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June 1, 2018
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.31.2018

 

Cleveland vs. Golden State IV was big, but not as big as last year’s edition.  

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.

Fast Demo 2018 May 31.THU

 

ABC:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS had a preliminary 5.1, down 0.8 from 2017’s early rating (which adjusted up by a point), and also down 0.59 from Monday’s Conference Championship Game 7 on TNT.

CBS:  All of the other networks put up token defense to ABC with reruns, here at 0.6-1.1.

NBC:  Reruns at 1.0/0.7.

FOX:  Reruns at 0.5/0.4.

CW:  Reruns at 0.2/0.1.

Tonight, CInemax premieres CB STRIKE, its limited series based on J.K. Rowling’s detective novels.

COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.

Fast Track 2018 May 31.THU

CABLE RATINGS: Come back this afternoon for detailed demographic ratings for top cable programs from this day. Broadcast finals for Thursday will be available Monday morning, the final day caused by the Memorial Day holiday.

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About the Author

Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."