Friday May 6, 2016 Nielsen Finals

For the second night in a row ESPN led the cable ratings with coverage of the 'NBA Playoffs.' The Spurs/Thunder game scored a dominating 2.07 adults 18-49 rating (2.96 in men) with nearly 5 million viewers (4.99 mil). The net's other game, Cavaliers/Hawks, was at 1.23 in the demo (1.76 in men) and 3.18 million. Nickelodeon pulled solid numbers in F12-34 with both 'Spongebob' (0.74) and 'Loud House' (0.68); among total viewers those two programs were at 1.8 million & 1.74 million respectively. Over at OWN, 'For Better or Worse' was at 0.28 in W18-49 with 716,000 viewers and on Animal Planet, 'Tanked' notched 0.21 in that demo (0.22 in men) with 542,000. On the scripted side was Syfy's 'Wynonna Earp' (548,000), Disney Channel's 'Backstage' (847,000), and Cinemax's 'Banshee' (425,000). 

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
Beyond the Tank (p)	ABC	0.65/3	0.5	0.9	3.583
Shark Tank	ABC	1.22/5	0.8	1.6	5.424
20/20	ABC	0.999/4	0.6	1.4	5.208
The Amazing Race	CBS	0.88/4	0.5	1.3	5.187
Hawaii Five-0	CBS	1.11/4	0.6	1.7	8.559
Blue Bloods	CBS	1.13/4	0.6	1.7	10.104
Adele Live in New York City	NBC	0.73/3	0.4	1.1	4.378
Dateline NBC	NBC	0.92/4	0.6	1.3	4.663
The Vampire Diaries	CW	0.32/1	0.3	0.4	0.901
The Originals	CW	0.33/1	0.2	0.3	0.830

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
Beyond the Tank	0.5/3	0.4/2	0.8/3	0.5/3
Shark Tank	1.0/5	0.7/4	1.4/5	1.1/5
20/20	0.8/4	0.5/3	1.3/5	0.7/3
The Amazing Race	0.6/3	0.4/2	1.1/5	0.7/3
Hawaii Five-0	0.7/4	0.5/3	1.3/5	0.9/4
Blue Bloods	0.7/3	0.5/3	1.3/5	1.0/4
Adele: Live in NYC	0.5/3	0.3/2	0.8/3	0.6/3
Dateline	0.7/3	0.4/2	1.1/4	0.7/3
The Vampire Diaries	0.3/2	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.2/1
The Originals	0.3/1	0.2/1	0.4/1	0.3/1

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA PLAYOFFS: SAS/OKC	ESPN	2.07	4.993
NBA PLAYOFFS: CLE/ATL	ESPN	1.23	3.184
ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.73	3.103
SPONGEBOB	NICKELODEON	0.44	1.801
LOUD HOUSE	NICKELODEON	0.38	1.740
ANCIENT ALIENS	HISTORY	0.36	1.247
SOFIA THE FIRST	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.34	1.239
NHL: TAMPA BAY/NY ISLANDERS	NBCSN	0.30	0.879
DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES	FOOD NETWORK	0.30	0.909
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER	HBO PRIME	0.28	1.196
TRAILBLAZERS	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.25	0.938
TANKED	ANIMAL PLANET	0.22	0.542
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	OWN	0.22	0.716
LOVE IT LIST IT TOO	HGTV	0.18	0.709
KENDRA ON TOP (9:30PM)	WETV	0.16	0.366
PEOPLES COUCH, THE	BRAVO	0.15	0.403
PETER RABBIT	NICK JR	0.15	0.730
WYNONNA EARP	SYFY	0.15	0.548
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	TLC	0.14	0.749
KENDRA ON TOP (9PM)	WETV	0.14	0.341
INSANE POOLS: OFF THE DEE	ANIMAL PLANET	0.13	0.410
BANSHEE	CINEMAX	0.13	0.425
ATLANTA PLASTIC	LIFETIME	0.12	0.400
GHOST BROTHERS	DEST AMERICA	0.12	0.425
HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS	MSNBC	0.12	0.912
BACKSTAGE	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.12	0.847
VICE	HBO PRIME	0.11	0.407
WILD THORNBERRYS	TEENNICK	0.06	0.163
TMZ SPORTS	FOX SPORTS 1	0.05	0.108
NINAS WORLD	SPROUT	0.05	0.207
HOME & FAMILY: N/A	HALLMARK CHANNEL	0.04	0.185
ANIMALS GONE WILD	NAT GEO WILD	0.04	0.232
UNCOMMON SENSE S2	MTV2	0.03	0.085
BINGE THINKING	MTV2	0.03	0.072
TEENNICK TOP 10	TEENNICK	0.02	0.122
QUIT YOUR DAY JOB	OXYGEN	0.02	0.041
THE MET (10PM)	OVATION	0.01	0.032
THE MET (10:30PM	OVATION	0.00	0.024
SKEE TV	FUSE	0.00	0.008

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA PLAYOFFS: SAS/OKC	0.84	2.46	1.21	2.96
NBA PLAYOFFS: CLE/ATL	0.46	1.43	0.70	1.76
SPONGEBOB	0.74	0.57	0.56	0.31
LOUD HOUSE	0.68	0.41	0.52	0.25
SOFIA THE FIRST	0.58	0.16	0.46	0.23
NHL: TAMPA BAY/NY ISLANDERS	0.13	0.25	0.19	0.43
TANKED	0.14	0.17	0.21	0.22
FOR BETTER OR WORSE	0.16	0.14	0.28	0.15
KENDRA ON TOP (9:30PM)	0.18	0.04	0.25	0.07
PEOPLES COUCH, THE	0.09	0.06	0.20	0.11
WYNONNA EARP	0.07	0.11	0.13	0.16
SAY YES TO THE DRESS	0.13	0.07	0.20	0.09

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	21.2
8:30pm - 9pm	22.8
9pm - 9:30pm	24.2
9:30pm - 10pm	25.2
10pm - 10:30pm	25.6
10:30pm - 11pm	25.3

Source: Nielsen Media Research