Wednesday May 4, 2016 Nielsen Finals

Coverage of the 'NBA Playoffs,' on TNT, again took victory on cable; the Hawks/Cavaliers game scored a 1.4 18-49 rating (1.92 in M18-49) with 3.51 million viewers, almost double the ratings of the NBCSN coverage of the 'NHL Playoffs' which were at 0.73 in 18-49 (0.99) with 1.82 million viewers. On Lifetime, 'Little Women LA Reunion' logged a 0.79 W18-49 rating with 1.31 million viewers and 'Little Women NY' was at 0.66 in that demo with 1.15 million viewers. Bravo had 'Real Housewives of NYC' which notched a 0.69 in W18-49 with 1.32 million, and MTV had 'Catfish' which scored solid numbers in F12-34 (0.61) and 760,000 viewers. In scripted content there was FX's 'The Americans' (1.02 million), WGN America's 'Underground' (905,000), TV Land's 'Lopez' (456,000) & 'The Soul Man' (311,000), and Pop's 'Schitt's Creek' (211,000). Finally, there were two Heath Ledger specials on Reelz, 'Autopsy' had 164,000 viewers, and 'Heath Ledger's Legacy' had 151,000.

Broadcast finals:

Program	Net	HH	A18-49	A18-34	A25-54	Viewers (millions)
The Middle	ABC	4.4/8	1.73/7	1.1/5	2.3/8	7.016
The Goldbergs	ABC	4.1/7	1.93/7	1.2/5	2.5/7	6.665
Modern Family	ABC	4.6/8	2.24/8	1.5/7	2.9/8	7.417
black-ish	ABC	3.5/6	1.59/5	1.0/4	2.0/6	5.588
Nashville	ABC	2.7/5	0.84/3	0.5/2	1.1/3	3.891
Survivor: Kaoh Rong	CBS	5.6/10	2.13/8	1.3/6	3.0/9	9.483
Criminal Minds	CBS	5.5/9	1.78/6	0.9/4	2.4/7	8.841
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	CBS	4.4/8	1.22/4	0.7/3	1.6/5	6.818
Heartbeat	NBC	2.8/5	0.75/3	0.5/2	1.0/3	4.151
Law & Order: SVU	NBC	3.5/6	1.07/4	0.8/3	1.5/4	5.259
Chicago P.D.	NBC	4.2/8	1.27/4	0.8/4	1.8/5	6.318
Rosewood	FOX	2.9/5	1.22/5	0.9/4	1.5/5	4.348
Empire	FOX	5.8/10	3.65/12	3.2/14	4.0/11	9.388
Arrow	CW	1.3/2	0.75/3	0.6/3	0.8/3	2.071
Supernatural	CW	1.0/2	0.59/2	0.5/2	0.7/2	1.535

Subdemos:

Show	W18-34	M18-34	W18-49	M18-49
The Middle	1.4/6	0.7/4	2.2/8	1.3/5
The Goldbergs	1.4/6	0.9/5	2.3/8	1.5/6
Modern Family	1.7/7	1.3/6	2.6/8	1.9/7
black-ish	1.2/5	0.8/3	2.0/6	1.2/4
Nashville	0.7/3	0.4/2	1.1/4	0.5/2
Survivor: Kaoh Rong	1.6/7	0.9/5	2.6/9	1.7/7
Criminal Minds	1.1/4	0.7/3	2.2/7	1.4/5
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	0.8/3	0.5/3	1.5/5	1.0/4
Heartbeat	0.8/3	0.3/1	1.0/3	0.5/2
Law & Order: SVU	1.1/4	0.4/2	1.5/5	0.7/2
Chicago P.D.	1.0/4	0.6/3	1.5/5	1.0/4
Rosewood	1.2/5	0.6/3	1.6/6	0.9/3
Empire	4.2/16	2.2/10	4.8/15	2.5/9
Arrow	0.5/2	0.7/4	0.6/2	0.9/4
Supernatural	0.4/1	0.5/2	0.6/2	0.6/2

