Every time a popular HBO series ends, the network faces a round of stories essentially asking, “is there life for HBO after (fill in the blank). This time, it was “Game of Thrones,” according to The Associated Press.
Based on early indications, its executives shouldn’t worry too much.
The series “Big Little Lies” returned for its second season, adding Meryl Streep to the cast, and reached 2.5 million people across HBO’s various platforms on Sunday. The Nielsen company said that beat the show’s premiere episode by 34 percent.
The NBA Finals continued on ABC with drab ratings, at least in the United States. The third game between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors was down 25 percent from the similar contest last year, while Game 4′s viewership was down 22 percent.
The NBA likes to point to Canada, which is not included in the Nielsen numbers. The first international NBA Finals is a hit up north, where 4.9 million people watched the fourth game, compared to 700,470 Canadians who watched the fourth game in 2018. Monday’s one-point Warriors victory in Game 5 is also doing well in preliminary ratings, meaning the series can recover somewhat if it goes deeper.
Behind all of its games, ABC won the week in prime time, averaging 5.4 million viewers. NBC had 4.8 million, CBS had 4.3 million, Fox had 2.1 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.14 million, Univision had 1.1 million and the CW had 600,000.
⏩ The Top 20 Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 3-9:
1. NBA Finals: Toronto at Golden State, Game 3, ABC, 13.35 million.
2. NBA Finals: Toronto at Golden State, Game 4, ABC, 12.79 million.
3. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 9.82 million.
4. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.47 million.
5. NHL Stanley Cup Final: Boston at St. Louis, Game 6, NBC, 6.47 million.
6. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.16 million.
7. “Celebrity Family Feud” (Sunday), ABC, 6.06 million.
8. “Celebrity Family Feud” (Thursday), ABC, 5.56 million.
9. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 5.53 million.
10. NHL Stanley Cup Final: St. Louis at Boston, Game 5, NBC, 5.47 million.
11. “The $100,000 Pyramid” (Sunday), ABC, 5.46 million.
12. “Tony Awards,” CBS, 5.4 million.
13. NHL Stanley Cup Final: Boston at St. Louis, Game 4, 5.15 million.
14. “FBI,” CBS, 5.04 million.
15. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 5.02 million.
16. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 4.84 million.
17. “Amazing Race,” CBS, 4.68 million.
18. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 4.65 million.
19. “The Code,” CBS, 4.64 million.
20. “The $100,000 Pyramid” (Thursday), ABC, 4.54 million.
Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.28 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.54 million, HGTV had 1.27 million, USA had 1.07 million and TNT had 1.06 million.
CNN was the No. 6 cable network in total day viewers this past week, averaging 531,000 in the daypart. However, the network also had its lowest-rated week of the year in the A25-54 news demo.
MSNBC tied for its lowest-rated week in total day. However, like CNN, MSNBC scored a top 10 spot across basic cable in total viewers (No. 2 overall).
⏩ CableTV Prime Time:
- Fox News Channel (2,340,000)
- MSNBC (1,580,000)
- HGTV (1,289,000)
- USA (1,041,000)
- TNT (1,028,000)
- History (1,017,000)
- Hallmark Channel (965,000)
- A&E (955,000)
- TBS (915,000)
- TLC (912,000)
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ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.8 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 6.9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.3 million.
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