Wednesday May 11, 2016 Nielsen Finals

An 'NBA Playoff' game between the Blazers and Warriors strolled to an easy victory in the Wednesday cable ratings, scoring a 2.58 rating among adults 18-49 (huge 3.59 in men) with 6.25 million viewers. This bested the second-place Heat/Raptors game which was at 1.6 in the demo (2.21 in men) and had 4 million viewers. Bravo's 'Real Housewives of NYC' (1.31 million) notched the day's best non-NBA numbers among women 18-49 (0.68), and Lifetime's 'Little Women NY' (977,000) and 'Little Women LA Special' (1.04 million) were close behind with twin 0.51s. MTV had decent F12-34 returns with 'Catfish' (0.67) and 'Challenge: Rivals III' (0.64) though both were well below 1 million total viewers (661,000 & 704,000 respectively). In scripted content there was WGN America's 'Underground' (1.01 million), FX's 'The Americans' (895,000), TV Land's 'Lopez' (389,000) & 'The Soul Man' (276,000), and Pop's 'Schitt's Creek' (252,000). In lower-rated cables, 'Maron,' on IFC, managed 111,000 viewers and Sundance's 'The Last Panthers' was minuscule at 38,000.  

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
The Middle	ABC	4.3/8	1.63/6	0.9/4	2.1/7	6.734
The Goldbergs	ABC	3.9/7	1.86/7	1.1/5	2.3/7	6.198
Modern Family	ABC	4.5/8	2.15/7	1.4/6	2.7/8	7.161
black-ish	ABC	3.4/6	1.51/5	0.9/4	1.9/5	5.291
Nashville	ABC	2.8/5	0.85/3	0.5/2	1.2/3	3.936
Survivor: Kaoh Rong	CBS	5.6/10	2.13/8	1.3/6	3.0/9	9.510
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (9:00)	CBS	3.8/6	1.08/4	0.6/2	1.5/4	6.053
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (10:00)	CBS	3.9/7	1.10/4	0.5/2	1.5/4	5.944
Heartbeat	NBC	2.9/5	0.72/3	0.5/2	1.0/3	4.336
Law & Order: SVU	NBC	4.1/7	1.40/5	1.0/4	1.7/5	6.061
Chicago P.D.	NBC	4.4/8	1.44/5	0.8/4	1.9/6	6.751
Rosewood	FOX	2.9/5	1.15/4	0.9/4	1.5/5	4.315
Empire	FOX	6.0/10	3.70/12	3.2/13	4.2/12	9.814
Arrow	CW	1.4/2	0.77/3	0.7/3	0.9/3	2.156
Supernatural	CW	1.1/2	0.68/2	0.6/2	0.8/2	1.749

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
The Middle	1.1/5	0.6/3	2.1/8	1.2/5
The Goldbergs	1.3/6	0.8/4	2.2/8	1.5/6
Modern Family	1.7/7	1.1/5	2.5/8	1.8/6
black-ish	1.1/4	0.6/3	1.9/6	1.1/4
Nashville	0.7/3	0.3/1	1.2/4	0.5/2
Survivor: Kaoh Rong	1.7/7	1.0/5	2.5/9	1.7/7
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (9:00)	0.6/2	0.5/2	1.3/4	0.8/3
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (10:00)	0.6/2	0.5/2	1.3/4	0.9/3
Heartbeat	0.6/3	0.3/2	0.9/3	0.5/2
Law & Order: SVU	1.4/5	0.6/3	1.9/6	0.9/3
Chicago P.D.	1.2/5	0.7/3	1.8/6	1.1/4
Rosewood	1.1/5	0.6/3	1.5/5	0.8/3
Empire	4.1/16	2.2/10	4.9/15	2.5/9
Arrow	0.6/3	0.7/4	0.7/2	0.9/4
Supernatural	0.6/2	0.6/3	0.7/2	0.7/2

