Re: Sunday 6/16/13 ratings

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On Jun 17, 9:28 am, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://variety.com/2013/tv/ratings/nba-finals-dominate-sunday-as-miss...
>
> NBA Finals Dominate Sunday as Miss USA Takes a Tumble
> Ratings for pageant on NBC down 20% from last year opposite ABC's Game
> 5 of Heat-Spurs series
> by Rick Kissell
>
> ABC rolled over the competition on Sunday as Game 5 of the NBA Finals
> dominated the evening and contributed to big year-to-year losses for
> the Miss USA pageant on NBC.
>
> According to preliminary, affiliate-based national estimates from
> Nielsen, the San Antonio Spurs’ victory over the Miami Heat averaged a
> 5.6 rating/16 share in adults 18-49 and 14.2 million viewers overall
> on the net’s stations from 8 to 11. These numbers will rise in the
> nationals and should challenge or surpass the previous high in the
> series, set Thursday with Game 5 with a 6.7 national rating/21 share
> in 18-49 and 16.23 million viewers overall.
>
> In metered-market overnights, Sunday night’s game earned an 11.4
> household rating — the second best of the Finals, behind Thursday’s
> 12.0. This is the 23rd straight time that an NBA Finals game has
> delivered a double-digit overnight, and Sunday will mark the 35th
> consecutive time an NBA Finals telecast has won the night for ABC.
>
> There wasn’t much else going on Sunday, with NBC earning second place
> thanks mostly to a golf overrun in the opening half-hour for the U.S.
> Open Championship (2.8/11 in 18-49, 11.3 million viewers overall).
> Following a special encore of “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers” (1.5/5
> in 18-49, 6.5 million viewers overall) and a repeat of the live
> semifinal performances show of “The Voice” (0.8/2 in 18-49, 3.2
> million viewers overall), the “2013 Miss USA Pageant” did a 1.3/4 in
> 18-49 and 4.6 million viewers overall from 9 to 11.
>
> “Miss USA” came in down about 20% from last year (1.8 in 18-49 and 6.3
> million viewers overall) when it didn’t have to face the NBA Finals.
> It peaked in the 10:30 p.m. half-hour with a 1.7 in the demo and 5.5
> million total viewers.
>
> Fox aired repeats of animated comedies “The Cleveland Show” (0.6/2 in
> 18-49, 1.4 million viewers overall), “American Dad” (0.7/2 in 18-49,
> 1.6 million viewers overall), “The Simpsons” (1.1/4 in 18-49, 2.4
> million viewers overall), “Bob’s Burgers” (0.9/3 in 18-49, 1.9 million
> viewers overall) and a pair of “Family Guy” episodes (1.2/3 in 18-49,
> 2.4 million viewers overall at 9 and 1.2/3 in 18-49, 2.6 million
> viewers overall at 9:3o).
>
> At CBS, “60 Minutes” (0.9/3 in 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall) was
> followed by a special repeat of Wednesday reality series “American
> Baking Competition” (0.7/2 in 18-49, 3.4 million viewers overall) and
> encores of regular Sunday dramas “The Good Wife” (0.5/1 in 18-49, 3.0
> million viewers overall) and “The Mentalist” (0.5/1 in 18-49, 3.7
> million viewers overall). In the coming weeks, CBS will have summer
> reality staple “Big Brother” and returning crime drama “Unforgettable”
> on its Sunday roster.
>
> Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: ABC, 4.7/15; NBC, 1.4/4;
> Fox, 0.9/3; Univision, 0.8/2; CBS, 0.6/2; Telemundo, 0.5/2.
>
> In total viewers: ABC, 12.2 million; NBC, 5.3 million; CBS, 4.2
> million; Fox, 2.0 million; Univision, 1.9 million; Telemundo, 1.4
> million,

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/june/nba-finals-ratings-continue-to-be-middling.html

The NBA Finals continue to draw solid ratings for ABC, yet they're
still down from previous years. Sunday's Game 5 picked up an 11.4
overnight rating, which was down 10% from Game 5 of the Finals in both
2012 (Heat-Thunder) and 2011 (Heat-Mavericks), both of which drew a
12.6 overnight. It's also the lowest rating for a Game 5 since 2009's
Lakers-Magic match up, which drew a 9.4 overnight.

Locally, the ratings are also down from prior years. Game 5 in San
Antonio drew a 37.6 rating, which is down 16% from Game 5 of 2005's
Spurs-Pistons series (45.0 overnight), and down 13% from the series-
high of 43.7 in Game 4. In Miami, the game drew a rather low 28.8
rating, the lowest thus far of the series and down 29% from the Game 5
clincher last year (40.3) and down 12% from Game 5 in 2011 (32.7).

Father's Day could be blamed for the low ratings, though the final
round of the US Open was only down single digits from last year and
was up 20% from 2011. The stigma of "boring team" is still firmly
affixed to the Spurs, and the blowouts that have taken place in four
of the final five games of the series aren't too much to draw in
casual fans. However, the disappointing performance by the NBA Finals
this year is something that any other major sport aside from the NFL
would graciously take.

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