Hockey’s Game 7 dominated the night.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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.
NBC: The preliminary 2.5 for Game 7 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was up 0.6 from the early number for Sunday’s Game 6.
ABC: PRESS YOUR LUCK gained 0.2 from Tuesday’s post-BACHELORETTE showcase run to 0.9, and CARD SHARKS held all of its lead-in with a 0.9 premiere. The season premiere of MATCH GAME was at 0.8.
CBS: THE AMAZING RACE dipped 0.1 to 0.8, and NCIS: THE CASES THEY CAN’T FORGET held at 0.4. A SWAT rerun ended the night at 0.4.
FOX: After a steady 0.7 for MASTERCHEF, FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE debuted at a lukewarm 0.5.
CW: JANE THE VIRGIN stayed at 0.2, the same as the PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun that preceded it.
Tonight, it’s the NBA FINALS on ABC against the US OPEN on FOX. In addition, BASKETS returns to FX, and NBC burns off the final episodes of AP BIO and ABBY’S.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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