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA: PORTLAND/GOLDEN STATE	TNT	2.58	6.251
NBA: MIAMI/TORONTO	TNT	1.60	4.002
NHL: ST. LOUIS/DALLAS	NBCSN	0.50	1.331
CHALLENGE: RIVALS III	MTV	0.43	0.704
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC	BRAVO	0.42	1.310
AMERICAN PICKERS	HISTORY	0.40	2.211
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN5	MTV	0.38	0.661
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.38	1.724
PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR)	HGTV	0.38	1.662
UNDERGROUND	WGN AMERICA	0.38	1.012
PAWN STARS	HISTORY	0.37	1.674
LOUD HOUSE	NICKELODEON	0.37	1.874
BERING SEA GOLD	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.35	1.207
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.34	1.630
LITTLE WOMEN NY	LIFETIME	0.34	0.977
LITTLE WOMEN LA SPECIAL	LIFETIME	0.34	1.039
DAILY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.32	0.806
MY 600-LB LIFE: WHERE ARE	TLC	0.31	0.925
SHIMMER AND SHINE	NICKELODEON	0.30	1.089
CONAN	TBS NETWORK	0.27	0.771
LISTED SISTERS	HGTV	0.27	1.113
AMERICANS	FX	0.23	0.895
TWO IN A MILLION	TLC	0.22	0.731
NIGHTLY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.21	0.528
FAMILY THERAPY	VH1	0.21	0.451
MLB: KANSAS CITY/NY YANKEES	ESPN	0.21	0.662
CARBONARO EFFECT, THE	TRUTV	0.20	0.545
AT MIDNIGHT	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.19	0.343
MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZE	TLC	0.18	0.601
MURDER U	ID	0.15	0.695
ALASKA MEGA MACHINES	SCIENCE	0.15	0.414
THERE GOES THE MOTHERHOOD	BRAVO	0.14	0.514
SKIN WARS	GSN	0.14	0.451
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE	BRAVO	0.13	0.497
SOUTHERN JUSTICE	NAT GEO	0.10	0.403
LOPEZ	TV LAND	0.10	0.389
SECRET LIVES OF SUPER RICH	CNBC	0.09	0.264
LITTLE CHARMERS	NICK JR	0.09	0.408
SCHITTS CREEK	POP	0.08	0.252
YARD	NAT GEO	0.07	0.257
SOUL MAN, THE	TV LAND	0.07	0.276
IRON RESURRECTION	VELOCITY	0.06	0.214
JUNKYARD EMPIRE	VELOCITY	0.04	0.131
MARON	IFC	0.04	0.111
LUCHA UNDERGROUND (8PM)	EL REY	0.02	0.096
LUCHA UNDERGROUND (9PM)	EL REY	0.02	0.081
THE LAST PANTHERS	SUNDANCE TV	0.01	0.038
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ART (10PM)	OVATION	0.01	0.033
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ART (10:30PM)	OVATION	0.00	0.015

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA: PORTLAND/GOLDEN STATE	1.17	3.03	1.58	3.59
NBA: MIAMI/TORONTO	0.68	1.89	1.00	2.21
NHL: ST. LOUIS/DALLAS	0.26	0.47	0.34	0.68
CHALLENGE: RIVALS III	0.64	0.29	0.54	0.33
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC	0.35	0.11	0.68	0.18
AMERICAN PICKERS	0.15	0.25	0.31	0.49
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN5	0.67	0.24	0.53	0.24
UNDERGROUND	0.30	0.14	0.50	0.26
LOUD HOUSE	0.64	0.42	0.46	0.27
BERING SEA GOLD	0.15	0.22	0.20	0.51
LITTLE WOMEN NY	0.27	0.08	0.51	0.16
LITTLE WOMEN LA SPECIAL	0.32	0.10	0.51	0.16
SHIMMER AND SHINE	0.45	0.19	0.43	0.17
AMERICANS	0.11	0.16	0.18	0.27
FAMILY THERAPY	0.22	0.11	0.29	0.12
CARBONARO EFFECT, THE	0.17	0.20	0.19	0.21

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	25.2
8:30pm - 9pm	27.5
9pm - 9:30pm	29.6
9:30pm - 10pm	31.0
10pm - 10:30pm	29.9
10:30pm - 11pm	28.1

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider