Primetime Ratings: NBC Skates to Victory

NBC took the primetime honors Monday night (May 31) in the key 18-49 demo with its coverage of the Stanley Cup finals, according to Nielsen Live-plus-same-day ratings/shares.

NBC recorded a 2.4 rating/7 share average in primetime with its broadcast of Game 2 featuring the Flyers vs. the Blackhawks. That was the same rating it recorded the week before, but then it was up against a Lost finale that scored a 4.8 rating. NBC also won Saturday night in the Nielsen primetime ratings for the 18-49 demo with that same 2.4 for game one of the series.

ABC was a close second at a 2.3/7 with an all-original lineup of Bachelorette and True Beauty. CBS was third with an all-repeat lineup of sitcoms and CSI, while Fox's Lie to Me and Good Guys, also both repeats, registered a .9/.

The CW had a .2 for repeats of One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.