TV Ratings: ABC Weekly Champ

The sixth game of the NBA Finals, where the Toronto Raptors dethroned the depleted Golden State Warriors, was seen by 18.76 million viewers in the United States, according to The Associated Press citing the Nielsen data. The final two games buoyed ABC, which had been suffering in the ratings with the series between a Canadian opponent and a team competing in its fifth consecutive finals.

The seventh game of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, won by the St. Louis Blues over the Boston Bruins, was seen by 8.76 million viewers, Nielsen said.

ABC averaged 6.1 million viewers in prime time. NBC had 4.1 million, CBS had 3.8 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million, Univision had 1.1 million and the CW had 630,000. Fox’s average was not immediately available.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.6 million viewers, NBC’s “Nightly News” had 6.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.2 million.

⏩ Top 20 broadcast TV primetime shows: 

1. NBA Finals: Toronto at Golden State, Game 6, ABC, 18.76 million.
2. NBA Finals: Golden State at Toronto, Game 5, ABC, 18.6 million.
3. “America’s Got Talent,” ABC, 9.46 million.
4. NHL Stanley Cup Final: St. Louis at Boston, Game 7, NBC, 8.76 million.
5. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.17 million.
6. “NBA Countdown” (Monday), ABC, 5.64 million.
7. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 5.36 million.
8. “NBA Countdown” (Thursday), ABC, 5.18 million.
9. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.03 million.
10. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 4.94 million.

11. “Press Your Luck,” ABC, 4.88 million.
12. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 4.77 million.
13. “60 Minutes Presents,” CBS, 4.69 million.
14. “Amazing Race,” CBS, 4.67 million.
15. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Monday), ABC, 4.55 million.
16. “Mom,” CBS, 4.54 million.
17. “FBI,” CBS, 4.52 million.
18. “Card Sharks,” ABC, 4.4 million.
19. “Life in Pieces,” CBS, 4.34 million.
20. “Songland,” NBC, 4.16 million.

Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.19 million viewers. MSNBC had 1.47 million, HGTV had 1.3 million, A&E had 1.13 million and USA had 1.04 million.

CNN and MSNBC are losing momentum with younger viewers relative to the first half of 2019.

MS had its lowest-rated week of the year in the prime time demo, and CNN had its lowest-rated week of the year among the demo in the 6a-6a daypart. However, MSNBC continued to deliver huge total audiences. For the week of June 10, MSNBC remained the second-most-watched network on basic cable in total viewers, and actually posted slight total day viewer growth from last year.

Additionally, CNN managed to gain a top 10 spot in total day viewers this past week (No. 9 overall).

Head to head, MSNBC defeated CNN in the prime time demo, while CNN beat MSNBC in the total day demo.

⏩ Top 10 CableTV Prime Time Channels:

1. Fox News Channel (2,260,000)
2. MSNBC (1,513,000)
3. HGTV (1,330,000)
4. A&E (1,164,000)
5. USA (1,015,000)
6. History (959,000)
7. Hallmark (926,000)
8. TBS (911,000)
9. ID (896,000)
10. TLC (982,000)