Thursday May 19, 2016 Nielsen Finals

Unsurprisingly, coverage of the 'NBA Playoffs' led the Thursday cable ratings with ESPN's Raptors/Cavaliers game easily taking the top spot among adults 18-49 (2.16 rating), men 18-49 (2.93), and total viewers (5.5 million). Also scoring well among M18-49 was USA's 'WWE Smackdown' (0.76 rating) and FX's 'Archer' (0.56); in total viewers they were at 2.3 million & 704,000 respectively. Elsewhere, 'Braxton Family Values,' on WEtv, delivered solid W18-49 numbers (0.60) as did Spike's 'Lip Sync Battle' (0.50), and Bravo's 'Million Dollar Listing NY' (0.49) though 'Listing' won out among the three in total viewers (1.1 million). On the scripted side, Nickelodeon logged solid F12-34 (0.68) and viewership (1.8 million) numbers with 'Loud House.' while BBC America struggled with 'Orphan Black' (248,000). Other programs of note on the day include History's 'Alone' (1.75 million) & 'Mountain Men' (1.8 million), Comedy Central's 'Inside Amy Schumer' (501,000), MTV's 'Real World' (372,000), and Showtime's 'Submission' (106,000). Finally, Ovation's 'The Millennials' managed 39,000.

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
Grey’s Anatomy	ABC	5.5/10	2.33/9	2.0/10	2.8/9	8.191
The Catch	ABC	2.8/5	0.847/3	0.5/2	1.2/4	4.037
The Odd Couple-8:30	CBS	4.6/8	1.54/6	0.9/4	2.3/7	7.257
Mom	CBS	5.2/9	1.72/6	1.0/4	2.6/8	8.141
The Odd Couple-9:30	CBS	4.0/7	1.39/5	0.8/3	2.0/6	6.148
Rush Hour	CBS	2.7/5	0.866/3	0.5/2	1.2/4	4.128
Strong	NBC	1.7/3	0.61/2	0.4/2	0.8/3	2.494
The Blacklist	NBC	4.3/8	1.27/4	0.8/4	1.8/5	6.877
Game of Silence	NBC	2.1/4	0.647/2	0.4/2	0.9/3	3.207
Bones	FOX	2.8/5	0.86/3	0.6/3	1.2/4	4.292
American Grit	FOX	1.2/2	0.596/2	0.5/2	0.7/2	1.878
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow	CW	1.2/2	0.66/3	0.5/3	0.7/2	1.850
The 100	CW	0.8/1	0.47/2	0.4/2	0.5/2	1.290

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
Grey’s Anatomy	2.9/13	1.1/6	3.4/12	1.3/6
The Catch	0.8/3	0.3/1	1.2/4	0.5/2
The Odd Couple-8:30	0.9/4	0.8/5	1.7/6	1.4/6
Mom	1.1/5	0.8/4	2.0/7	1.4/6
The Odd Couple-9:30	0.8/3	0.7/4	1.6/5	1.2/4
Rush Hour	0.5/2	0.6/3	0.9/3	0.8/3
Strong	0.5/2	0.3/2	0.7/3	0.5/2
The Blacklist	0.9/4	0.7/3	1.5/5	1.1/4
Game of Silence	0.5/2	0.3/2	0.8/3	0.5/2
Bones	0.7/3	0.6/3	1.0/4	0.7/3
American Grit	0.6/2	0.4/2	0.7/2	0.5/2
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow	0.4/2	0.6/4	0.6/2	0.7/3
The 100	0.5/2	0.4/2	0.5/2	0.4/2

