Thursday May 12, 2016 Nielsen Finals

Coverage of the 'NBA Playoffs' again led the Thursday cable ratings though this time it was ESPN on top with the Spurs/Thunder delivering a robust 2.07 adults 18-49 rating, a 2.92 rating in men of that demo, and 5.23 million viewers. At FX 'Archer' notched a 0.41 adults 18-34 rating, a 0.48 in males 12-34, and 760,000 viewers, and at USA Network, 'WWE Smackdown' was at 0.79 in men 18-49 with 2.26 million viewers. Nickelodeon had strong F12-34 returns with 'Loud House' (0.67 rating, 1.77 million), but two episodes of MTV's 'Real World Go Big or Go Home' were a bit lower at 0.32/0.36 and 406,000/398,000 in total viewers. Elsewhere, TruTV was new with 'Impractical Jokers' (843,000), Spike had 'Lip Sync Battle' (996,000), and CNN had 'The Eighties' (712,000). Among the limited scripted fare was Comedy Central's 'Inside Amy Schumer' (548,000) BBC America's 'Orphan Black' (223,000), and the premiere of Showtime's 'Submission' (55,000). 

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
Grey’s Anatomy	ABC	5.3/10	2.102/8	1.6/8	2.5/8	7.765
Scandal	ABC	4.6/8	1.76/6	1.3/6	2.1/6	6.646
The Catch	ABC	3.0/6	0.95/3	0.6/3	1.3/4	4.234
Big Bang Theory	CBS	9.1/17	3.39/14	1.9/10	4.9/17	14.726
The Odd Couple	CBS	5.2/9	1.61/6	0.8/4	2.4/8	8.309
Mom	CBS	5.3/9	1.76/6	0.9/4	2.6/8	8.286
2 Broke Girls	CBS	4.4/8	1.72/6	0.9/4	2.4/7	6.991
Rush Hour	CBS	3.0/6	0.89/3	0.5/2	1.3/4	4.529
Strong	NBC	1.7/3	0.69/3	0.4/2	0.9/3	2.597
The Blacklist	NBC	4.2/7	1.304/5	0.8/4	1.9/5	6.616
Game of Silence	NBC	2.1/4	0.66/2	0.4/2	1.0/3	3.261
Bones	FOX	2.8/5	0.84/3	0.6/3	1.1/4	4.257
American Grit	FOX	1.2/2	0.58/2	0.5/2	0.7/2	1.784
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow	CW	1.2/2	0.652/3	0.5/3	0.7/2	1.893
The 100	CW	0.8/1	0.421/1	0.4/2	0.5/1	1.170

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
2 Broke Girls (CBS)	1.0/4	0.8/4	1.9/6	1.6/6
American Grit (Fox)	0.6/2	0.4/2	0.6/2	0.5/2
Bones (Fox)	0.8/3	0.4/2	1.0/4	0.6/3
D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow (CW)	0.4/2	0.6/3	0.5/2	0.8/3
Game of Silence (NBC)	0.5/2	0.4/2	0.8/3	0.5/2
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)	2.3/10	0.9/5	3.0/11	1.2/5
Mom (CBS)	1.0/4	0.7/4	2.0/7	1.5/6
Rush Hour (CBS)	0.4/2	0.5/3	0.9/3	0.9/3
Scandal (ABC)	1.8/7	0.7/4	2.5/8	1.0/4
Strong (NBC)	0.5/2	0.3/2	0.9/3	0.5/2
The 100 (CW)	0.4/2	0.3/2	0.4/1	0.4/2
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	2.2/10	1.6/9	3.7/14	3.1/14
The Blacklist (NBC)	1.0/4	0.7/3	1.5/5	1.1/4
The Catch (ABC)	0.8/4	0.4/2	1.3/4	0.6/2
The Odd Couple (CBS)	1.0/4	0.7/3	1.8/6	1.4/6

