Thursday May 5, 2016 Nielsen Finals

'NBA Playoff' coverage, again led the cable ratings. Thursday's Heat/Raptors match-up on ESPN was at 1.36 among adults 18-49, 2.02 in men 18-49, and 3.5 million viewers. The second-highest rated cable program, A&E's '60 Days In,' was about half that, at 0.78 in the demo and 1.63 million viewers. In scripted fare, FX had 'Archer' with 0.4 in 18-49 (0.55 in men) and 834,000 viewers, Comedy Central had 'Inside Amy Schumer' at 0.25 (0.27) with 533,000, and BBC America had 'Orphan Black' with 0.08 & 218,000. Elsewhere was TruTV's 'Impractical Jokers' (753,000), History's 'Alone' (1.64 million), Lifetime's 'Project Runway All Stars' (1.49 million), and Animal Planet's 'River Monsters' (801,000). In lower-rated cables, Showtime's 'Gigolos' had 112,000, Fuse's 'Fluffy Breaks Even' was at 78,000, and Ovation's 'Millenials' logged just 10,000.

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
Grey’s Anatomy	ABC	5.3/10	2.01/8	1.6/8	2.5/8	7.663
Scandal	ABC	4.3/7	1.50/6	1.1/5	2.0/6	6.055
The Catch	ABC	3.1/6	0.92/3	0.5/3	1.2/4	4.361
Big Bang Theory	CBS	8.3/15	2.97/13	1.5/8	4.3/15	13.223
The Odd Couple	CBS	5.1/9	1.58/6	0.8/4	2.4/8	8.073
Mom	CBS	5.1/9	1.546/6	0.8/4	2.4/7	7.917
2 Broke Girls	CBS	4.3/8	1.595/6	0.8/4	2.3/7	6.665
Rush Hour	CBS	3.0/6	0.84/3	0.5/2	1.2/4	4.564
Strong	NBC	1.7/3	0.648/3	0.4/2	0.9/3	2.552
The Blacklist	NBC	4.2/7	1.24/5	0.8/4	1.7/5	6.651
Game of Silence	NBC	2.2/4	0.66/2	0.4/2	0.9/3	3.256
Bones	FOX	2.7/5	0.91/4	0.7/4	1.2/4	4.286
American Grit	FOX	1.1/2	0.56/2	0.4/2	0.7/2	1.766
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow	CW	1.1/2	0.59/2	0.4/2	0.7/2	1.630
The 100	CW	0.8/1	0.41/1	0.4/2	0.5/1	1.131

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
Grey's Anatomy	2.3/11	0.9/5	2.9/11	1.1/5
Scandal	1.4/6	0.7/4	2.1/7	0.9/3
The Catch	0.8/4	0.3/1	1.3/5	0.6/2
The Big Bang Theory	1.8/9	1.2/7	3.3/13	2.6/12
The Odd Couple	1.0/5	0.6/3	1.8/7	1.3/6
Mom	1.1/5	0.5/3	1.9/7	1.2/5
2 Broke Girls	0.9/4	0.6/3	1.9/6	1.3/5
Rush Hour	0.5/2	0.5/3	0.9/3	0.8/3
Strong	0.6/3	0.2/1	0.8/3	0.4/2
The Blacklist	0.9/4	0.7/4	1.5/4	1.1/4
Game of Silence	0.6/3	0.3/1	0.8/3	0.5/2
Bones	0.8/4	0.6/4	1.1/4	0.7/3
American Grit	0.4/2	0.4/2	0.6/2	0.5/2
Legends of Tomorrow	0.4/2	0.4/2	0.5/2	0.7/3
The 100	0.4/1	0.4/2	0.4/1	0.4/2

