TV Ratings: NBA Most-Watched, Fox Continues Winning

The third and fourth games of the NBA Fiinals were the two most-watched shows on television last week, reports the Associated Press citing the Nielsen company. It was the fourth straight year those two teams have met for the NBA crown.

But a more competitive series would have meant a lot more viewers. A seven-game series would have been a gold mine.

ABC learned something else this past week: the Kardashians and Kanye West trump the Tonys. Their appearance on “Celebrity Family Feud,” heavily promoted by the network, drew 7.57 million viewers. The Tony Awards on CBS, with ratings up slightly over last year, reached 6.3 million.

ABC won the week in prime-time, averaging 6.3 million viewers. NBC had 4.8 million, CBS had 4.7 million, Fox had 2.1 million, ION Television had 1.43 million, Univision had 1.42 million, Telemundo had 1 million and the CW had 860,000 viewers.

Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network during Total Day, averaging 2.38 million viewers. MSNBC had 1.6 million, HGTV had 1.4 million, USA had 1.38 million and TBS had 1.18 million.

Most-watched cable news networks for week of June, 4 2018 on Scribd

Most-watched cable networks for week of June 4, 2018 (demo). on Scribd

ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.7 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.6 million.