Like the dinosaurs rampaging at multiplexes this weekend, basketball devoured everything in its path.
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: Game 4 of the NBA FINALS had a preliminary 6.3 rating, up 1.1 from last year’s Game 4, and that number will come up this afternoon.
NBC: After 1.2 for DATELINE (up 0.1 from last week), AQUARIUS gained 0.1 to 0.8, but for the 2d consecutive week, HANNIBAL hit a new series low, down 0.2 to 0.5.
FOX: The season finale of BONES stayed at 1.1. A key episode of WAYWARD TIMES bumped up by 0.1 to 1.2.
CW: The season premiere of BEAUTY & THE BEAST arrived at 0.3, the same number as the IHEARTRADIO SUMMER POOL PARTY that followed.
CBS: Reruns, topped by 1.4 for THE BIG BANG THEORY.
FOX has a primetime WOMEN’S WORLD CUP game tonight, but otherwise there are just a few scattered hours of fresh programming on the networks. Syfy airs the season premiere of DEFIANCE with back-to-back episodes, followed by the series premiere of DARK MATTER.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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