Friday November 2, 2018 Nielsen Finals

ESPN's coverage of 'NBA Basketball' between the Timberwolves and Warriors led a low-rated Friday on cable, notching a 0.81 A18-49 rating with 1.98 million viewers. The game led in men 18-49 (1.19 rating), males & females 12-34 (0.86, 0.33), and people 18-34 (0.69) & 25-54 (0.86). Coverage of the Thunder/Wizards game managed a 0.8 in M18-49, a 0.58 in M12-34, and 1.36 million viewers. On A&E, 'Live PD' led cable in the W18-49 demo (0.59) and averaged 1.79 million viewers. Discovery's 'Gold Rush' ranked second in the A25-54 demo (0.76), and was robust in people over 50 (1.22) and total viewers (2.16 million). Over at MTV, two episodes of 'Ridiculousness' were at 0.24/0.33 in W18-49, 0.20/0.29 in F12-34, and 537,000/694,000 in total viewers. On Syfy, both 'Z Nation' (457,000/0.11) and 'Van Helsing' (457,000/0.10) remained relatively stable, and on HBO, 'Pod Save America' finished its run with 382,000 viewers. Finally, the second season premiere of Cinemax's 'Tales from the Tour Bus' tied its series-low in the demo (0.01), but fell to a new low in viewership (31,000), down from its first season finale back in Nov. 2017 (45K).   

Broadcast finals:

SHOW	Viewers (millions)	HH	A 18-49	A 18-34	A 25-54	Med. Age
20/20 (ABC)	2.578	1.8/4	0.45/2	0.2/2	0.6/3	59.8
Blindspot (NBC)	2.433	1.7/3	0.42/2	0.2/2	0.6/2	60.3
Blue Bloods (CBS)	8.729	5.6/12	0.84/4	0.4/3	1.3/5	67.7
Child Support (ABC)	2.250	1.5/3	0.48/2	0.3/2	0.6/2	57.9
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW)	0.460	0.3/1	0.13/1	0.1/1	0.1/1	48.9
Dateline (NBC)	2.928	2.1/4	0.51/3	0.2/2	0.8/3	60.0
Dynasty (CW)	0.545	0.4/1	0.15/1	0.1/1	0.2/1	53.5
Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)	2.867	1.9/4	0.58/3	0.3/3	0.7/3	58.7
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)	7.876	5.0/10	0.88/4	0.4/3	1.4/5	64.5
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)	2.499	1.6/3	0.70/3	0.4/3	0.9/3	53.5
Last Man Standing (Fox)	6.109	3.6/7	1.17/6	0.7/5	1.8/7	58.2
MacGyver (CBS)	6.063	3.8/8	0.78/4	0.4/3	1.1/5	63.8
Midnight, Texas (NBC)	1.977	1.4/3	0.39/2	0.2/1	0.6/2	58.1
Speechless (ABC)	2.434	1.5/3	0.53/3	0.3/2	0.7/3	57.5
The Cool Kids (Fox)	4.271	2.6/5	0.87/4	0.4/3	1.4/5	57.4

Subdemos:

SHOW	F 18-49	M 18-49	F 18-34	M 18-34	F 25-54	M 25-54
20/20 (ABC)	0.6/3	0.3/2	0.3/2	0.2/1	0.8/3	0.4/2
Blindspot (NBC)	0.5/2	0.3/2	0.3/2	0.2/1	0.7/3	0.5/2
Blue Bloods (CBS)	1.0/4	0.7/4	0.5/3	0.3/2	1.5/5	1.1/4
Child Support (ABC)	0.7/3	0.3/2	0.5/3	0.2/1	0.8/3	0.4/2
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW)	0.2/1	0.1/0	0.1/1	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.1/0
Dateline (NBC)	0.7/3	0.3/2	0.3/2	0.1/1	1.1/4	0.5/2
Dynasty (CW)	0.2/1	0.1/1	0.1/1	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.1/1
Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)	0.8/4	0.4/2	0.5/3	0.2/2	0.9/4	0.6/3
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)	1.0/4	0.8/4	0.4/3	0.4/3	1.5/5	1.2/5
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)	0.8/4	0.6/3	0.4/3	0.4/3	1.1/4	0.8/3
Last Man Standing (Fox)	1.2/6	1.1/7	0.6/4	0.7/6	1.8/7	1.7/8
MacGyver (CBS)	0.8/4	0.7/4	0.4/3	0.3/3	1.2/5	1.0/4
Midnight, Texas (NBC)	0.5/2	0.3/1	0.3/2	0.1/1	0.7/2	0.4/2
Speechless (ABC)	0.7/3	0.4/2	0.4/3	0.2/1	0.8/3	0.5/2
The Cool Kids (Fox)	1.0/4	0.8/4	0.4/2	0.4/3	1.5/5	1.2/5

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (000)
NBA: MINNESOTA/GOLDEN STATE	ESPN	0.81	1,975
LIVE PD: 157	A&E NETWORK	0.56	1,789
NBA: OKLAHOMA CITY/WASHINGTON	ESPN	0.55	1,359
GOLD RUSH	DISCOVERY	0.54	2,156
COLL FOOTBALL: PITTSBURGH/VIRGINIA	ESPN2	0.31	1,359
RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 (8:30PM)	MTV	0.30	694
MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME (9:30PM)	HGTV	0.30	1,648
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER	HBO PRIME	0.29	1,615
MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME (9PM)	HGTV	0.27	1,501
DEADLY WOMEN	ID	0.26	987
DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES	FOOD NETWORK	0.26	893
GOLD RUSH: THE DIRT	DISCOVERY	0.25	1,088
MASTER OF ARMS	DISCOVERY	0.24	851
IN PLAIN SIGHT	ID	0.24	898
HIT PROP NATHAN MORRIS	HGTV	0.24	1,083
RIDICULOUSNESS SSN12 (8PM)	MTV	0.23	537
MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME (8PM)	HGTV	0.21	1,157
LIP SYNC BATTLE SHORTIES	NICKELODEON	0.20	910
TOO STUPID TO DIE	MTV	0.19	404
DOUBLE DARE NEW	NICKELODEON	0.16	766
HAUNTED LIVE	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.16	471
MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: RS	WETV	0.16	445
RAVENS HOME	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.16	691
ANDI MACK	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.14	666
PUPPY DOG PALS	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.13	530
TANKED (10PM)	ANIMAL PLANET	0.12	336
Z NATION	SYFY	0.11	457
POD SAVE AMERICA	HBO PRIME	0.11	382
PAYNES	OWN	0.11	521
VAN HELSING	SYFY	0.10	457
COLL FOOTBALL: COLORADO/AZ	FOX SPORTS 1	0.10	474
COOP & CAMI ASK THE WORLD	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.09	525
PJ MASKS	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.09	460
TANKED (9PM)	ANIMAL PLANET	0.08	305
BIG CAT TALES	ANIMAL PLANET	0.08	290
COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.07	157
COMEDY CELLAR	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.07	214
DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD	OXYGEN	0.07	336
GET A ROOM: CARSON & THOM	BRAVO	0.06	317
BUYING IT BLIND	BRAVO	0.06	253
TOP WING	NICK JR	0.06	257
GRAHAM NORTON SHOW	BBC-AMERICA	0.06	186
LIFE BELOW: ICE BREAKERS	NAT GEO	0.05	526
FISH MY CITY WITH MIKE IA	NAT GEO WILD	0.05	181
SWEET HOME	BRAVO	0.05	200
TEXAS FLIP AND MOVE	DIY NETWORK	0.05	415
TRACEY ULLMAN'S SHOW	HBO PRIME	0.04	178
DEUTSCHLAND 86	SUNDANCE	0.02	82
TALES FROM THE TOUR BUS	CINEMAX	0.01	31

Source: Nielsen Media Research