A bad night for Cleveland and ABC.
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.
ABC: A 4-game sweep is bad news for any network carrying a potentially 7-game Finals, because due to the enormous license fees paid to the league, profits generally only kick in if the series reaches at least 6 games. On top of that, Game 4 of the NBA FINALS itself had a preliminary 4.4, down a steep 1.1 from the early number for 2017’s parallel game.
FOX: The final episodes of PHENOMS were at 0.2/0.1, compared to last week’s 0.2 for a single episode.
CW: The finale of MY LAST DAYS gained 0.1 to 0.2, and LIFE SENTENCE remained at 0.1.
CBS: UNDERCOVER BOSS dropped 0.1 to 0.6, and was followed by 0.4/0.4 reruns.
NBC: DATELINE rose 0.2 to 0.7, preceded by a rerun of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.6.
There are finales tonight for Showtime’s PATRICK MELROSE and ABC’s THE CROSSING. On Sunday, CBS airs the prestigious but low-rated TONY AWARDS, and ABC has season premieres of CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD, THE $100,000 PYRAMID and TO TELL THE TRUTH, while FOX unearths two episodes of the technically not-yet-canceled GHOSTED. On cable, TNT’s CLAWS returns for its 2nd season, and finales include Showtime’s BILLIONS and Starz’s VIDA and SWEETBITTER.
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