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA: MIAMI/TORONTO	ESPN	1.36	3.496
60 DAYS IN	A&E NETWORK	0.78	1.628
WWE SMACKDOWN	USA NETWORK	0.71	2.346
LIP SYNC BATTLE	SPIKE TV	0.50	1.042
ALONE	HISTORY	0.46	1.637
ARCHER	FX	0.40	0.834
NHL: DALLAS/ST. LOUIS	NBCSN	0.40	1.102
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.40	1.887
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.39	1.755
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS	TRUTV	0.37	0.753
PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS	LIFETIME	0.37	1.488
LOUD HOUSE	NICKELODEON	0.36	1.786
SPONGEBOB (5:30PM)	NICKELODEON	0.35	1.709
PAW PATROL	NICKELODEON	0.34	1.318
BEAT B.FLAY	FOOD NETWORK	0.33	1.104
MOUNTAIN MEN SPECIALS	HISTORY	0.31	1.433
RIVER MONSTERS	ANIMAL PLANET	0.29	0.801
MASTERS OF FLIP	HGTV	0.29	1.172
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY	BRAVO	0.28	0.903
MARY MARY	WETV	0.26	0.652
ADVENTURE TIME	CARTOON NET	0.26	1.013
WE BARE BEARS	CARTOON NET	0.25	1.158
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.25	0.533
REAL WORLD GO BIG GO HOME	MTV	0.25	0.468
REGULAR SHOW	CARTOON NET	0.25	1.018
TEEN TITANS GO	CARTOON NET	0.24	1.167
NHL: SAN JOSE/ NASHVILLE	CNBC	0.24	0.531
LIFE BELOW ZERO	NAT GEO	0.24	1.225
DAILY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.23	0.691
MOTIVES & MURDERS:CRACKIN	ID	0.23	1.014
HOH:KIDNAPPED (10:30PM)	ID	0.22	0.759
CLARENCE	CARTOON NET	0.21	0.967
HOH:KIDNAPPED (10PM)	ID	0.21	0.763
AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL	CARTOON NET	0.21	1.038
CONAN	TBS NETWORK	0.20	0.404
LA CLIPPERS DANCE SQUAD	E!	0.18	0.349
REAL WORLD SPECIAL	MTV	0.16	0.304
JOIN OR DIE – FERGUSON	HISTORY	0.14	0.498
NIGHTLY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.13	0.454
AT MIDNIGHT	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.13	0.305
RIDICULOUSNESS SPECIAL	MTV	0.13	0.298
MY 600-LB LIFE: EXTENDED	TLC	0.13	0.468
SISTERS IN LAW	WETV	0.12	0.413
EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS	TLC	0.12	0.389
COMEDY KNOCKOUT	TRUTV	0.12	0.286
PRIMAL SURVIVOR	NAT GEO	0.11	0.447
ADAM DEVINES HOUSE PARTY	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.10	0.191
NIGHT CLASS	HISTORY	0.10	0.279
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE	BRAVO	0.09	0.319
MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.08	0.526
LATE NIGHT SNACK	TRUTV	0.08	0.189
ORPHAN BLACK	BBC-AMERICA	0.08	0.218
BUILD OFF GRID BIG SKY (10:30PM)	DIY NETWORK	0.07	0.376
MEXICANICOS (8PM)	VELOCITY	0.07	0.236
DUDE PERFECT SHOW	CMT	0.06	0.168
BUILD OFF GRID BIG SKY (10PM)	DIY NETWORK	0.06	0.318
MEXICANICOS (9PM)	VELOCITY	0.06	0.255
BUILDING ALASKA	DIY NETWORK	0.06	0.312
ED BASSMASTER SHOW	CMT	0.06	0.105
ANIMATION DOMINATION	FXX	0.06	0.106
CELEBRITY PAGE	REELZCHANNEL	0.06	0.123
BRINGING UP BATES	UP	0.05	0.199
AFTER THE BLACK	BBC-AMERICA	0.05	0.100
MAN V. CHILD: CHEF SHOWDOWN	FYI	0.03	0.130
GIGOLOS	SHOWTIME	0.03	0.112
FLUFFY BREAKS EVEN	FUSE	0.03	0.078
LAKE GUYS (8PM)	GAC	0.00	0.030
LAKE GUYS (8:30PM)	GAC	0.00	0.032
THE MILLENIALS	OVATION	0.00	0.010

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA: MIAMI/TORONTO	0.52	1.72	0.71	2.02
WWE SMACKDOWN	0.57	0.70	0.65	0.77
LIP SYNC BATTLE	0.35	0.38	0.55	0.45
ARCHER	0.22	0.45	0.26	0.55
IMPRACTICAL JOKERS	0.29	0.44	0.35	0.40
PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS	0.34	0.08	0.54	0.20
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NY	0.19	0.13	0.34	0.22
MARY MARY	0.25	0.08	0.40	0.12
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER	0.16	0.20	0.23	0.27
REAL WORLD GO BIG GO HOME	0.40	0.16	0.36	0.14

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	23.3
8:30pm - 9pm	25.2
9pm - 9:30pm	26.6
9:30pm - 10pm	27.8
10pm - 10:30pm	27.4
10:30pm - 11pm	26.0

Source: Nielsen Media Research