPN	0.12	0.345
MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.12	0.511
UNCOMMON SENSE S2	MTV2	0.09	0.146
GHOST BROTHERS	DEST AMERICA	0.09	0.295
BINGE THINKING	MTV2	0.08	0.124
COLL SOFTBALL: TEXAS/TEXAS A&M	ESPN2	0.07	0.198
COLL SOFTBALL: BU/LA-LAFAYETTE	ESPN2	0.06	0.194
ANIMALS GONE WILD	NAT GEO WILD	0.06	0.347
HOME & FAMILY	HALLMARK CHANNEL	0.05	0.201
TMZ SPORTS	FOX SPORTS 1	0.04	0.096
TEENNICK TOP 10	TEENNICK	0.02	0.110
PEANUTS	BOOMERANG	0.01	0.053
QUIT YOUR DAY JOB	OXYGEN	0.01	0.022

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NHL: PITTSBURGH/TAMPA BAY	0.25	0.39	0.43	0.72
LOUD HOUSE	0.61	0.40	0.47	0.27
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	0.35	0.07	0.43	0.11
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	0.28	0.13	0.34	0.13
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE	0.56	0.27	0.26	0.14
BACKSTAGE	0.51	0.23	0.27	0.11
PEOPLES COUCH, THE	0.15	0.05	0.30	0.08
KENDRA ON TOP (9:30PM)	0.16	0.06	0.25	0.10
BUNKD	0.50	0.21	0.22	0.11
KENDRA ON TOP (9PM)	0.13	0.06	0.22	0.08
MAKO MERMAIDS	0.38	0.15	0.19	0.10

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	20.7
8:30pm - 9pm	22.2
9pm - 9:30pm	23.7
9:30pm - 10pm	24.9
10pm - 10:30pm	25.0
10:30pm - 11pm	24.7

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider