Wednesday December 5, 2018 Nielsen Finals

ESPN's 'NBA Basketball' between the Spurs and Lakers, led the Wednesday cable ratings with a 0.83 A18-49 rating with 1.82 million viewers. The game also topped in men 18-49 (1.26 rating), males 12-34 (1.06), people 18-34 (0.86), and people 25-54 (0.83), while the Sixers/Raptors game ranked second in each of those demos (1.13/0.97/0.77/0.69) and averaged 1.64 million viewers. Over at Bravo, 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' scored the day's best rating among women 18-49 (0.66 rating) with 1.15 million viewers, and 'Real Housewives of Dallas' was at 0.48 in that demo with 810,000 viewers. On Comedy Central, 'South Park' was solid among both M18-49 (0.58) and M12-34 (0.46) with 769,000 viewers, while on VH1, 'Black Ink Crew' impressed in both W18-49 (0.64) and F12-34 (0.46) with 1.04 million viewers. 

Broadcast finals:

SHOW	Viewers (millions)	HH	A 18-49	A 18-34	A 25-54	Med. Age
A Million Little Things (ABC)	3.171	2.2/4	0.71/3	0.3/2	1.0/4	56.7
All American (CW)	0.661	0.4/1	0.243/1	0.2/1	0.3/1	44.6
American Housewife (ABC)	3.946	2.5/5	0.93/4	0.4/3	1.4/5	55.3
Chicago Fire (NBC)	7.939	5.0/9	1.25/5	0.7/4	1.7/6	62.5
Chicago Med (NBC)	7.908	5.0/9	1.198/5	0.7/4	1.6/6	63.4
Chicago PD (NBC)	6.815	4.3/9	1.12/5	0.7/4	1.5/6	62.7
Criminal Minds (CBS)	4.495	3.0/6	0.72/3	0.3/2	1.1/4	60.4
Empire (Fox)	5.043	3.2/6	1.50/7	1.1/7	1.9/7	51.3
Modern Family (ABC)	4.865	3.1/6	1.27/5	0.6/4	1.8/6	54.4
Riverdale (CW)	1.092	0.7/1	0.388/2	0.3/2	0.4/1	45.1
SEAL Team (CBS)	5.311	3.4/6	0.80/3	0.4/2	1.3/4	60.9
Single Parents (ABC)	3.309	2.1/4	0.83/3	0.3/2	1.2/4	54.6
Star (Fox)	3.924	2.5/5	1.21/5	0.9/5	1.5/5	50.1
Survivor: David vs. Goliath (CBS)	7.509	4.4/8	1.51/7	0.8/5	2.2/8	57.8
The Goldbergs (ABC)	4.880	2.9/6	1.21/5	0.5/3	1.7/6	54.9

Subdemos:

SHOW	F 18-49	M 18-49	F 18-34	M 18-34	F 25-54	M 25-54
A Million Little Things (ABC)	0.9/4	0.5/2	0.4/2	0.2/1	1.4/5	0.7/3
All American (CW)	0.3/1	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.1/1	0.3/1	0.2/1
American Housewife (ABC)	1.1/5	0.7/3	0.5/3	0.4/3	1.7/5	1.0/4
Chicago Fire (NBC)	1.5/6	1.0/4	0.9/5	0.5/3	2.1/7	1.3/5
Chicago Med (NBC)	1.5/6	0.9/4	0.9/5	0.5/3	2.0/7	1.2/5
Chicago PD (NBC)	1.3/6	0.9/4	0.8/5	0.5/4	1.8/6	1.2/5
Criminal Minds (CBS)	0.9/4	0.6/3	0.4/3	0.3/2	1.3/5	0.9/4
Empire (Fox)	1.8/7	1.2/6	1.2/7	0.9/6	2.3/7	1.6/6
Modern Family (ABC)	1.5/6	1.0/4	0.7/4	0.5/3	2.1/7	1.4/5
Riverdale (CW)	0.5/2	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.1/1	0.5/2	0.3/1
SEAL Team (CBS)	0.8/3	0.8/3	0.4/2	0.4/2	1.3/4	1.2/4
Single Parents (ABC)	1.0/4	0.6/3	0.4/2	0.2/2	1.5/5	0.9/3
Star (Fox)	1.5/6	0.9/4	1.2/6	0.7/4	1.9/6	1.1/4
Survivor: David vs. Goliath (CBS)	1.6/7	1.4/7	0.8/5	0.8/5	2.3/8	2.0/7
The Goldbergs (ABC)	1.3/6	1.1/5	0.5/3	0.6/4	1.9/6	1.5/6

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
NBA: SAN ANTONIO/LA LAKERS	ESPN	0.83	1.816
NBA: PHILADELPHIA/TORONTO	ESPN	0.73	1.643
BLACK INK CREW 7	VH1	0.48	1.044
GOLD RUSH	DISCOVERY	0.44	1.717
SOUTH PARK	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.43	0.769
LIVE PD 167	A&E NETWORK	0.42	1.296
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NJ	BRAVO	0.42	1.148
VIKINGS	HISTORY	0.37	1.650
SHATTERED	ID	0.33	1.333
GUYS GROCERY GAMES	FOOD NETWORK	0.31	0.927
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DALLAS	BRAVO	0.31	0.810
CATFISH:THE TV SHOW SSN7C	MTV	0.30	0.583
FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE	TBS NETWORK	0.29	0.897
COLL BKBL: HARTFORD/DUKE	ESPN2	0.28	0.708
PROPERTY BROTHERS (1 HR)	HGTV	0.28	1.292
HOUSE HUNTERS INTL	HGTV	0.28	1.322
PRES GHW BUSH FUNERAL	FOX NEWS	0.26	3.608
HOUSE HUNTERS	HGTV	0.26	1.212
DAILY SHOW	COMEDY CENTRAL	0.25	0.815
STATE FUNERAL OF GHW BUSH	CNN	0.25	1.824
COLL BKBL: UNC WIL/N CAROLINA	ESPN2	0.24	0.608
BORDER LIVE	DISCOVERY	0.22	0.777
DEAL OR NO DEAL (9PM)	CNBC	0.21	0.865
DEAL OR NO DEAL (8PM)	CNBC	0.18	0.796
TEXAS METAL	MOTOR TREND	0.14	0.464
FANTOMWORKS	MOTOR TREND	0.11	0.464
COLL BKBL: WASHINGTON/GONZAGA	ESPN2	0.11	0.351
NHL: EDMONTON/ST. LOUIS	NBCSN	0.10	0.262
MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM (8PM)	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.09	0.606
TO CATCH A SMUGGLER COLOM	NAT GEO	0.09	0.259
MONSTERS AND MYSTERIES IN	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.09	0.362
NIGHTFLYERS	SYFY	0.08	0.319
MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM (7PM)	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.07	0.414
TO CATCH A SMUGGLER COLOM	NAT GEO	0.07	0.235
WORDS WITH MICHELLE OBAMA	BET	0.06	0.279
BUSY TONIGHT	E!	0.06	0.190
NIGHTFLYERS: CREATR CONVO	SYFY	0.06	0.159
NHL: CHICAGO/ANAHEIM	NBCSN	0.06	0.125
BARGAIN MANSIONS (9PM)	DIY NETWORK	0.06	0.241
AMERICA SAYS	GSN	0.06	0.472
CASHED OUT	REELZCHANNEL	0.05	0.155
BARGAIN MANSIONS (9:30PM)	DIY NETWORK	0.05	0.223

Source: Nielsen Media Research