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA: SAN ANTONIO/OKLAHOMA CITY	ESPN	2.07	5.229
LIGA: GUADALAJARA / AMERICA	UNIVISION DEPORTES	0.73	1.424
60 DAYS IN	A&E NETWORK	0.72	1.627
WWE SMACKDOWN	USA NETWORK	0.67	2.262
LIP SYNC BATTLE	SPIKE TV	0.47	0.996
STEVEN UNIVERSE	CARTOON NET	0.46	1.693
ALONE	HISTORY	0.46	1.579
MOUNTAIN MEN	HISTORY	0.42	1.754
NHL: NASHVILLE/SAN JOSE	NBCSN	0.41	1.061
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS	TRUTV	0.41	0.843
LOUD HOUSE	NICKELODEON	0.40	1.773
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.38	1.804
ADVENTURE TIME	CARTOON NET	0.38	1.381
ARCHER	FX	0.38	0.760
REGULAR SHOW	CARTOON NET	0.36	1.402
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.36	1.740
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY	BRAVO	0.34	1.045
ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS	NICKELODEON	0.33	1.594
TEEN TITANS GO	CARTOON NET	0.33	1.356
BEAT B.FLAY	FOOD NETWORK	0.32	1.027
DAILY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.30	0.814
AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL	CARTOON NET	0.25	1.136
RIVER MONSTERS SPECIAL	ANIMAL PLANET	0.25	0.664
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.24	0.548
CLARENCE	CARTOON NET	0.23	1.086
MASTERS OF FLIP	HGTV	0.22	1.078
REAL WORLD GO BIG GO HOME (11PM)	MTV	0.22	0.398
LIFE BELOW ZERO	NAT GEO	0.22	1.142
REAL WORLD GO BIG GO HOME (10PM)	MTV	0.22	0.406
LAS VEGAS LAW	ID	0.20	0.841
NIGHTLY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.18	0.513
REAL WORLD SPECIAL	MTV	0.18	0.308
EIGHTIES	CNN	0.17	0.712
COMEDY KNOCKOUT	TRUTV	0.15	0.368
AT MIDNIGHT	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.14	0.314
MY 600-LB LIFE: EXTENDED	TLC	0.14	0.473
PRIMAL SURVIVOR	NAT GEO	0.13	0.487
JOIN OR DIE – FERGUSON	HISTORY	0.13	0.460
JOIN OR DIE – FERGUSON	HISTORY	0.12	0.364
MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.10	0.650
SISTERS IN LAW	WETV	0.08	0.329
ORPHAN BLACK	BBC-AMERICA	0.08	0.223
AMERICAN GREED	CNBC	0.08	0.281
WHATS MY CAR WORTH (8:30PM)	VELOCITY	0.08	0.230
WHATS MY CAR WORTH (8PM)	VELOCITY	0.07	0.216
LATE NIGHT SNACK	TRUTV	0.07	0.182
ANIMATION DOMINATION	FXX	0.06	0.119
MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK (10:30PM)	SCIENCE	0.06	0.250
DUDE PERFECT SHOW	CMT	0.06	0.150
MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK (10PM)	SCIENCE	0.06	0.272
BRINGING UP BATES	UP	0.05	0.162
AFTER THE BLACK	BBC-AMERICA	0.05	0.110
MAN V. CHILD: CHEF SHOWDOWN	FYI	0.04	0.154
PEANUTS	BOOMERANG	0.03	0.077
ESPN SPORT SCIENCE	DISNEY XD	0.02	0.067
FLUFFY BREAKS EVEN	FUSE	0.02	0.046
SUBMISSION	SHOWTIME	0.01	0.055

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA: SAS/OKC	0.92	2.46	1.23	2.92
WWE SMACKDOWN	0.47	0.65	0.56	0.79
LIP SYNC BATTLE	0.35	0.29	0.54	0.39
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS	0.32	0.45	0.37	0.46
LOUD HOUSE	0.67	0.36	0.50	0.29
ARCHER	0.23	0.48	0.26	0.51
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY	0.25	0.16	0.42	0.26
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER	0.16	0.23	0.18	0.31
REAL WORLD GO BIG GO HOME (11PM)	0.36	0.18	0.29	0.15
REAL WORLD GO BIG GO HOME (10PM)	0.32	0.15	0.29	0.15

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	23.9
8:30pm - 9pm	26.3
9pm - 9:30pm	28.1
9:30pm - 10pm	29.4
10pm - 10:30pm	28.7
10:30pm - 11pm	27.1

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider