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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 6 of the NBA FINALS had a preliminary 6.3, which was up 0.3 from the early number for Monday’s Game 5. However, it was 0.9 below the preliminary 7.2 for 2014’s Game 6 (which turned out to be the final game of the series). Sunday’s Game 7 will almost certainly be a blockbuster.
NBC: Even though it was admittedly a tough night to launch a new season, AQUARIUS started dismally, dropping 0.6 from its 1.0 DATELINE lead-in to a 0.4 for its (virtually) commercial-free 2-hour premiere, which put it in 4th place among the broadcast networks. The instant question is how long it can avoid last year’s shift to Saturdays. (And whether NBC will renew it again anyway.)
FOX: BONES fell 0.2 from its last airing to 0.7, and HOME FREE premiered at 0.6.
CW: A new BEAUTY AND THE BEAST could only tie its rerun LEGENDS OF TOMORROW lead-in at 0.2, steady with last week for what it’s worth.
CBS: Reruns, topped of course by THE BIG BANG THEORY at 1.4.
The closest thing to a TV highlight tonight is the return of WHAT WOULD YOU DO to ABC, leaving the night free for many to binge the new season of Netflix’s ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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