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA: ATLANTA/CLEVELAND	TNT	1.40	3.505
NHL: WASHINGTON/PITTSBURGH	NBCSN	0.73	1.816
LITTLE WOMEN LA REUNION	LIFETIME	0.52	1.307
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC	BRAVO	0.46	1.323
LITTLE WOMEN NY	LIFETIME	0.43	1.154
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN5	MTV	0.41	0.760
SPONGEBOB	NICKELODEON	0.41	1.814
PAWN STARS	HISTORY	0.39	1.724
DAILY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.39	0.929
CHALLENGE: RIVALS III	MTV	0.38	0.656
AMERICAN PICKERS	HISTORY	0.37	2.134
LOUD HOUSE	NICKELODEON	0.37	1.802
BERING SEA GOLD	DISCOVERY CHANNEL	0.36	1.134
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.35	1.641
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.33	1.554
UNDERGROUND	WGN AMERICA	0.33	0.905
MY 600-LB LIFE:WHERE ARE	TLC	0.31	0.948
AMERICANS	FX	0.30	1.021
CONAN	TBS NETWORK	0.28	0.682
FAMILY THERAPY	VH1	0.27	0.548
RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE	FOOD NETWORK	0.27	1.020
NIGHTLY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.24	0.599
TWO IN A MILLION	TLC	0.23	0.744
FEAR THY NEIGHBOR	ID	0.22	0.835
MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ	TLC	0.21	0.684
AT MIDNIGHT	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.21	0.404
CARBONARO EFFECT, THE	TRUTV	0.19	0.536
ULTIMATE FIGHTER	FOX SPORTS 1	0.19	0.414
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE	BRAVO	0.18	0.513
THERE GOES THE MOTHERHOOD	BRAVO	0.15	0.434
SOUTHERN JUSTICE	NAT GEO	0.15	0.636
MURDER U	ID	0.15	0.606
SKIN WARS	GSN	0.15	0.447
LOPEZ	TV LAND	0.13	0.456
IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING	SCIENCE	0.10	0.342
SOUL MAN, THE	TV LAND	0.10	0.311
REHAB ADDICT	DIY NETWORK	0.10	0.453
YARD	NAT GEO	0.10	0.371
ALASKA MEGA MACHINES	SCIENCE	0.09	0.427
SECRET LIVES OF SUPER RICH	CNBC	0.09	0.281
IRON RESURRECTION	VELOCITY	0.09	0.322
DARKSIDE MIAMI	LMN	0.08	0.273
AMERICAN MURDER HOUSE	LMN	0.08	0.256
JUNKYARD EMPIRE	VELOCITY	0.07	0.254
NASHVILLE FLIPPED	DIY NETWORK	0.06	0.210
HEATH LEDGER'S LEGACY	REELZCHANNEL	0.06	0.151
INSIDE SECRET SOCIETIES	AHC	0.06	0.182
AUTOPSY	REELZCHANNEL	0.06	0.164
SCHITT'S CREEK	POP	0.05	0.211
MARON	IFC	0.04	0.089
LUCHA UNDERGROUND (8PM)	EL REY	0.03	0.138
LUCHA UNDERGROUND (9PM)	EL REY	0.02	0.042
GOING RV (9:30PM)	GAC	0.02	0.126
GOING RV (9PM)	GAC	0.01	0.101
STALKERS WHO KILL	REELZCHANNEL	0.01	0.060
MICRO MONSTERS W/ DAVID ATT.	SMITHSONIAN	0.01	0.071
THE LAST PANTHERS	SUNDANCE TV	0.00	0.038

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
NBA: ATLANTA/CLEVELAND	0.59	1.63	0.88	1.92
NHL: WASHINGTON/PITTSBURGH	0.32	0.71	0.47	0.99
LITTLE WOMEN LA REUNION	0.56	0.21	0.79	0.25
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC	0.40	0.16	0.69	0.23
LITTLE WOMEN NY	0.44	0.14	0.66	0.20
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW SSN5	0.61	0.26	0.60	0.23
SPONGEBOB	0.64	0.49	0.50	0.32
CHALLENGE: RIVALS III	0.58	0.34	0.45	0.32
LOUD HOUSE	0.70	0.41	0.49	0.24
BERING SEA GOLD	0.14	0.20	0.23	0.49
UNDERGROUND	0.23	0.13	0.42	0.23
AMERICANS	0.13	0.28	0.23	0.37
FAMILY THERAPY	0.41	0.11	0.42	0.13
TWO IN A MILLION	0.15	0.07	0.32	0.13

PUT:

PUT (18-49) %
8pm - 8:30pm	25.3
8:30pm - 9pm	27.6
9pm - 9:30pm	29.2
9:30pm - 10pm	30.4
10pm - 10:30pm	29.4
10:30pm - 11pm	27.6

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily & Programming Insider