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA: TORONTO/CLEVELAND	ESPN	2.16	5.492
60 DAYS IN	A&E NETWORK	0.84	1.978
WWE SMACKDOWN	USA NETWORK	0.70	2.295
ALONE	HISTORY	0.47	1.751
NHL: ST. LOUIS/SAN JOSE	NBCSN	0.47	1.150
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.45	1.773
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.44	1.801
THE FIRST 48	A&E NETWORK	0.43	1.169
LIP SYNC BATTLE	SPIKE TV	0.43	0.857
LOUD HOUSE	NICKELODEON	0.41	1.789
MOUNTAIN MEN	HISTORY	0.40	1.779
ARCHER	FX	0.39	0.704
BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES	WETV	0.38	0.843
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY	BRAVO	0.36	1.063
STEVEN UNIVERSE	CARTOON NET	0.36	1.399
MASTERS OF FLIP	HGTV	0.35	1.235
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS	TRUTV	0.34	0.743
ADVENTURE TIME	CARTOON NET	0.33	1.174
REGULAR SHOW	CARTOON NET	0.32	1.174
BEAT B.FLAY	FOOD NETWORK	0.32	0.984
BLAZE & THE MONSTER MCHNS	NICKELODEON	0.30	1.310
DAILY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.27	0.779
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.27	0.501
TEEN TITANS GO	CARTOON NET	0.24	1.239
AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL	CARTOON NET	0.24	1.104
CLARENCE	CARTOON NET	0.23	1.094
REAL WORLD GO BIG GO HOME	MTV	0.21	0.372
LIFE BELOW ZERO	NAT GEO	0.21	1.195
RIVER MONSTERS SPECIAL	ANIMAL PLANET	0.21	0.579
MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN	WETV	0.21	0.490
REAL WORLD SPECIAL	MTV	0.20	0.340
LAS VEGAS LAW	ID	0.20	0.765
MY 600-LB LIFE: EXTENDED	TLC	0.19	0.659
PEOPLES COUCH, THE	BRAVO	0.18	0.516
SONIC SEA	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.17	0.552
MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.17	0.623
MOST MONSTERIFFIC MOMENTS	ANIMAL PLANET	0.16	0.496
NIGHTLY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.16	0.488
AT MIDNIGHT	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.15	0.345
BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES	WETV	0.14	0.365
JOIN OR DIE – FERGUSON (11PM)	HISTORY	0.13	0.492
COMEDY KNOCKOUT	TRUTV	0.12	0.323
PRIMAL SURVIVOR	NAT GEO	0.12	0.490
ORPHAN BLACK	BBC-AMERICA	0.10	0.248
DUDE PERFECT SHOW	CMT	0.09	0.246
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE	BRAVO	0.09	0.329
AMERICAN GREED	CNBC	0.09	0.313
JOIN OR DIE – FERGUSON (11:30PM)	HISTORY	0.08	0.297
HOW ITS MADE:	SCIENCE	0.07	0.274
BUILD OFF GRID BIG SKY (10:30PM)	DIY NETWORK	0.07	0.460
ANIMATION DOMINATION	FXX	0.06	0.131
BUILD OFF GRID BIG SKY (10PM)	DIY NETWORK	0.06	0.446
FLUFFY BREAKS EVEN	FUSE	0.06	0.118
AFTER THE BLACK	BBC-AMERICA	0.06	0.121
WHAT'S MY CAR WORTH?	VELOCITY	0.05	0.214
BRINGING UP BATES	UP	0.04	0.146
SUBMISSION	SHOWTIME	0.02	0.106
THE MILLENIALS	OVATION	0.01	0.039

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA: TORONTO/CLEVELAND	1.10	2.40	1.40	2.93
WWE SMACKDOWN	0.56	0.59	0.64	0.76
LIP SYNC BATTLE	0.26	0.27	0.50	0.35
LOUD HOUSE	0.68	0.42	0.54	0.27
ARCHER	0.21	0.40	0.22	0.56
BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES	0.36	0.14	0.60	0.16
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY	0.26	0.12	0.49	0.23
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS	0.29	0.54	0.28	0.40
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER	0.23	0.22	0.24	0.40
REAL WORLD GO BIG GO HOME	0.26	0.17	0.27	0.16
MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN	0.23	0.08	0.33	0.08
REAL WORLD SPECIAL	0.31	0.15	0.24	0.15

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	23.8
8:30pm - 9pm	25.9
9pm - 9:30pm	27.7
9:30pm - 10pm	29.0
10pm - 10:30pm	28.3
10:30pm - 11pm	27.1

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider