The bulk of those watching TV on the holiday Sunday were probably tuned to ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game. (Ratings to come on Wednesday morning.)
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
FOX: The night’s NASCAR race won the night at 0.8, but that was down 0.1 from the 2017 race on the parallel night.
CBS: 60 MINUTES fell 0.3 to 0.5. The renewal of INSTINCT was one of the strangest decisions of Upfront season, and it returned for the first time since May 6 with back-to-back episodes at 0.4/0.3, heavily down from that night’s 0.7.
ABC: After 0.5/0.6 reruns of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, DECEPTION aired its final two episodes at 0.4/0.4, down from last week’s 0.6.
NBC: DATELINE dropped 0.2 to 0.4, and then an AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun was at 0.5.
Once again, tonight will be owned by TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS Game 7 (which the network will follow with a “sneak peek” of the season premiere of ANIMAL KINGDOM, officially airing tomorrow). NBC’s telecast of the STANLEY CUP FINALS Game 1 will have to compete with that, and in addition, ABC has the season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE, FOX has the final two standalone episodes of LUCIFER, and CW airs the season finale of IZOMBIE.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
PREVIOUS SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS)
PREVIOUS SUNDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS
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